# @karenmasonblair on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-09-23T19:39:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Karen Mason Blair Photography (@karenmasonblair) — https://gondola.cc/karenmasonblair

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Blind Melon with #rickparashar , and Jonathan Plum recording their debut album at #londonbridgestudios 
Blind Melon released their debut, self-titled album on this day, September 22nd, 1992 on Capitol Records. 
Blind Melon recorded the bulk of the album with producer Rick Parashar (who had produced Pearl Jam's Ten) at London Bridge Studio in Seattle, Washington. Some recording sessions for the album took place at their Durham, North Carolina residence, nicknamed the 'Sleepyhouse'. The recording sessions for Blind Melon were completed in the spring of 1992.

Blind Melon's cover art is based on a 1975 photograph of Georgia Graham, drummer Glen Graham's younger sister, in a bee costume in 1976 at Joe Cook Jr. High School auditorium in Columbus, MS during a Jazz/Tap/Ballet recital of 4-6 year olds. Glen recalls: “We were all sitting around in the living room and that picture just jumped out at us. Someone jokingly said, ‘That would make a great album cover.’

The cover art further inspired the concept of the 'Bee Girl' character in the band's video for "No Rain". Samuel Bayer, the video's director, selected Heather DeLoach for the 'Bee Girl' role because she looked similar to Graham's sister in the photograph.

The band released four singles from the album.  Tones of Home, I Wonder, No Rain and Change. 
No Rain became the band's highest-charting song, reaching number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on both the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. Internationally it became a massive hit topping the charts around the world. The song subsequently helped propel Blind Melon to a multi-platinum level. #blindmelon #theyeargrungebroke #grunge

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blindmelon, grunge, londonbridgestudios, theyeargrungebroke, rickparashar

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