Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist, Alissa, used to be a scientist – a genetic engineer, in fact. She got fired for having an artistic temperament. That’s when she started playing guitar and singing songs. She went back to waiting tables, and started playing music again. That’s where she met drummer, Elliott. In Minneapolis. A fellow drifter from the west coast who came to the Twin Cities via Fairfield, CA and Tulsa, OK. Just like Alissa. Has anyone else around there even heard of those places? Elliott went out west in search of the blues, but that’s not where it’s at, he says. The real blues is right here. All along the Mississippi. Together, they are the Screaming Cherry Blossoms – a slightly eclectic, slightly unstable, world-weary voice over the foundation for everything that rocks.
tSCB isn’t LA glamour fueled by drunk driving crashes, police reports, and anorexia. It’s not Jessica Simpson’s new boyfriend. It’s what happens in ‘the Wizard of Oz’ after Dorothy follows her dreams to the end of the yellow brick road and finds they were just a short guy on stilts talking through a megaphone. It’s clicking your heels together and realizing that what you were looking for was in your own backyard all along. It’s the real thing.
Of course, since they went ahead and made the trek already, they made lots of friends along the way. Like Joel, a slick bass player from New York City who spent some time on Alissa’s couch in Seattle. And Eric who gave her some really bad directions in New Orleans. It was a good thing though. Otherwise, she might not have met Tom, the world-class producer who happened to live right down the street. The Tin Man, the Lion, and the Scarecrow? Well, maybe. See what happens when you follow your dreams? Something entirely different than you expected. Stay tuned for developments…