Being a fan of the now defunct San Francisco band 'Pegleg Annie', this blog gives some background to it's central figure and singer-songwriter Daniela Koger Meyer.
[from her MySpace page - http://www.myspace.com/danielameyermusic]
"I was always fascinated by poetry and confess a geeky tendency to spend hours at the library reading Frost, Tennyson and the Brownings when normal teenagers were hanging with other real people. I wrote a lot of my own bad poetry in high school and then in college took all the classes available on creative writing and modern poetry. I also learned to play guitar and while I was going through a Whitney Houston phase, every time I sat down to write music, folk songs came out. I moved to San Francisco in 1998 and discovered that creativity was unavoidable there. I submitted a bad demo tape to a friend who owned a warehouse-turned-music-venue (Catacombs) and I'm pretty sure that it was pity that drove him to let me open the show one night but my friends kindly turned up and through him hooked up with a bass player (Anne Roche), a drummer (Patrick Roche) and an electric guitarist (Reed Sutton). My then roommate Vicki Dunton dusted off her candy red accordion, sang back up and we were off to the races. I got married and moved to Florida so I play with whichever of my talented musician friends are available but mostly I write and have done some recording recently. This new album Mercy Boundless Free (just released in September[, 2006?]) is a project I've wanted to do for a long time. It was meant to be an original collection of modern hymns and while I generally was looking for a meditative, melancholy feel some of my folk rock tendencies leaked in. I have another project in the works that is more strictly folk rock songs about love and life. I hope to release it in the spring.[2007?]"
Her musical style could be loosely categorized as singer-songwriter, acoustic guitarist, hymn writer, in a folk-rock christian style. She is an independant artist not signed to any major label.
'Mercy, Boundless Free' tracks can be player on her web site, and are for sale at cd universe, cd baby and napster among other music hosting sites.
To buy the album or individual tracks, go to http://music.napster.com/album/songs.htm?albumid=12285950
Her web site is located at http://www.danielameyer.com/
Her MySpace page (inactive) is http://www.myspace.com/danielameyermusic
I have not been able to located a FaceBook page.
On her web site, the latest entry to date is from April, 2010 so it too is rather inactive, but she did upload videos for two new songs - one in January, and one in April. She made a few entries in her 'blahg' there earlier this year also.
[the following may need corrections or updates]
In her eariler music career from around 1999 - 2003 she performed with her band Pegleg Annie then got married and moved to Florida where she completed the 'Mercy, Boundless Free' album. Around this time she also compiled an album titled 'Some Kind of Magic' with title track of the same name. This album's style heralds back to the her earlier unique folk-rock, poetic, lyrical and contemplative style.
In summary, the now defunct Pegleg Annie band consisted of Daniela (guitar, lead vocals), Ann Roche (bass), Patrick Roche (drums), Reed Sutton (electric guitar), Vicki Dunton (accordion, backup vocals). They played original folk rock music in Daniela's distinctive folksy style.
[from CD Universe/CD Baby re. Mercy Boundless Free]
Singer-songwriter Daniela Meyer is originally from Albuquerque, but has roots in Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Michigan, California and Florida (well maybe the technical term is baggage) but she considers San Francisco home. Joining the ranks of garage bands in the music-rich city, Daniela began performing original songs at a warehouse-turned-music venue in the mission district in 1999 and began playing other coffee houses and local venues. She currently lives in Florida with her husband and two daughters. Her new album, Mercy Boundless Free combines her unique poetic lyrics with driving emotional vocals.
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