Lilly Hiatt

Hiatt was born in Los Angeles, California.{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Randy|title=Somebody's Daughter: Lilly Hiatt finds her own path to success|url=http://theeastnashvillian.com/article/somebodys-daughter|work=The East Nashvillian|date=2015|language=en}} Her father is singer-songwriter John Hiatt and her mother was film sound editor Isabella Wood. Wood was Hiatt's second wife. Wood, who was at that time separated from John Hiatt, died by suicide when her daughter was almost one year old.{{cite news|last1=Steinberg|first1=Jacques|title=The Case of John Hiatt: The Lyrics? Pretty Familiar. The Performer? Not So Much.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/arts/music/20hiat.html|work=The New York Times|date=19 October 2008}}{{cite magazine|title=Deaths: Isabella Wood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CQEAAAAMBAJ&q=isabella+wood+john+hiatt&pg=PT79|magazine=Billboard|date=11 May 1985|page=72}}{{cite news|last1=Schlanger|first1=Talia|title=Lilly Hiatt On World Cafe|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2017/09/29/554275130/lilly-hiatt-on-world-cafe|work=NPR|date=29 September 2017|language=en|format=Includes audio interview}}

Hiatt grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, on a farm with her father, his third wife Nancy Stanley Hiatt, older brother Rob, and younger sister Georgia Rae.

Hiatt has played music since she was 12,{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/59366-lilly-hiatt|title=Artist Profile: Lilly Hiatt|last=|first=|date=|website=eventseeker.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-13}} when her father gave her her first guitar, a 1953 parlor-size Martin.

In 2006, Hiatt graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in psychology.

In 2005, Hiatt formed a band, Shake Go Home, in Denver with fellow students from University of Denver. After graduation, the band moved to Nashville and recorded several EPs. Band members included Hiatt, Eric Knutson on guitar, Jeff Montoya on bass, and John Arrotti on drums.{{cite news|title=Living Legends Music: Information on Lilly Hiatt|url=http://www.livinglegendsmusic.com/library.php?personID=5227|work=Living Legends Music}} Hiatt relocated briefly to Austin, Texas, but returned to Nashville in 2013.{{cite news|last1=Hubbard|first1=Susan|title=Interview: Lilly Hiatt|url=http://www.motherchurchpew.com/2015/12/01/interview-with-lilly-hiatt/|work=Mother Church Pew|date=1 December 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Gleason|first1=Holly|title=Lilly Hiatt Royal Blue—March 4|url=http://nashvillearts.com/2015/02/lilly-hiatt-royal-blue-march-4/|work=Nashville Arts|date=27 February 2015}}

In 2012, Hiatt released her debut album, Let Down. The record was produced by Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, Matthew Ryan, Todd Snider).{{cite news|last1=Houle|first1=Zachary|title=Lilly Hiatt and the Dropped Ponies: Let Down|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/165886-lilly-hiatt-and-the-dropped-ponies-let-down/|work=PopMatters|date=21 January 2013|language=en}}

In 2015, Hiatt released her second album, Royal Blue, on the Normaltown label, an imprint of New West. The record was produced by Nashville producer Adam Landry (Deer Tick, Rayland Baxter, Middle Brother), and was recorded using analog recording technology.{{cite news|last1=Spencer|first1=Sloane|last2=Hiatt|first2=Lilly|title=Lilly Hiatt Interview: Country Fried Rock #1514|url=http://nodepression.com/podcast/lilly-hiatt-interview-country-fried-rock-1514|work=No Depression|date=2 June 2015|language=en|format=Audio interview}} Hiatt employed synthesizer as well as pedal steel, and broadened the scope of her style to reflect her musical influences.{{cite news|last1=Gleason|first1=Holly|title=Lilly Hiatt: Royal Blue Review|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/lilly-hiatt-royal-blue-review.html|work=Paste Magazine|date=3 March 2015|language=en}}

Hiatt's band that she recorded her first two records with was called Lilly Hiatt and the Dropped Ponies, and included guitarist Beth Finney, drummer Jon Radford, bass player Jake Bradley, and Luke Schneider on pedal steel.

In 2016, at a mansion in East Nashville, the Luck Reunion organization gathered pairs of musicians to collaborate on songs for a series of 45 rpm singles recorded using analog equipment provided by Third Man Records. Hiatt together with Aaron Lee Tasjan recorded two songs: Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues" and John Prine's "Angel from Montgomery"

{{cite news|last1=Bolen|first1=Bob|title=Magical Musical Moments in a Nashville Mansion|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2016/10/12/497687834/magical-musical-moments-in-a-nashville-mansion|work=All Songs Considered|publisher=NPR|date=12 October 2016|language=en}}

In August 2017, Hiatt released her third album, Trinity Lane. The record was produced by Michael Trent of Shovels & Rope and was recorded on Johns Island in South Carolina.{{cite news|title=Becca Mancari & Lilly Hiatt|url=http://middlestatepodcast.com/middlestate/2017/5/3/becca-mancari-and-lilly-hiatt|work=Middle State|date=28 April 2017|format=Includes audio podcast|language=en}} Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels & Rope appears on vocals on the track "Everything I Had."{{cite news|last1=Ferguson|first1=Maeri|title=Lilly Hiatt Liberates Herself|url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/lilly-hiatt-liberates-herself|work=No Depression|date=23 August 2017|language=en}} The record's title comes from a main street in East Nashville in Tennessee. Hiatt said that although the songs often have a dark subject matter, the record is a rock and roller.{{cite news|last1=Rendeiro|first1=Remy|title=Quiet Minds and Safe Havens: A Q&A with Lilly Hiatt|url=http://americansongwriter.com/2017/08/quiet-minds-safe-havens-qa-lilly-hiatt/|work=American Songwriter|date=8 August 2017}}

Hiatt used a new band on her album, Trinity Lane. The band members are John Condit on guitar, Robert Hudson on bass, and Allen Jones on drums.{{cite news|last1=High|first1=Jewly|title=Review: Lilly Hiatt, 'Trinity Lane'|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/17/541699579/first-listen-lilly-hiatt-trinity-lane|work=First Listen, NPR|date=17 August 2017|language=en}}

In 2022, Hiatt appeared on the second compilation from East Nashville indie label 3Sirens, founded by friends and artists The Grahams. "3Sirens Presents: Part 2" was a collection of 80s and 90s cover songs, featuring performances from Hiatt, Nicole Atkins, Elizabeth Cook and The Grahams. Lilly Hiatt's cover of "Under The Milky Way" by was originally recorded by The Church.{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Mikayla |date=2022-12-08 |title=Lilly Hiatt — "Under the Milky Way": Casey's DJ Pick |url=https://lightning100.com/2022/lilly-hiatt-under-the-milky-way-caseys-dj-pick/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Lightning 100 |language=en-US}}

Hiatt has toured with Aaron Lee Tasjan, John Moreland, Drive-by Truckers, Margo Price, and John Prine, as well as many others.

Hiatt lives in East Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite news|last1=Weeks|first1=Isaac|title=Lilly Hiatt was born to be a singer, but she has become a rising star in her own right|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article182611356.html|work=The News & Observer|date=3 November 2017|language=en}} She struggled with addiction and became sober in her late 20s.{{cite news|last1=Bernstein|first1=Jonathan|title=Lilly Hiatt on John Lennon, Sobriety and New Album 'Trinity Lane'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/features/lilly-hiatt-talks-sobriety-new-album-trinity-lane-w499323|work=Rolling Stone|date=24 August 2017}}

• 2012: Let Down (Normaltown Records){{cite news|last1=Doole|first1=Kerry|title=Lilly Hiatt and the Dropped Ponies: Let Down|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/lilly_hiatt_dropped_ponies-let_down|work=Exclaim!|date=12 October 2012|language=en}}
• 2015: Royal Blue (Normaltown Records){{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Raymond E.|title=Lilly Hiatt – "Royal Blue"|url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/lilly-hiatt-royal-blue|work=No Depression|date=17 March 2015|language=en}}
• 2017: Trinity Lane (New West Records)
• 2020: Walking Proof (New West Records){{Cite web|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/ef-country/lilly-hiatt-to-release-new-album-walking-proof-in-march/|title=Lilly Hiatt to release new album Walking Proof in March|last=Ellwood-Hughes|first=Pip|date=15 January 2020|website=Entertainment Focus|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-13}}
• 2021: Lately (New West Records)
• 2025: Forever (New West Records)

• 2017: Luck Mansion Sessions (Third Man Records) with Aaron Lee Tasjan – songs: "Dublin Blues" and "Angel from Montgomery"{{cite web|url=http://luckreunion.com/luckmansion2016/|title=Luck Mansion Sessions 2016. Episode 3: Aaron Lee Tasjan and Lilly Hiatt|work=Luck Reunion|date=2016}}
• 2022: 3Sirens Presents: With Love Part 2 (3Sirens) with Elizabeth Cook - song: "Under The Milky Way".{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Mikayla |date=2022-12-08 |title=Lilly Hiatt — "Under the Milky Way": Casey's DJ Pick |url=https://lightning100.com/2022/lilly-hiatt-under-the-milky-way-caseys-dj-pick/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Lightning 100 |language=en-US}}

• 2008: John Hiatt – Same Old Man (New West)
• 2011: Across Tundras – Sage (Neurot)
• 2012: Ronnie Fauss – I Am the Man You Know I'm Not (Normaltown)

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