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Show Me Heaven Acoustic Demo Version by Maria Mckee

Artist Biography For Maria Mckee

Maria McKee Born Maria Louise McKee On August 17 1964 In Los Angeles California Is An American Singer And Songwriter. She Is Best Known For Her Work With Lone Justice And For Her 1990 UK Solo Chart-Topping Hit "Show Me Heaven". In 1986 She Wrote Feargal Sharkey's UK Number One Hit 'A Good Heart'. McKee Is The Half-Sister Of Love Guitarist Bryan MacLean With Whom She Played In A Duo As A Teenager. In 1982 McKee Was A Founding Member Of The Cowpunk/country Rock Band Lone Justice With Whom She Released Two Albums. Her Band Opened For Such Acts As U2. She Released Her First Solo Self-Titled Album In 1989. Her Song "Show Me Heaven" Which Appeared On The Soundtrack To The Film Days Of Thunder Was A Number One Single In The United Kingdom For Four Weeks In 1990. Later Her Eerie Country-Tinged Single "If Love Is A Red Dress Hang Me In Rags " Was Released On The Soundtrack Of Pulp Fiction. 1994 . Her Recorded Output Has Varied Between The Rootsy Country-Folk Of You Gotta Sin To Get Saved 1993 And Peddlin' Dreams 2005 And Experimental Rock On Life Is Sweet 1996 And High Dive 2003 . She Even Made A Foray Into Early-90s Dance Music With Her "Sweetest Child" Single. Life Is Sweet Was Seen At The Time As An Artistic About-Face From Her Country-Rock Sound Full Of Guitar Feedback And Complex Baroque Songwriting. Confounding Both Fans And Critics It Was Her Last Release For Seven Years And Her Last For A Major Label. In 2007 She Released Late December An Album Rooted In Classic 60s Pop Songwriting. She Is The Half-Sister Of Love Guitarist/singer/songwriter Bryan Maclean With Whom She Played In A Duo As A Teenager. In The Nineties She Spent Time Living In Dublin And The East Village.

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