The girl with the 8-string guitar

A summer breeze called Lisbee Stainton

03.04.2010 [db] I just wanted to write down an interview. But I decided to do it different this time. How to describe a girl like Lisbee Stainton? How to describe a singer/ songwriter with so much talent? I met her in Erfurt on a rainy day. She was going to support Joan Armatrading and I had the chance to listen to Lisbees songs while she was doing the soundcheck. Standing on the stage and playing her guitar, whispering her lyrics into to the microphone. I closed my eyes and her songs were dropping down like a warm summer rain. She has an amazing voice – bright, warm and memorable. She has red curly hair and an open personality. She smiled when I was trying not to stumble over my broken English – more rough then ready. After the soundcheck was finished we sat down on a huge box filled technical equipment. There is no hectic between us while the technicians are running around. This box is an island within the hectic rush. Why does she play an 8-string guitar? One day she went to see a guy who makes guitars. She wanted to play a 12-string guitar. But he told her that women are actually not made for playing such a guitar. They have too small hands. So he made an 8-string guitar for her. And say said “Good, thanks.” It’s a difference to a 6-string guitar. After a while it opens up so many ways to play. It’s amazing. She smiles at you and you want to be her friend.

She is young. But Lisbee has so much memories and experiences to share. She grew up in a very musical family. She listened to her father playing the guitar. And sometimes she tried to strum her father’s guitar when he wasn’t watching. You can call it faith or just an accident – she found an old guitar in the attic. And I guess from that moment on she knew deep in her heart, that she would be a professional singer. She is writing songs since the age of nine. Some of them were published on her debut album “Firefly”. A collection of feelings and a glimpse into the world of a teenager growing into a woman. This girl knows how it feels to stand in front of 30.000 people – performing. She knows how it feels to sit in a bar and to give a concert – spontaneously. She knows how thrilling it is to see strangers singing her songs. This girl knows how to sing about life. This girl knows how a summer breeze sounds. Have a listen to the songs of her second album “Girl on an unmade bed”, have a look: www.lisbee.com.

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