From early childhood, Elaine knew she wanted to play guitar. After getting her first “real” guitar when she was 11, she joined a folk group in middle school, called Wings of the Wind. The group won the local talent show two years in a row and began to play out in various functions. Figuring the group was destined for greatness, she began writing songs for the group to sing. Alas, the group fizzled, but she continued to write songs and learn more about the guitar.

Post high school, she continued to write songs and play guitar. The demands of having a career and later, starting a family made it hard to continue to write and practice. She ended up tabling her musical ambitions for about twenty years. Then one day, when she was 48, a member from the old folk group called her up day said, let’s jam on the guitars. At first, Elaine thought her friend had lost her mind. Instead, she dusted off the guitar case and released the aging guitar from the prison of its case. As she strummed the guitar once again, the old passion was born again.

In short order, she tested the waters with her first open mic at the Arabica in Cleveland Hts.  It wasn’t long before she started playing her first solo gigs meeting up with a whole new world of Cleveland and Akron performing songwriters, like herself.  It wasn’t long before she began writing songs again after a 20-year hiatus. Her new songs are focused on the maturing issues women over age 50 face. She hopes to keep pushing the envelope and growing both as a songwriter and performer as well.