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Natalie Louise Maines: Political Scientist
She's qualified, don't you think?

RESUME:

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
- Natalie's favorite quote
Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar
Birthdate: October 14, 1974 (Libra)
Nickname: Nat, or the Tiny Viking
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
Education: O.L. Slaton Junior High from 1989-90, Berkelee College
Previous Job: "Orlando's Italian Restaurant" waitress
Hair Color: blonde, worn short
Eye Color & Height: Blue / 5 ft. 3 in.
Family: mother, Tina; father, Lloyd; sister Kim
Can't Live Without: TV
Husband: actor Adrian Pasdar (June 24, 2000)
Children: Jackson Slade Pasdar born March 15, 2001
Pets: bulldog named Ralph, lab Mabel
Greatest Weakness: Sleeping
Most Embarassing Moment: "My top breaking on stage and my boob hanging out for a full song!"
Instruments: piano, guitar and electric guitar, bass (taking lessons)
First Teen Crush: Donny Osmand
Pet Peeve: People who chew gum (remember, no cavities)
Hobbies: reading, painting abstract portraits, watching movies, quilting, using her boogie board, learning to snowboard

F A V E S
Actor: John Travolta
Actress: Audrey Hepburn
Animal: Monkey it's the closest to what I am now
Childhood Hero: Sandra Dee
Designers: Todd Oldham, Pamela Dennis, D&G
Dixie Chicks Song(s): Sin Wagon, Wide Open Spaces, Top of the World
Fashion: likes to cover her shoulders, loves hair & make-up, avid shoe buyer
Food/Dish: Sushi or Mexican
Hang-Out: New York
Junk Food: Fruit Loops
Movie(s): Grease, Pulp Fiction, West Side Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 7 Years in Tibet, Dead Poet's Society, To Kill a Mockingbird
Piece of Clothing: tie-dyed, velvet Todd Oldham pyjamas
Singers: James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls, Maria McKee, Patty Griffin, Nat King Cole, Sheryl Crow
T.V Show: Party of Five

THIS & THAT
Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
Right or Left Handed?: Right

I N F O
Natalie started her singing career at the age two, and spent her summers in the studios, at family jam sessions and performing with her father. Her grandfather was also a musician. She spent her childhood watching her father's band play and began sitting in onstage when she was just a little kid. Growing up in a family like the Maines family, it's hard not to become musical. At the age of 4, she was discovered standing on a desk at the hospital where her mother worked, giving a note-perfect rendition of 'Greased Lightnin'. In school, she would say, "Oh, I don't wanna do this math and science. I'm gonna be a star."

And a star she wanted to be. Her start was on piano when she was 12 and she most recently has started bass guitar. She was a performer throughout her childhood, culminating in a spot on the high school cheerleading squad and a vocal scholarship to the Berklee School of Music in Boston in 1994. So far, Natalie has sung on several albums by well known Texas artists. When Martie and Emily called Natalie to ask her to be their new lead singer, Natalie said she had a volleyball game that night and the next day a big Economic test. But about 4 days later, she checked out of college and started singing. Now when she's out on the road, she is addicted to the treadmill, to help her stay in shape.

Natalie made her big screen debut in the independent movie called, "Grand Champion." She along with George Strait, Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis all had small parts in the movie. Natalie portrays a West Texas DJ with big hair and blue eye shadow at one of the steer shows.

DID YOU KNOW?
* Natalie has never had a cavity...
* Natalie considered herself a flower child while in college and had a "world" and the Latin word for "Peace" tattooed on her ankle..
* "Shake Your Booty" and "You Are My Sunshine" were the first songs she learned to sing...
* Natalie was a cheerleader in high school...
* When Natalie was a waitress, she never sang the birthday songs at Orlando's..
* Natalie would like to be reincarnated as Mrs. John Travolta
* Natalie was in a band in college; played 3 gigs then broke up
* Natalie used to love playing bingo..
* Natalie's first country autograph came from Naomi Judd..
* Natalie & Emily won 2nd place in a karoake contest at a bar in Roanoke, VA back in June 1998..
* Too Far From Texas was sung live and done in only two days..
* In the delivery room, Natalie listened to Allison Krauss' CDs..
* Natalie confesses on being a nail biter ... "I've stopped, but now I bite Slade's."
* The very first gig she played with the sisters was a convention for Quaker State oil. They had to dress as saloon girls and sing songs about oil...