My introduction to her music was via an old customer of mine-he'd sent me a care package of sorts, along with this wonderful tape of John Gorka, Dave Wilcox, Shawn Colvin, etc. She impressed me quite a bit as a guitarist when we used to see her play solo in between Grammys. Shawn Colvin did a live solo version of Talking Heads' "Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place)" that knocked me out a few years ago, and it's also on her Cover Girl album. ( see also Katheleen Michaels' Guide entry) (Scary!.But Good!)įorever and Always Singing. If you're listening to Shawn Colvin in your car, at home, in the shower, or your studio.I can just about guarantee, you will be forced to feel every emotion! To me that's a good thing. She has integrity and grace, on and off the stage. For years I was content to write about anything except my feelings. I truly admire the fearless way she wears her heart out on her sleeve. With much of her moodiness, and love for song, I can tell you there's a little of her in all we write. Shawn kept playing, singing, and writing.THANK YOU SHAWN!!! I know, without strong musicians like Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, there wouldn't be musicians like Bill and I. I can tell you, she sounds like she was born with one in her hands! :o) Bravo! For the life of me I can't figure out why it took them so long to give her a Grammy. And here I am, 9 years later, loving Shawn Colvin more than ever, writing music with Bill (Honestly! I would have picked up her music book too, but Shawn was WAY too advanced for me to learn!) I'm not certain about how long Shawn Colvin's been playing the guitar. Loving The Beatles as much as I have all my life, I ran down to the local music store, rented a guitar, bought a chord book, and purchased three "best of" Beatles books. I telephoned my writing partner and guitarist, Bill Mazur, and he suggested that I learn from those artists that I liked the most-ones that were easy to sing to and had basic chord structures. As I said earlier, the release of Steady On in 1989, coupled with a few things going on in my life in 1990, prompted me to pick up the guitar for the first time. ( Covers/own material: Own and co-written has done a disc of cover songs General comments: Straight from the liner notes of Cover Girl Shawn Colvin writes: "Before I worked up the courage to write them, I learned songs by all the songwriters I admired (I still do)." Guess what? Me too. Wikipedia's entry on Shawn Colvin Comparisons: In my opinion, Shawn is at the heart of the new folk revolution Nanci Griffith, Patty Larkin, The Story, John Gorka, Dave Wilcox, even Richard Thompson are some rough comparisons. Type of music generally: Contemporary folk later releases have more pop influences Status: Most recent release, Live from These Four Walls: Fat City (live, 2020) See also: The Official Shawn Colvin site The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Shawn Colvin This site too slow? Try a mirrorĬountry of origin: U.S.
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