The Watson Twins

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The Watson Twins
Leigh and Chandra Watson.
Background information
Origin	United States
Genre(s)	Country, folk
Years active	1990s-present
Label(s)	Team Love Records Vanguard Records
Website	Official site
Members
Chandra Watson Leigh Watson

The Watson Twins are an American musical group based in Los Angeles with country and folk influences. Named for identical twin sisters Chandra and Leigh Watson, the band includes contributions from Aram Arslanian, Russ Pollard, Jason Soda, and Jenny Lewis.

Chandra and Leigh were born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. They attended the University of Evansville then moved to Silverlake, California in the late 1990s, where they were founding members of and backup singers for local band Slydell. They also began writing their own music and performing with other musicians, including Orphan Train, Joe Firstman, Fairechild, and Rilo Kiley and their singer Jenny Lewis.

In 2006 the Watson Twins released their debut EP, Southern Manners, almost simultaneously with Rabbit Fur Coat, their collaboration under the name Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. The Watson Twins had previously been known as Black Swan before changing their name to accompany their album with Jenny Lewis. The group have also covered Neil Young's song "Powderfinger" for the American Laundromat Records compilation charity album titled Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity, released in February of 2008. Their album Fire Songs is to be released on June 24, 2008 on Vanguard Records.