The Players
Naomi Stinnett (Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Guitar, Violin)
Sadie Wolfe (Cello, Harmony Vocals)
Jason Chronis (Piano, Guitar, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Organ, Mellotron, additional percussion)
Gian Ortiz (Bass)
Damien Llanes (Drums)
Ben White (Musical Saw, Harmony Vocals)
Jack Van Norman (Hammond Organ)
Nick Zehr Moon (Bass, Drums, Autoharp)
*All songs written by Naomi Stinnett
Lost Girls, songs about women and the story of my life told through songwriting
Through songwriting I am a playwright and the cast of characters are Connie Converse, Vivian Maier, my Mother the abused Catholic School Girl, Annie the Cotton-Picker, a 1960's Teenage Beauty Queen, The Devil's Child, an all female Texas Prison Band from 1942 and others.
I tell stories but I never lie - I am all of them and they are all of me. Through the folk troubadour tradition of storytelling I sing of the lesser known, the mistreated, the forgotten...the painful side of life, the beautiful side of life...
Booking: naomicheriestinnett@gmail.com
Naomi Stinnett's Lost Girls Volume One album has been made
possible by the City of Austin's Live Music Award grant funding
Photo by Crystal Glaze
Photo by Crystal Glaze
Photo by Jess Decelle
Photo by Laurel Coyle
Photo by Crystal Glaze
My Story
My mother, baby sister Sarah Barlow & I shortly before the escape. 1989, Deer Creek Canyon
My parents were teenage runaways from Memphis who hopped trains and conceived me while living as street kids in Florida where I was born.
At age 5, we escaped life in a trailer with my abusive schizophrenic drug addict father and fled from where we were living near Malibu, CA. My mother threw nothing but her antique childhood violin and a Rolling Stones book in a bag and we hit the road.
The plane landed in Austin, Texas in 1989 where I'd grow up and become steeped in music. At 14 my mother would explain that my grandfather had a gold record for one of the biggest hits of the 1960's (Wooly Bully) but we were in complete exile from my paternal side and spent our childhood in hiding.
Later I performed in the orchestra and opera society as a violinist at the University of Texas.
At 18, I started my first band the night I hopped on board The Strokes tour bus and met a girl from my school who became my first rock and roll collaborator.
Later I'd meet Natalie Ribbons (Tele Novella) and spend time in her west coast group Agent Ribbons, playing hundreds of shows across the US and Europe together.
At 27 I became a songwriter and shortly after created the Lost Girls concept. Over the years I experienced failed attempts at recording the album and spent many years overcoming the effects of the father wound and becoming a multi-instrumentalist to see the vision through.
Last year I began recording at Haunted Air studio with producer Jason Chronis (Tele Novella, Voxtrot) in Lockhart, Texas where I have been a part of the vibrant artist community for the past several years.
The album will come out officially in early 2027 on a vinyl record and streaming platforms and I will hit the road and begin touring again to share my songs. Hope to see you out there~
-Naomi Stinnett