Tina and the B-Sides – The Last Polka (1999)

Tina Schlieske, originally hails from Minneapolis, MN and is best known for fronting the band Tina and the B-Sides.
The band released several albums on their own label Movement Records before getting signed to a major record deal with Sire Records in 1996.
The band released two CD’s for Sire, “Salvation” and “It’s All Just The Same”, with their songs featured in commercials and major movie soundtracks such as “The Traveller’” “Very Bad Things.” and “Simple Plan.”
Tina and band shared stages with Lenny Kravitz, The Wallflowers, Indigo Girls and Etta James as well as collaborating with artists like Stewart Copeland and Me’Shell Ndegeocello.
When the B-Sides took a hiatus in 1999, she toured with Double Trouble (Stevie Ray Vaughn’s band) and released several solo projects.
In 2005, her first solo album produced by Sheldon Gomberg, “Slow Burn” which features such renowned musicians as Don Heffington (Dylan, Emmy Lou Harris), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty), Marc Ford (The Black Crows) and Rami Jaffe (The Wallflowers) and to her thrill, she even had Elvis Presley’s guitarist James Burton play on two of the tracks.