Lisa Germano: Interview with a Geek
So I’m on the phone with my mother, and the other line clicks. I say “hello” and hear “this is Lisa Germano.” “Hold on” I reply, then to my Mom say “Mom, Lisa Germano is on the line, I gotta go.” She replies “good, go out with her, she sounds like a nice italian girl. … “o.k.…” Lisa thought that was funny, my mom didn’t get it.
December 1, 1994
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Revenge of the Geek
It's probably not a good idea to take literally singer-songwriter Lisa Germano's claim, "In the beginning, I was thinking I was going to do a happy record." After all, her terrific 1993 disc Happiness balanced gallows humor with material that was about as upbeat and chipper as your average funeral...
November 9, 1994
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Lisa Germano: Happiness
During a moment of musical epiphany in "Around the World," the first song on Happiness, Lisa Germano's voice takes on a child's sense of wonder
September 30, 1993
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Lisa Germano: Happiness
Compared to Germano's self-financed debut, On the Way Down From the Moon Palace, Happiness is a more cohesive and evenly listenable work, but with all the experimental quirks left in.
September 1, 1993
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Lisa Germano: Happiness
On her first major-label release, John Mellencamp violinist Lisa Germano plunges into that abyss of misery, alienation and screwed-up relationships we all know and love.
September 1, 1993
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Lisa Germano: The Pursuit of Happiness
"I've never been a good player," insists rockin' fiddler Lisa Germano. "I can't come up with hot licks and jam. I have to write my parts."
August 6, 1993
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Mellencamp’ Fiddler Goes Solo
Lisa Germano has worries, lots of 'em, the most pressing of which is finding a new place to live.
August 1, 1993
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Lisa Germano: Happiness
Listening to Lisa Germano's smart and subtle lyrics on Happiness, it's hard to imagine that this 29-year old violinist once backed Bob Seger as he wheezed lines like "love to watch her strut."
August 1, 1993
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Germano Stays in the Game by Playing It Her Own Way
Lisa Germano got her start in rock ‘n’ roll jumping around her house in Mishawaka, Ind., with her five brothers and sisters, strumming on a tennis racket for an imaginary band called the Jack Beany Benny Club.
June 3, 1993
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Lisa in the Sky With Violins
On her first tour as John Mellencamp's violinst, Lisa Germano cried constantly.
January 1, 1992
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Lisa Germano Makes Solo Debut
A spiritual pilgrimage. An odyssey in search of wholeness. Moving themes of love and loss. These are the wellsprings Lisa Germano draws upon with her breathtaking first album, "On the Way Down From the Moon Palace."
June 16, 1991
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Violinist Lisa Germano Takes a Solo Bow
Album from a member of Mellencamp's band has a reviewer playing it over and over.
May 1, 1991
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A Reprise for Lisa Germano
Playing with John Mellencamp provided a second chance for a talented young musician.
April 23, 1990
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Violinist Joined from Opry Ranks
Thanks to John Mellencamp, Lisa Germano got to throw away her "Hee-Haw" outfits.
February 15, 1988
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