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| Shelby Lynne |
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"I do exactly what I want, not only musically but making decisions I want to make, and I have to take responsibility for those decisions... in the past I did play more by the rules, but I've never been law-abiding."
-Shelby Lynne
| Date of Birth: October 22, 1968 |
| Birthplace: Quantico, Virginia |
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| Country music fans have known Shelby since the late eighties. Everyone else caught on when she won the 2000 Best New Artist Grammy for the album, I Am Shelby Lynne. |
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| This girl is independence personified. She plays by her own rules (the number of record labels she has been through is evidence enough of this) and doesn't take any garbage from anyone. Heightening our sense of Shelby as a particularly assertive lady is the fact that she cusses like a sailor. |
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Born in Quantico, Virginia on October 22, 1968, and raised in Frankville, Alabama, Shelby Lynne Moorer would be forced into a position of independence from a young age. At the age of 17, Shelby and her sister witnessed the murder of their mother at their alcoholic father's hands, who then killed himself.
Left to fend for themselves, Shelby and her younger sister left Alabama for Nashville, Tennessee. Accompanying them was Shelby's husband, the high-school sweetheart she married after the death of her parents (she would divorce him shortly thereafter).
Shelby and her sister were raised in a country music-loving household. Their father was a local singer and their mother taught the two girls vocal harmony and, preceding her death, had planned to form a singing trio with her daughters. In spite of the tragic turn of events, Shelby remained committed to her longtime musical aspirations, hence her choice of Nashville as a destination.
Shelby supported herself and her sister through club performances and singing competitions, still managing to find the time to make a series of demo tapes. The demos eventually made their way to The Nashville Network, and landed Shelby a gig on the program Nashville Now. This televised performance proved to be Shelby's big break, and a duet with country star George Jones would follow, as would contract offers from four major labels.
In 1988, Shelby signed a contract with Epic Records, and her debut album Sunrise was released a year later. Two more albums would rapidly follow: Tough All Over in 1990 and 1991's Soft Talk. Shelby's music was well-received critically, and in 1991 she was awarded the Country Music Association's Horizon Award for best rising talent of the year. Yet consistent radio airplay and major exposure continued to elude her.
Furthermore, the confines of the new country music industry had begun to torment Shelby. The Nashville music scene was a highly commercial one, and Shelby, performing within the dictates of her producers and songwriters, was beginning to feel like more of a marketing package than an independent artist.ar. |
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