# Annette Conlon
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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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| name = Annette Hartung Conlon
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| birth_name = Annette Loraine Hartung
| alias = Nette
| birth_place = [Ohio](/source/Ohio), U.S.
| origin = [Colorado Springs](/source/Colorado_Springs), [Colorado](/source/Colorado), U.S.
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| genre = Country · Americana · Folk · Singer Songwriter
| occupation = singer songwriter · musician · animal rights activist
| instrument = guitar
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| associated_acts = The Conlons · Eden Automatic · Somebody's Sister
| website = http://www.annetteconlon.com
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'''Annette Conlon''' (born June 19), is an American born [songwriter](/source/songwriter), [acoustic guitar](/source/acoustic_guitar) player, [vegan](/source/Veganism),[{{Cite web|url=http://veganfeministagitator.blogspot.com/2016/09/10-questions-vegan-rock-star-with.html|title=The Vegan Street Blog from the Vegan Feminist Agitator: 10 Questions: Vegan Rock Star with Annette Conlon...|date=2016-09-15|website=The Vegan Street Blog from the Vegan Feminist Agitator|access-date=2016-10-20}}] and founder of the Compassionette Tour:[{{Cite web|url=https://indiepulsemusic.com/2016/09/21/annette-conlon-announces-compassionette-tour/|title=ANNETTE CONLON ANNOUNCES "COMPASSIONETTE TOUR"|last=Timmons|first=Joseph|date=2016-09-21|website=IndiePulse Music Magazine|access-date=2016-10-20}}] a music tour, uniting music, fashion, food, and compassionate living. She is based in Culver City, California. Her Country/Americana music release ''Life, Death, and the Spaces Between'' was named #3 by Paul Riley in "Critic's Choice Top Ten Best Albums of 2015" in ''Country Music People's'' Jan, 2016 issue.[{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release/00cfe144-f04c-44c3-a009-dfce4247d713|title=Release "Life, Death, and the Spaces Between" by Annette Conlon - MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org|access-date=2016-10-21}}] She co-writes songs with husband Doug Conlon for Dallas alternative rock band Eden Automatic.
[Tofurky](/source/Tofurky) and [Mercy for Animals](/source/Mercy_for_Animals) lend support to the Compassionette Tour by providing coupon booklets, compassionate counter-culture cards, and flyers to pass out along the way.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Annette Hartung Conlon was born in Ohio to Joyce Hartung, a paralegal secretary, and Don M. Hartung,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106835/don-m-hartung/|title=BRIGADIER GENERAL DON M. HARTUNG > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display|website=Af.mil|access-date=2016-10-21}}] then a Major in the United States Air Force. A military child, Conlon grew up in several different military bases and cities throughout the United States, her one constant was participating in choir.
=== 1992-1994 The Denver years ===
Conlon joined her first rock band, the short-lived "Love Garage and the Earth Muffins" when one of the background singers left. When Love Garage broke up, Conlon and lead singer Doug Conlon moved on to form Somebody's Sister, a band widely supported by the Denver rock scene, but as not supported by the local media.[{{Cite news|url=http://www.westword.com/music/family-matters-5054140|title=FAMILY MATTERS|last=Jesitus|first=John|date=1994-07-06|newspaper=Westword|access-date=2016-10-22}}] When their single Barney (based on the purple dinosaur) started to hit college charts, a label out of Dallas contacted the duo. The label folded shortly after Annette, Doug, and drummer Gino Jones relocated to Dallas, Texas.
=== 1995-2006 The Dallas years ===
Not long after moving to Dallas, Texas, the group was contacted by a Boston area band claiming they owned the copyright to the name Somebody's Sister. Voting between all four band members (bass player Chris Harris had joined the band) the name Eden Automatic was born, and with it came the group's more alternative rock sound. From the late 1990s through early 2000s Eden Automatic toured the states of [Texas](/source/Texas), through [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico), [Colorado](/source/Colorado), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi), [Alabama](/source/Alabama), and [Florida](/source/Florida). Eden Automatic released four CDs. During this time Conlon went from sharing the stage to fronting the stage. She shared more of the songwriting duties and began penning her own songs. In 2002, struggling with [http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/NodulesPolyps/ vocal polyps] from smoking, the band took a three-month break from touring while Annette recovered. Back on the road, and back in the studio, Annette struggled to find the powerhouse voice previously referenced to as [Blondie](/source/Blondie_(band)), [Portishead](/source/Portishead_(band)), and [Jefferson Airplane](/source/Jefferson_Airplane)[{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendsmagazine.net/140/thisis.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040708144607/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/140/thisis.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 8, 2004|title=REVIEW: V/A – "This is Underground V1.0"|website=Legendsmagazine.net|access-date=2016-10-22}}] and another six weeks of vocal isolation was needed in order to complete vocals for As For Now. The band started to book more acoustic gigs and less full band gigs. Not long after, Doug and Annette Conlon relocated to [Culver City, California](/source/Culver_City%2C_California), and then bassist Greg Terhune moved to [Candler, North Carolina](/source/Candler%2C_North_Carolina).
=== 2007-present California ===
During her first few years in California, Conlon performed with husband Doug Conlon under the moniker "The Conlons." It was not until she became ill with a retropharyngeal abscess and almost died in 2012 that things would change. After a two-year recovery Conlon began writing a solo record based on the emotional recovery of her illness.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.birdinthetree.org/2014/11/artist-interview-annette-conlon.html?showComment=1417564035118|title=Artist Interview: Annette Conlon Reclaims Her Voice on 'Life, Death and the Spaces Between'|website=Birdinthetree.org|access-date=2016-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022095955/http://www.birdinthetree.org/2014/11/artist-interview-annette-conlon.html?showComment=1417564035118|archive-date=2016-10-22|url-status=dead}}] This record was funded by a successful Kickstarter[{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annetteconlon/annette-conlons-1st-cd-life-death-and-the-spaces-b?ref=video|title=Annette Conlon's 1st CD: Life, Death, & the Spaces Between|website=Kickstarter|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-22}}] campaign. At this point, Conlon began performing under her own name, Annette Conlon, and performs either solo, accompanied by Doug Conlon, or by a full band. Her vocal cords and health fully restored, Conlon embarked on the Compassionette Tour September 24-October 1, 2016, uniting music, fashion, food, and compassionate living.
== Personal life ==
=== Veganism and animal rights ===
Conlon is a [vegan](/source/Veganism) and supports [animal rights](/source/animal_rights).