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Thea Tochihara: Guitar (acoustic), Keyboards, Piano, Vocals

Genre: Jazz, Pop, Rock

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Song Downloads

• Apple Tree
• Straight Up On the Rocks

Related Links

• Thea Tochihara website

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2010

Influences: Trouble in the Wind, Katie Leigh and the Infantry, Ray Mo, Pull, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Tori Amos, Stevie Wonder, Etta James

Background:

Based in Bankers Hill, singer/songwriter Thea Tochihara first came to local attention while performing with local blues rock band Ray Mo. “I’m a little crazy at times, really awkward most of the time, as close to truthful all the time,” she says. “Been singing and strumming, keyboard tickling and lyric laying down since around 2008. Keeps me from going clinically insane. Which means my songs are fairly personal.”