Anne E. DeChant


Anne E. DeChant is an American rock singer/songwriter/guitarist based in the Cleveland area. Her career began with the band Odd Girl Out in the early 1990s before releasing her first solo project in 1996.
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History

DeChant grew up in Avon Lake, Ohio, and graduated from Avon Lake High School in 1983. She attended Miami University.
With Alexis Antes and Victoria Fliegel, Odd Girl Out enjoyed a niche following, particularly on the college scene. The band got airplay on, and support from, commercial radio stations in the Cleveland market, shortly before media deregulation and consolidation made the practice less common.
In July 1997, Anne E. DeChant released her first solo album, with a more mainstream sound, but departing a bit from her folk roots.

Songwriting

DeChant writes her share of heart-felt songs of heartache and heartbreak. She is a story teller who draws much of her inspiration from the struggles of those she observes. Many of her most popular tracks are about social justice issues. Examples include Girls and Airplanes, Green Hand, Swastika, 25, and Second Class Citizen and "What Do You Care", "World War III". Her 2020 song "Change" relates the disparity in the culture wars, both economic and racial.
Anne E. DeChant is the lead vocal, and plays rhythm guitar and/or ukulele on her recordings, sometimes adding electric guitar and banjo on stage in live performances.

Album discography

Odd Girl Out: Live in Concert Effort of the Spin Something of the Soul Live: An Evening with Anne E. DeChant Pop the Star produced by Don Dixon, ClevelandGirls and Airplanes produced by Andy Ackland, San DiegoOne Voice One Guitar produced by Dark Tree Studios, ClevelandOne Voice One Guitar Vol 2 produced by Toy Box Studios, NashvilleSwing produced by Bill Warner, NashvilleThe Sun Coming In produced by Mike Severs, Nashville, Sunny's Lab Studios, Nashville TN
  • Lost in Kentucky produced by Mike Severs and Anne E. DeChant at Sunny's Lab Studios, Nashville TN
  • Every Little Everything, Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 new songs produced by Mike Severs, Nashville, Sunny's Lab Studios, Nashville TN

Awards

Finalist, Kerrville Folk Festival, 2020