Cat Power

Biography

Charlyn Chan Marshall, singing under the name Cat Power, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Her father Charlie Marshall is a touring pianist and blues musician. Chan's parents divorced, so during all her childhood she moved from one parent to the other or to her grandmother. Later Cat Power noticed that such traveling life was a good training for her as a professional touring musician. Failing to graduate from the high school, Cat Power started performing in Atlanta. For that period her interest in music was an amateur one as many of Cat Power's friends played in local bands. In 1992, the singer moved to New York along with musician Glen Thrasher. Thrasher made Cat Power acquainted with the local artistic circle, and she became seriously involved in music. She played with many local groups. In 1994, Cat Power was a supporting act for Liz Phair. Soon after that the artist met Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn from Two Dollar Guitar, who convinced her to record and collaborated with Cat Power for a long time.

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