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Linda "Tui" Tillery (born September 2, 1948) is an American singer, percussionist, producer, songwriter, and music arranger. She began her professional singing career at age 19 with the Bay Area rock band The Loading Zone. She is recognized as a pioneer in Women's music, with her second solo album titled Linda Tillery released on Olivia Records in 1977. In addition to performing, she was the producer on three of Olivia's first eight albums. Within the women's music genre, she has collaborated with June Millington, Deidre McCalla, Barbara Higbie, Holly Near, Margie Adam, and others. Tillery was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Musical Album for Children.Tillery has been a professional musician for her entire adult life and has had a long career as a backing or supporting vocalist for mainstream artists as diverse as Santana, Bobby McFerrin, Huey Lewis and the News and the Turtle Island String Quartet. In the early 1990s, she began exploring the roots music of enslaved Africans and the African diaspora, forming the group The Cultural Heritage Choir.
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Sweet Slumbers: Soothing Lullabies [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd | 3:20 |
Freedom: Special 20th Anniversary Collection [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd | 3:21 |
Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down | 4:17 |
Painting Signs [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down | 4:17 |
A Child's Celebration of Dance Music [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Shake a Tail Feather | 3:36 |
Shakin' a Tailfeather [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Shake a Tail Feather | 3:37 |
Land of 1000 Dances | 3:35 |
The Name Game | 3:36 |
Little Sally Walker | 0:28 |
Follow the Drinking Gourd | 3:19 |
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