Los Angeles native Beth Hart, a blues-styled rock singer and former street performer was first noticed in 1995 on Immortal The album, which gained her acclaim for her unpretentious, open-minded nature, gifted musicianship, emotion-filled live shows and a voice similar to that of Janis Joplin. "Hart is the perfect example of a natural woman," wrote Chuck Taylor in the October 2nd, 1999 issue of Billboard magazine "bawdy and funny, chatty and free-spirited with her choice of spiced words. However, that's nothing in comparison to her stage presence which is where the tall and graceful singer/songwriter walks around and blasts through songs with the intensity that is Mick Jagger .... At other times, she takes her seat at the piano or on the center stage, where she sits with no pretense, with her legs crossed over the sides of the chair, singing a tune that is so tender and painful that you're left wondering what she's going through and in the event that you do. "Drawing emotions like this starting from the moment she appeared on stage for amateur contests as a teen, Hart nonetheless experienced misgivings about the business side of music as her career took off. Hart quit her band after it was unsuccessful touring the world. Hart then spent nearly four years pondering and solving issues with music through writing. When she was ready to give her professional career a chance to shine, she resurfaced in 1999 with the acclaimed Screamin' for My Supper the album that allowed Hart to develop her songwriting skills through honest, vulnerable tunes about facing life's issues.
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