Anna Warr
Inducted in 2016
Anna, considered one of the original Desert
Divas, was born in Arkansas but grew up in
Tucson. Her mom started feeding her love for
music very early on via exposure to operas,
symphonies, and regular piano playing in the
house. Because of her mother's influence, she
started singing her last year of high school.
She joined an a cappella group in college.
Chris Davis of The Rowdies was the
first person to put Anna on stage in Tucson.
This opened the door for an opportunity to sing
with Bobby Taylor, which ended up being her
first weekly paying gig. It all snowballed from
there. She has since played with some of the
best musicians in town. Bryan Dean, Tony Uribe,
Bad News Blues, Kevin Heiderman, Steve Grams,
Danny Krieger, Richard Gomez, Marx B. Loeb, Chip
Ritter and Larry Deihl, are just a few of the
amazing people she has worked with, and
continues to work with.
Lisa Otey, a fellow Desert Diva, helped to
launch Anna's international success. In 2004,
Lisa took Anna and other performers to France
for a jazz festival. Since then, Anna has
traveled to Spain and Mexico. She has toured
Holland twice with Mr. Boogie Woogie and also
toured with Holland's Raymond Guitar Ray
Nijenhuis. She insists there is more to come, as
The Goddess of Love is just getting started!
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