Los Angeles native Beth Hart is a blues-influenced rock singer and former street performer, was first noticed in 1995 with Immortal, attracting attention for her outspoken, raw nature with a gifted musicianship, emotional live performances, and a voice compared to those of Janis Joplin. Chuck Taylor wrote that Hart was "the the epitome of natural females" in the October 2nd, 1999 issue of Billboard magazine. She's "bawdy and funny, charming and a free-wheeler with her choice to spiced languages. But, nothing compares to her stage presence. The tall, lanky , tall singer/songwriter walks and squalls out songs in a band with Mick Jagger . At other times, she's taken her place on the piano or in the center stage with her legs stretched over the chairs and her voice is fragile and painful, it's hard to tell whether she's about to cry or if you'll. "Drawing reactions such as this, from the time she appeared on stage for amateur competitions when she was a teen, Hart nonetheless experienced misgivings about the business side of music when her career finally began to take off. However, traveling the world over proved detrimental to the group, and Hart was ostracized for almost four years. This was a period spent soul-searching and dealing with problems through writing music. In 1999, Hart returned to her professional work with the critically acclaimed Screamin' for My Supper. This album saw Hart's songwriting talents improve with vulnerable and authentic songs about coping with life's difficulties.
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