Wendy Melvoin
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Wendy Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his band "The Revolution" and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy & Lisa. Coming from a musical family, Wendy is a sister of the late Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and the daughter of jazz pianist (and former NARAS president) Michael Melvoin. In addition, she is the twin sister of singer and composer Susannah Melvoin.
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Shortly after the completion of Prince and The Revolution's Parade project, Coleman and Melvoin left The Revolution, and started their own musical duo, Wendy & Lisa (also known as Girl Bros). The duo are also continuing in their successful television-scoring career. Currently, they are in their third season of scoring the NBC hit Heroes, and they are taking on the scoring duties for the upcoming Virtuality on Fox and Nurse Jackie on Showtime. They have received the prestigious ASCAP award for Composer(s) of the Year for their work on Dangerous Minds, the theme to HBO's Carnivàle, Crossing Jordan and Heroes. Melvoin and Coleman released their latest album, White Flags of Winter Chimneys, on December 9, 2008. Melvoin also contributed guitars to Madonna's 2008 album Hard Candy on the song "She's Not Me" and is mentioned by name during the song.
In April 2009, Melvoin gave an interview with Out magazine declaring that she was a lesbian.[1]
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- ^ Barry Walters. "The Revolution Will Be Harmonized". Out magazine. http://www.out.com/detail.asp?page=1&id=25083. Retrieved on 2009-04-25.
