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Tret Fure

Tret Fure's career spans 4 decades. She began her professional work at the age of 16, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the Midwest, moving to Berkeley where, after performing weekly on the campus of UC Berkeley where she attended college, she discovered that music really was her life. At 19, she moved to LA to pursue a songwriting and musical career. Within a year she was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis, touring with him and penning the single for his album "Mousetrap". She went on to record her own album in 1973 on MCA/UNI Records, with the late Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release, she opened for such bands as Yes, Poco, and the J Geils Band.

Now after 6 acoustic releases on her own label, Tomboy girl Records, she has re-established herself in the folk world winning the 2004 South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in 2 out of 3 categories. 2004 also brought her recognition with the prestigious Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women's Music. And in 2009, she received the Janine C Rae Award for her work in Women's Music. 2009 also found her voted "Pride In The Arts Favorite Female/Lesbian Musician". And Tret's last CD, 'The Horizon', finished in the top 20 CDs for 2011 in the Outvoice Charts,. Her new release "A Piece of the Sky" is currently #1 on the OutVoice.net charts!

For more on the artist see http://www.tretfure.com
For full details on the show and the sponsoring organization see http://www.madfolk.org