so that honestly was the urgency behind the move. >> reporter: chris whitley died in 2005. he was 45 years old. texas rixie who sang on his 2008 and caught the attention of a producer. >> i got this call. hello, is this trixie? this is daniel landwaa. i started shaking. >> reporter: daniel wanted her to play with him and a drummer for a group they had. >> there is a little youtube video actually that youtube film is the very first moment of daniel, brian, and i making music together. >> reporter: by that time, whitley had also taught herself guitar. you didn't pick up the guitar until you were 20. >> yeah. >> and i had a lot of resistance toward the guitar for a long time because it was the instrument that my father played and i didn't want to follow in living in the room >> the thing, too, there was than undeniable like dna thing that i couldn't escape. so i noticed i would pick up the guitar and i would be like, i sound like my dad partially, whether i want to or not! i'm not trying to at all! >> reporter: is it something that is inescapable that you still want to escape

. >> the daughter of the late chris whitley a blues rocker in texas who enjoyed success in the '90s. i sat down about trixie here in new york where she spent time as a child. >> reporter: music has always trixie whitley. >> i'm not classically trained. i'm completely self-taught so i consider myself more of an expressionist. >> reporter: the daughter of singer chris whitley. trixie was drawn at percussion as a child and at age 10 announced she wanted to play upright bass. >> they completely just kind of laughed me out of school! and we are like -- i mean, there is no way that there is an instrument that is your size! >> reporter: size. so trixie started on the drums and raised in new york and belgium where her mother is from. >> reporter: whitley spent her early teens performing with an art troup around europe but at 17 moved back to new york. what brought you back to the city? >> that was the age i knew that own path and my musical identity. >> reporter: her father was also battling cancer. >> i knew at that time that my father was ill. so i knew that if i wasn't going to move back r

tonight byron well comes chris reid, kim whitley, rod vance and vince florence. now man voted most likely to

tonight byron well comes chris reid, kim whitley, rod vance and vince florence. now man voted most likely to