Teisha and Scott met first in 2001. They started playing duo gigs and recording songs on a 4-track. When they had enough songs together they got Scott's former bandmates Jesse Emerson (upright bass) and Richard Cuellar (drums) to play shows and record the first record, "Somewhere Left to Fall..." (released in 2003). Amelia's first album was recorded by Mike Coykendall of the Old Joe Clarks. He engineered, co-produced, and played piano and other instruments on the recording. Mike's friend and bandmate Mark Orton, also of the Tin Hat Trio, added keyboards, accordian, etc. Jess was playing wit... (+) expand

Teisha and Scott met first in 2001. They started playing duo gigs and recording songs on a 4-track. When they had enough songs together they got Scott's former bandmates Jesse Emerson (upright bass) and Richard Cuellar (drums) to play shows and record the first record, "Somewhere Left to Fall..." (released in 2003). Amelia's first album was recorded by Mike Coykendall of the Old Joe Clarks. He engineered, co-produced, and played piano and other instruments on the recording. Mike's friend and bandmate Mark Orton, also of the Tin Hat Trio, added keyboards, accordian, etc. Jess was playing with the Decemberists until he quit to be in Amelia full time and the band released a second studio album (also with Mike Coykendall) called "After All" in 2004 and a live recording called "Por Avion" in 2005. After that, Richard left to tattoo full time. Steve Moretti started playing drums, Jesse switched from bass to piano and Michael Papillo started playing bass. The band is currently recording a third full-length album with producer Mark Orton that will be completed in early 2006. For now, Amelia is a trio. Jesse is back on bass, Scott on guitar, and Teisha on drums. (-) collapse