MTV: Rock the Cradle

Jesse Snider rocked out again, winning top marks, while A’Keiba was booted for sounding and performing like a 40 year old.

Here’s what the crew sang, and the score they received, from highest to lowest:

• Jesse Blaze Snider “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (37.5)
• Chloe Lattanzi “I Honestly Love You” (36)
• Crosby Loggins “I’m Alright” (34.5)
• Lara Johnston “Long Train Runnin’” (30.5)
• Lucy Walsh “Life In The Fast Lane” (28.5)
• Lil B. Sure! “Nite and Day” (21.5)
• Landon Brown “My Perogative” (14)

Wow, that was a wierd episode — Jesse Money, one of the better performers, got the least votes and was kicked off the show, and Chloe Lattanzi, whose delivery was unique but somewhat painful, got the most votes and was saved.  How did that happen?  Come on, America, open your ears!!  Jesse Blaze Snider, however, rocked it out again.

Anyway, here’s what the crew sang, and the score they received, from highest to lowest:

• Jesse Blaze Snider “Rebel Yell” (35.5)
• Landon Brown “Superstition” (33.5)
• Crosby Loggins “I Don’t Wanna Be” (32.5)
• Lara Johnston “Respect” (31.5)
• Lucy Walsh “True Colors” (31)
• A’Keiba Burrell-Hammer “Killing Me Softly” (30.5)
• Chloe Lattanzi “I Hate Everything About You” (27)
• Lil B. Sure! “This Woman’s Work” (25)

Here’s what the rockers sang, in the order they sang it in:

1. Jesse Money “When I’m Gone” (32)
2. Landon Brown “Crazy” (26)
3. Chloe Lattanzi “Never Tear Us Apart” (25.5 - the lowest)
4. Lucy Walsh “The Heart of the Matter” (36.5 - the highest)
5. Jesse Blaze Snider “Rock and Roll” (30.5)
6. Lil B. Sure! “A Song for You” (31)
7. Lara Johnston  “I’m With You” (28.5)
8. A’Keiba Burrell-Hammer “Love You I Do” (34.5)
9. Crosby Loggins “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” (33.5)

This Thursday, we’ll find out who gets voted off.

Alright, I’m gonna have to give major props to Jesse Snyder for kicking ass, and for doing the backflip.  I thought his performance was the best.  Hammer’s, Chloe’s, Loggins’, and Walsh’s performances were the next best.  The rest….eh.

Lucy Walsh won the episode, and can’t be voted off…but the rest are fully axe-able…let’s see what happens..!

Less than 24 hours until the first Rock the Cradle episode airs on MTV…woohoo!  I’m psyched to see how the show will run…will the contestants be required to sings songs from certain eras, like in American Idol, or will they roam free?  Will they sing any originals?  Or perhaps their parent’s songs?  Tune in tomorrow at 10:00 EST on MTV.

Biography: Lara Johnston, Daughter of Tom Johnston

Lara Johnston is daughter of guitarist and vocalist, Tom Johnston, co-founder of the Doobie Brothers, a popular rock group from the 1970s. The Doobie Brothers had many hits including “Listen to the Music,” and “Rockin’ Down the Highway.” In 1975, Johnston was replaced in the band due to a severe illness. His health eventually restored, but Johnston chose to leave the group in 1977, pursuing a solo career which produced two albums.

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>> Download Lara Johnston Music <<Lara, seventeen years old, is one of two children born to Tom Johnson. She grew up just north of San Francisco, and has been singing and performing since she was two years old. From ages three to sixteen, Lara pursued classical ballet, performing The Nutcracker to audiences of thousands. She also branched out into acting, and filmed the pilot for a tv show called The Moon Girls. But music has always been Lara’s strongest passion.

Growing up, Lara sang in musicals (her role in The Wizard of Oz in seventh grade was particularly rewarding), at school assemblies, at churches, and in her High School choir. In 2006, she was awarded a first place singer for performing “Chain of Fools” at the USA Showcase. She has also performed at the Bruce Cohn Fall Music Festival, and made a guest performance at a Doobie Brothers/Willie Nelson concert in Maui. Most recently, Lara sang for the Tony Larussais Animal Rescue Foundation, and she continues to sing with her school Soul Band at basketball games.

Lara is currently working on her demo album.

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Biography: Lucy Walsh, daughter of the Eagles’ Joe Walsh

Lucy Walsh is the daughter of guitarist, songwriter and rock musician, Joe Walsh. Joe Fidler Walsh was featured in two successful bands, The James Gang and most notably, the country rock band, The Eagles, with their hit “Hotel California.” Before and after his stints with the bands, he has also experience success as a solo artist.

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>> Download Lucy Walsh Music <<Lucy Walsh is twenty-four years old and was raised in Santa Barbara, CA, by her mother and step-father, after her parents divorced when she was five. Her creative gifts were encouraged and she started playing the piano by ear at five and later studied classical ballet. Lucy remembers how music touched her even as a toddler. She recalls, “I remember being three years old, listening to [Cyndi Lauper’s] ‘True Colors’ and crying my eyes out,” says Lucy. “I was overwhelmed with joy.”

When Lucy was eighteen, she moved to Hollywood and became friends with Ashlee Simpson, and started touring with her band in 2004. After a year of touring with Ashlee, Lucy decided it was time to launch her own solo career and has written or co-written over 70 songs. She landed a deal with Island Records, who will release her first album, Lost in The Lights.

Lucy cites Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Enya and Cyndi Lauper as musical influences. Of her own music, she says, “Blending organic with synthetic sounds has always appealed to me, and when I began recording these songs, that’s the approach I naturally took.” She brings rich harmonies and thoughtful lyrics to her songs, and hopes that her music will inspire people to reach their dreams.

Lucy was interested in joining the cast of Rock the Cradle because “of the mass exposure available with a television spot.”

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Chloe Rose Lattanzi, Olivia Newton John’s daughter

Chloe Rose Lattanzi is daughter of Olivia Newton-John, singer, songwriter and actress. Olivia Newton-John’s musical career began to flourish in the 1960s and over the years, she has received numerous awards, including Grammies, Country Music Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and American Music Awards. Her career soared in the late 1970s when she starred in the film version of the musical Grease, opposite John Travolta. In 1992, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and since overcoming cancer, has become a strong advocate for women’s health issues. She also has embarked on several business ventures, such as launching product lines for Koala Blue and opening the Gaia retreat and Spa in Australia.

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>> Download Chloe Rose Lattanzi Music << Chloe Rose Lattanzi was born on January 17, 1986 to Olivia Newton-John and actor Matt Lattanzi. Chloe began her career as an actor, debuting when she was only seven years old on the Australian soap opera, Paradise Beach. Since then, she has appeared in a tv movie, A Christmas Romance, The Wilde Girls on Showtime, and in Bette Midler’s 2001 sitcom.

But music has always been a passion of Chloe’s. She has performed with her mother on stage, as well as in the Melbourne production of Hair, and at 16 years old, she signed to Festival Mushroom under Warner Records. She has continued to write songs and find her own sound as a singer and producer. She has almost completed her debut album, No Pain, which was co-produced and co-written with Jarrad Rogers.

In March 2007, it was revealed the Chloe had been suffering from anorexia nervosa, and that her mother was helping her through the recovery process.

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Biography: Jesse Money, Daughter of Eddie Money

Jesse Money is the daughter of rock singer-songwriter, Eddie Money, popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney) had numerous Top 40 hits and platinum albums. Yet after several unsuccessful releases in the mid-1980s and a struggle with drug addiction, Money’s career began to fail. He made a surprising comeback in 1986 with the album Can’t Hold Back, but his rock career gradually ended by 1990. Since then, he has released compilation albums and appeared on tv sitcoms such as The King of Queens and The Drew Carey Show.

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>> Download Jesse Money Music <<Jesse Money, nineteen years old, is one of five children born to Eddie Money. As a toddler, Jesse would bring water bottles to her father onstage, and soon realized her calling was more than water-girl. She has been singing for years and loves soulful, bluesy rock. Her father has helped to not only develop her voice, but also teach her the business side of music. While a great supporter of his daughter, Eddie remains her toughest critic.

Jesse has often performed “Take Me Home Tonight” with her father during his live shows and she has visited every state with him on tour. She has also performed with Loverboy’s Mike Reno and others.

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Biography: Crosby Loggins, Kenny Loggin’s son

Crosby Loggins is son of Kenny Loggins (born Kenneth Clark Loggins), singer and songwriter of soft rock and adult contemporary music, starting in the 1970s. He performed in the duo group Loggins and Messina, after which he went on to pursue a solo career. Kenny Loggins has written music for the Doobie Brothers and numerous hits for movie soundtracks, including “I’m Alright” from Caddyshack and “Footloose” from the movie of the same name. In 1997, Loggins scored a #1 single on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart with “For the First Time.”

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Crosby Loggins, born on December 15, 1980 in Los Angeles, is the oldest child of Kenny Loggins and Eva Ein (divorced in 1990). Crosby grew up in Santa Barbara, CA and was surrounded by talented and famous musicians, including Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket and Michael McDonald. He knew his own father was successful, but “Dad was just dad,” Crosby says. “It was the other musicians who were a huge deal to me.”Crosby has been making music since childhood, playing the piano at age seven, and writing his own music a year later. As a teenager, Crosby gave up the piano and took to the guitar, proving himself to be a natural, and soon began his path as a singer songwriter. Recently, he has formed an impressive group of musicians he met in California and, in 2007, Crosby Loggins and The Light released their first album, We All Go Home. Since the album’s release, Crosby has performed in over 100 shows, touring through the US and Europe. Loggins considers his signature artistic style to reflect “authenticity, combined with his innate sense of when to let the music be graceful and spare and when to propel it powerfully forward.”

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