A Girl and a Boy for Melissa and Tammy Etheridge
Friday October 20, 2006
Singer Melissa and wife Tammy Etheridge welcomed the arrival of their son, Miller Steven, and their daughter, Johnnie Rose, on Tuesday.
According to Melissa's official Web site, both Tammy and babies "are in excellent health." The couple posted on their site: "The creation of life brings about immeasurable love, and pours hope into the future… The joy will help carry us through our upcoming sleepless nights."
Melissa, 45, and Tammy, 31, exchanged committment vows in a private ceremony in Malibu in September 2003. The twins are their first children together.
Melissa has two children, daughter Bailey Jean, 9, and son Beckett, 7, born to her ex-girlfriend Julie Cypher. They were conceived through artificial insemination with the help of friend and singer David Crosby.
Tammy Etheridge (née Tammy Lynn Michaels), is an actress and has appeared in the movie D.E.B.S. and on television shows such as The L Word and Committed.
Etheridge has released nine albums since signing her first major recording contract in 1987. Three of the albums -- Melissa Etheridge (1988), Yes I Am (1993) and Your Little Secret -- went multi-platinum (1995). Melissa has twice won the Grammy award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance -- for the song "Ain't It Heavy" in 1992 and for "Come to My Window" in 1994.