Violet Wild is an acoustic rock singer-songwriter in northern Colorado. With her earthy vocals, percussive acoustic guitar, and restless energy, Violet’s style evokes both Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell. She learned harmony from Simon & Garfunkel as a child, and played bass lines from the Animals on the sousaphone in marching band. Since 2017 she’s been performing with cover bands in the live music scene along the Front Range.
In 2021, she began performing as Violet Wild. She covers a wide range of the pop and rock that shaped Gen-Xers, and her originals land on the alt-90s side of Americana. The Violet Wild Duo includes Rob Myers on bass and vocals.
Violet’s debut single Steal My Body is a collaboration with Austria-based guitarist and producer Joost Scheltes. It traces the lore surrounding Gram Parsons’ death in Joshua Tree. It is about love, but also the sacredness of friendship, bonfires in the desert, and where we want our ashes scattered. Violet will be releasing more music in 2025.
Gram Parsons told his friends that he wanted his ashes scattered in Joshua Tree. I want my ashes scattered in Zion. Both are illegal desires.