LA TANYA HORACE
A.K.A. SISTAH LUV
La Tanya
hails from the dirty south and by the age of 3 was singing in her family
church choir, by the age of 9 sang in school and church choirs. La
Tanya moved to the Seattle area in the early eighties sang in the Total
Experience Gospel choir and played the flute in middle school.
In
the early 90’s La Tanya was introduced to a trio by the name of Fate’l
she became apart of the group and they recorded a demo that landed an
opening gig for JOE in Portland when he first came on the scene. The
group Fate’l disbanded and became the duo Fate’l and recorded another
demo, took it on the road to shop at various music conventions such as;
Jack the Rapper in Florida 93’ and the Gavin in San Francisco in 94’.
In 95’ La Tanya traveled to Japan where she performed with a Motown
Review for several months in the cities of Yokohama and Roppongi. It
was in Japan that she met and played with some of the legends in music
such as the Drifters, Stevie Wonders band.
In 96’ the
group landed several opportunities for a record contract and finally
signed with Longevity Records a subsidy of SEMA. Fate’l recorded an
album with this label in 96’ the label folded soon after it was done and
the group disbanded.
La Tanya soon began playing with in a duo by the name of Two the Max. They played for several years around the Seattle area.
In 98’ La Tanya joined a Rock/Reggae Band which played all over the
North West for several years opening for the likes of Michael Rose,
Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Ekk a Mouse, Spearhead, Shine Head, Sistah
Carol and many others.
In 2002 La Tanya began playing
with Hit Explosion a Northwest disco band that played many corporate
events for clients such as Microsoft, Boeing, the Detleft Shrimp auction
and many other high profile events. This high energy disco band also
opened for Ohio Players, Michael McDonald and others.
Since
that time La Tanya has played in local bands headlining for the likes
of Malcolm Jamal Warner, the Candy Man newly released artist from LA, L.
Young and other recording artist on the scene.
La Tanya
loves to write and collaborates with other local artist so you might be
surprised where you might see her playing at but always with a smile and
a love of music in her heart.
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