Kacee Clanton (born Kellie Kristine Clanton) is a Nashville–based singer/songwriter, recording artist, stage actress, producer, and vocal and performance coach who has worked as a background vocalist for recording artists Joe Cocker and Luis Miguel, and toured as lead vocalist with Big Brother and the Holding Company. She has played Janis Joplin in the musical Love, Janis and was the alternate lead on Broadway in the rock musical A Night With Janis Joplin. She was also a vocal and performance instructor at Los Angeles College of Music. Both her music and vocals have been used in a variety of films, TV shows, and video games. She currently lives in the Nashville area and works as a singer, actor, producer and vocal coach. Beginnings Kacee grew up in a musical home and was very involved in her church's music program. She began studying classical voice at the age of 15 and later studied at University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music. She moved to the Los Angeles area and began performing, modeling and doing commercial vocal work in the late 1980s. After 3 decades of building a successful career in Los Angeles, she relocated to Nashville in 2021, where she is currently a recording artist, actor and session singer. Solo recordings Kacee released her first independent solo CD entitled Seeing Red in 1996. It is a combination of traditional blues, modern rock, jazz, and gospel, and features various Los Angeles–based session players and singers such as Danny Jacob, T Lavitz, Ray Brinker, Tom Lilly, Chris Smith of Jefferson Starship, Robbie Wyckoff, and Tommy Alvarado. It also features iconic blues vocalist/guitarist Coco Montoya. Her second release, Mama Came to Sing, was released in 2005. Mama is a blend of hard-hitting rock, funky folk, groovy blues, and moody pop. It features players and singers such as Tom Lilly, Jon Nichols, Ray Brinker, Jon Greathouse, Maureen Baker, David Crozier, Robbie Wyckoff, Janelle Sadler, and Ryan Drummond. In 2013, she released an EP, Short on Time & Money, co-produced and co-written with Andre Berry, and is a blend of funk, rock and melodic pop. Theatre In 2001, Kacee joined the cast of the Off-Broadway stage production Love, Janis, playing the lead role in the rock musical based on the life and music of Janis Joplin. She performed in the production at the San Diego Repertory Theatre in both 2001 and 2002, where the Los Angeles