Inara George

Inara George (born in 1974) is a Los Angeles, California-based singer-songwriter, one half of The Bird and The Bee and a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson. Her 2006 solo album All Rise was a KCRW hit. George is the daughter of Lowell George, the late founder of the rock and roll group Little Feat. She was five years old when he passed away. Inara is married to director Jake Kasdan. George has appeared on two of Idlewild's studio albums, providing backing vocals, and has recorded with the jazz/rock group Kneebody (formerly known as Wendel), on their first release; she sang the introduction to the song "I'll Watch Your Life to See". In 2006, George recorded an album with Idlewild guitarist, Rod Jones, entitled George is Jones. The album remains unreleased, however, four songs can be heard on the duo's MySpace. In August 2008 second studio album An Invitation was released.