Linda Tillery is an American

United States

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 singer and percussionist from San Francisco.

History

Tillery first came to prominence as the lead singer in San Francisco group The Loading Zone

The Loading Zone

The Loading Zone was an American rock band of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They issued two albums worth of material, with differing band lineups, before disbanding in 1971.-Career:...

 in 1968-69. After that group split in 1970 she recorded her debut album for CBS Records

CBS Records

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, and worked as a studio musician through much of the 1970s, playing drums on albums by Santana

Santana (band)

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, Mary Watkins, and Teresa Trull

Teresa Trull

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. She became a producer and staff artist at Olivia Records

Olivia Records

Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music. Olivia, named after the heroine of a pulp novel by Dorothy Bussy who fell in love with her headmistress at French boarding school, was the brainchild of ten lesbian-feminists living in Washington, DC who wanted to...

 late in the decade, and released a second full-length on the label in 1978.

Her association with Olivia led her into the genre of women's music

Women's music

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; she has collaborated with June Millington

June Millington

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, Deirdre McCalla, Barbara Higbie

Barbara Higbie

Barbara Higbie is a Grammy nominated, Bammy award winning pianist, composer, violinist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has played on over 65 CD's including 3 tunes on the recent Carlos Santana CD. A longtime Windham Hill recording artist, she has also recorded for Olivia/Second...

, Holly Near

Holly Near

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, and Margie Adam

Margie Adam

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, as well as with pop musicians like Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins

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, Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis

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, and Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin

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.

In the 1990s she began exploring African music, forming the group Cultural Heritage Choir. She also plays with her own band Skin Tight, a jazz/blues outfit.

Solo

• Sweet Linda Divine (CBS Records
  CBS Records
  CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
  
  , 1970)
• Linda Tillery (Olivia Records
  Olivia Records
  Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music. Olivia, named after the heroine of a pulp novel by Dorothy Bussy who fell in love with her headmistress at French boarding school, was the brainchild of ten lesbian-feminists living in Washington, DC who wanted to...
  
  , 1978)
• Secrets (411/Redwood Records, 1985)
• Shake It to the One That You Love the Best (Music for Little People, 1989)

The Loading Zone

• The Loading Zone (RCA Records
  RCA Records
  RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
  
  , 1968)
• One for All (Umbrella Records, 1970)

The Cultural Heritage Choir

• Good Time a Good Time (1995)
• Front Porch Music (1997)
• Say Yo' Business (2001)