oretta Mc Nair, songwriter, lead vocalist, and native Californian, has been a performer since age 12 when her grandfather bought her an acoustic guitar for Christmas. In addition to her expertise in painting portraits in oils, Loretta has a wide entertainment background spanning 25 years including Musical Theater, Disco, Comedy, Melodrama and Light Opera, aside from her true love of roots music (Blues, Folk, etc.) She appeared as a guest vocalist on Mars Lasar's CD, "The Eleventh Hour" (Real Music). During the last several years, her focus has been on her own original music, which she performed along with club standards under the band name "Doubletake" in LA and Orange County clubs and coffeehouses. This led to the creation of her first CD "Loretta Mc Nair and Blues of the World."