"That girl gets down to the nitty gritty." ~ Koko Taylor

Danielle Nicole Schnebelen's  Musical influences originate from generations on both sides of her parent's families, and ensured that a love of playing music would continue to be passed among her and her siblings.

Nicole began singing publicly with her parent's bands as a youth and took ahold of her full time in her early 20s.  "My Father really loved the Blues.  He'd go to all the true Blues guys that were around in KC, specifically Little Hatch.  He'd played for Abb Locke (saxophonist for Muddy Waters) and we'd get brought along sometimes.  The pure, raw emotion relayed through the Blues was what really drew me to it.  Its history is the foundation of American Music and is THE one that must be respected and not buried as myth or legend."

As a founding member of the "Heavy Blues" sibling band Trampled Under Foot, she and her brothers took top honors at the International…