Lisa grew up in a rural community outside of Portland, OR, one of 3 children in a family of musicians.

Diane always created opportunities to perform professionally, singing in bands, working in theatre and making recordings, alongside her career as a nurse in Wisconsin and, since 1992, as a teacher in Arizona. Diane also loved poetry, which influenced her style as a lyricist.

Her father nurtured her love of singing by introducing her to the albums of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald. Lisa has also been inducted into the Tucson Music Hall of Fame and appeared on the Grammy-nominated CD, “”Ladies Man”” with Pinetop Perkins.ĭiane and Lisa have co-produced several CDs on their label, Owl’s Nest Productions, including Diane’s “”I Never Knew””, Lisa’s “”Trio””, “”Bring Your Own Boa”” for Lisa Otey and the Desert Divas, and Diane & Lisa’s duo CDs, “”You Got What I Want””, “”Wild Women”” and their Christmas hit, “”Meet Me Under the Mistletoe””.ĭiane grew up in rural Wisconsin, one of 7 children in a blue-collar community that centered around the paper mill and dairy farms near Appleton. Performances include the Thredbo Blues Festival in Australia Box Factory for the Arts, Michigan Yardbird Suite in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Blues in Bisbee and Tucson Folk Festivals, Arizona Le Bilboquet and Caveau de la Huchette jazz clubs in Paris Yoshi’s in California Festival Alfonso Ortiz Tirado in Sonora, Mexico Wild Rose Moon in Indiana Silver City Blues Fest in New Mexico and the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland.ĭiane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey have been inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame.

They take their act to festivals, clubs and theatres around the world and are known for creating an atmosphere of intimacy with their humor and joyful interactions with the audience. “International touring artists Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey are a dynamic duo, a perfect blend of hot jazz, sultry blues and boogie-woogie.

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