Coming from the small-town roots of Leavenworth, Kansas, Melissa Etheridge has become a modern American music icon. Leaving the comforts of home in 1982 to pursue music studies at Berklee College of Music in California in 1982, Etheridge spent several years building her sound before eventually signing on with Island Records in 1986, and making a national breakthrough in 1988 with her self-titled debut and the Grammy-nominated single “Bring Me Some Water.” Bringing an authentic heartland approach to mainstream Rock-n-Roll, Etheridge would continue to find success into the 1990s and truly arrived in the spotlight in 1993 with her pivotal album Yes I Am. With a record that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and featured hits like “I’m the Only One,” “If I Wanted To”…

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