Born and raised in Ohio, Alan Lee Witherspoon has been writing and recording since first picking up the guitar in high school to learn chords from a David Bowie songbook. He grew up on 70's light rock radio, classic rock and 80's pop and those sensibilities are evident in his music. He was a member of "Peppermint Love Apparatus", "Mouth II Mouth" and "Alan and His Brother" during his college years. After many false starts, his first official release "Life as a ghost" will be unleashed upon the unsuspecting public. Written, recorded and produced by the artist, the album takes you on a journey from the lowest lows to acceptance of one's self-worth and to all the confused places in between. From the airy, almost ethereal opener "Country" and it's soul searching narrator to the melancholy strings of the introduction to "Nothing"; from the biting commentary on faux-friend high school drama in "See You Next Year" to the robbery-gone-wrong tale of "The Heist" Alan Lee Witherspoon covers a great deal of ground emotionally and sonically. (CD cover art by Harrison Witherspoon)
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