Bio
Jessie LaRae is a country music singer and songwriter from Delhi, Louisiana (USA). Jessie was born Sept. 26 in Monroe, Louisiana. Jessie started singing in church at the tender age of three. A couple of years ago, she began singing country music with the Gene King Band. Gene has played guitar on both her CD's. She has branched out now to the ARK-LA-TEX area and to Nashville every chance she gets.
Jessie has been on several television shows singing. She has also sang on live radio numerous times and has had several radio interviews. Many of us can say we watched her grow up on stage. Jessie opened with Darryl Worley, Wade Benson Landry from Branson, Kenny Seratt and many others. She was added as an honorary member of the Gatesville Country Music Hall of Fame on June 17, 2011.
Jessie wrote all the songs on her CD's and she has been getting some great feed back from her fans about how they liked her CD's by internet and by telephone. Both of Jessie's CD's have all original songs that she wrote. Her first CD was "Chocolate Heart's" and her new CD is "It Feels Like". She has had numerous offers from others to co-write but she has not done that yet.
Jessie has been writing songs for as long as she can remember. She is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association. Some songs come to her very quickly and others may take months to finish, but eventually she will finish the song. Many times she works on several songs at the same time. She said, th
e songs that she writes are like her children.
Jessie attends college in Monroe Louisiana. Jessie usually goes to college on the weekdays and travels somewhere to sing on most weekends. Music is a big part of who she is. She is always singing or writing a song. Jessie is music.
Jessie has a unique and wonderful voice. The Franklin Sun newspaper surprised Jessie and named her the Delhi Songbird. Jessie is like a rare songbird that you never get tired of hearing. Everyone who hears her for the first time can not believe that voice is coming from her. Jessie's songs are creative, some make you cry and some make you laugh out loud. You will love her, I do.