Biography

The featured song on my CD "I Just See You," is TABLE 9. I was inspired to write this a few years ago, after talking with a 21 year old girl. In the course of our conversation, it was revealed that she didn't know who Frank Sinatra was! I was shocked! But then I realized... that's the way it goes. Time moves on, and young people don't even know or care who our icons are or were. Well, I didn't want that to happen to my all time favorite country star. Thus, TABLE 9. I hope you like it.

BIO:
Tracy Newman grew up in Los Angeles. She started playing guitar at 14, usually sitting on the diving board of her family’s pool, strumming for hours each day. Back then she was mostly influenced by the Kingston Trio, because she could actually play some of their songs, especially "Tom Dooley” which had, and still has, only two chords. After high school, Tracy wanted to be a folksinger, but her parents insisted she go to college. She went to the U of A in Tucson and quickly discovered the “folk” community. She stopped attending college and began playing on street corners for money, otherwise known as “busking.” Understandably, this freaked out her mother who flew to Tucson and dragged Tracy back to LA for “help.” The therapist, an elderly man in a suit and tie, kept nodding off during the sessions. Apparently, he couldnʼt relate to an upper middle class teenage girl who just wanted to be a folksinger. It’s taken Tracy a while to get back to her dream.

In the early 70s, she joined an improv class taught by Gary Austin, which soon became The Groundlings. Tracy is a founding member, and besides performing, she taught and directed. Her sister, Laraine Newman was the first Groundling to be discovered there by Lorne Michaels for Saturday Night Live. Some other Groundling alumni include: Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Paul "Pee Wee Herman” Reubens and Kathy Griffin. It was at the Groundlings that Tracy met her future TV writing partner, Jonathan Stark. Their first staff job was on “Cheers,” followed by "Bob"(Bob Newhart), "The Nanny," “Ellen,” "The Drew Carey Show” and the legendary “Hiller and Diller”
(Richard Lewis and Kevin Nealon.) In 1997, Newman and Stark won an Emmy and Peabody Award for writing the groundbreaking “coming out" episode of “Ellen.” In 2001, they created the ABC comedy, "According to Jim," which ran for eight seasons.

Tracy had been writing songs all along, many of which were featured in TV shows. Now she’s once again performing her music full-time. Her 2007 debut CD, "A Place in the Sun," is still a favorite with young and old alike, for long car rides across the nation. The title track on her new CD, "I Just See You," highlights the beauty of a long-term relationship.

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9/2/2012

Hi! This is my new music video. So many of my fans suggested I do a video of this song, so I finally did it! I gathered 10 long-term couples and filmed them in one day. My band and I did the song a few times. This is the result. The song is about the FOUR LITTLE WORDS WE ALL WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNER.