STACEY- Bio
Biography
 Stacey Wright was practically born in the spotlight. When the Atlanta native was just a little girl, her passion for the stage drew neighbors to her family's home to watch the budding performer sing and dance with unrestrained energy. She quickly became the talk of Dunwoody, GA, entertaining friends and family with performances in school, at church, and in community productions. But Stacey was more than just a wannabe backyard diva. She studied piano at age eight, and later took up the violin. By the time she was twelve, she was writing her own lyrics and melodies. The young chanteuse sang at local restaurants with hired acts. Like most teenagers, her taste soon evolved toward contemporary and popular music, and she decided she needed to play the guitar. Stacey unwrapped a new future when her dad got her a special Christmas present when she was just shy of sixteen: a Martin guitar. She quickly taught herself to play and wrote her first complete songs, with titles such as "It Was You," "Someday," "Summer Heat," and "Your Innocence." With guitar strapped over her shoulder and pen in hand, she avidly wrote and performed original songs for high school talent shows. She was hopelessly devoted to theatre and performed in countless musicals and plays throughout high school; she turned in her most noteworthy role as the shy-turned-sultry Sandy in "Grease!" Stacey’s songwriting and voice matured, and it was at that time that she had an epiphany. It was her destiny to make music and share it with the rest of the world. So in 2001 she packed her bags, slung the Martin over her shoulder, and headed for Boston to study at the Berklee College of Music. Throughout her four years in Beantown, Stacey played all over the city, first at the Brown N' Brew coffeehouse at Tufts University and later at other local hotspots like the Charles Playhouse, Porter's Bar, The Rack, and Bulfinch Yacht Club. During her last semester at Berklee, Stacey lost her beloved Martin guitar to a dishonest Boston cabbie; she memorialized her old friend and partner in a touching double-layered love ballad called, simply, “Goodbye Martin.” When she graduated in 2005 she heeded the call of her hometown. After “Movin’ Down South” (the title of one of her signature ballads), Stacey performs frequently around Atlanta and is a regular presence at Singers and Songwriters nights at Smith’s Old Bar in Midtown. She continues to perform locally, illuminating the Atlanta music scene with insightful, self-penned lyrics and her moving vocals.


Written by Bill Warhop