Birth name Deitra Farr Labels JSP Records Years active 1970s–present Role Singer · deitrafarr.com | Instruments Vocals Name Deitra Farr Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Website Official website Record label JSP Records | |
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Born August 1, 1957 (age 66)
Chicago, Illinois, United States ( 1957-08-01 ) Albums Let It Go!, The Search Is Over Genres Blues, Soul music, Gospel music Similar People Mississippi Heat, Raphael Wressnig, Billy Flynn, Zora Young, Ponty Bone | ||
Education Columbia College Chicago | ||
Deitra farr in a dark place let it go 2005
Deitra Kimberly Farr (born August 1, 1957) is an American blues, soul and gospel singer-songwriter.
Contents
- Deitra farr in a dark place let it go 2005
- Life and career
- Singles
- Solo albums
- Compilation and other albums
- References
Life and career
She was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and Farr began singing in the mid-1970s with various soul bands. At the age of 18, Farr recorded the lead vocals on "You Won't Support Me", with the Chicago group Mill Street Depo. That song made the Top 100 R&B list with Cashbox magazine. She began singing the blues in the early 1980s. From 1993 to 1996, she was the lead singer for Mississippi Heat and recorded two albums with them, Learned the Hard Way and Thunder in my Heart.
In 1997, she released her first solo album titled The Search is Over, on the British record label, JSP Records.
In 2005, Farr released her second JSP album, Let It Go. The blues guitarist, Billy Flynn, played on Let It Go.
Since 1990, she has toured internationally, so far performing in over 30 countries. Farr is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, with a Bachelor's degree in journalism. She has a regular column called "Artist to Artist" in Living Blues magazine.
In October 2015, Farr was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame as a "Legendary Blues Artist".
Deitra received " The Koko Taylor Queen of the Blues Award" from the Jus Blues Music Foundation on August 3, 2017.