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Shelby Lynne - Black Light Blue ("I Am Shelby Lynne" - Island Records 1999).

Shelby Lynne was destined to be a singer. Born a singer. She was raised in rural Alabama by musical parents who stressed individuality and the importance of standing apart from others. A terrible student, but avid reader, she loved the written lyric and a beautiful melody. Around the house she was surrounded by country music from the past, Hank Williams, Dottie West, Waylon Jennings, as well as old 45's that belonged to her parents stacked high with most all Everly Brothers, Beatles, Elvis. It was the old pop music that really turned her soul on. The harmonies that came so naturally to her from such an early age stemmed from her mother, a naturally gifted singer, who guided the diamond in the rough talent on rides to school on freezing Alabama mornings with her younger sister Allison. They sang three part harmonies to pass the time, which brought the threesome so close in life, and in music. The Mills Brothers, Ink Spots, Kay Starr, Everly's and anything that needed a harmony -- this was the car in which to find it.

Shelby started playing guitar by age seven in order to accompany herself on these songs. Her father was a weekend guitar player in bands and bars and taught her a three-chord progression in E, and from there the hunger for more was so intense she learned the rest on her own. By high school graduation, her mind was made up and a trip to Nashville was inevitable. Married to her high school sweetheart with dreams of country music success in mind, they packed and moved to Music City where she met veteran songwriter Bob Tubert. With only a cassette demo in hand, he took a chance and played the tape for the TV producer of a long since gone program on the Nashville Network called "Nashville Now," hosted by Ralph Emory. After the performance, she was offered a record deal by CBS Records where legendary producer Billy Sherrill came out of semi retirement to produce her first record. It included a duet with country legend George Jones, who praised Lynne's ability to "own" a song at such an early age.

After five albums in Nashville, Lynne was hungry for a change from the Nashville system and searched for a record producer who wanted to collaborate on a project. She enlisted Bill Bottrell, who had produced for Michael Jackson, Madonna, and had big success with Sheryl Crow on the highly successful Tuesday Night Music Club. The album, I Am Shelby Lynne, was recorded on the Northern California coast in 1998.

With the critical success and recognition of I Am Shelby Lynne, she was awarded the Best New Artist Grammy in 2000 -- after nearly 13 years in the business. Love, Shelby was released in 2001, followed by a pair of intimate, self-produced albums -- Identity Crisis (2003) and Suit Yourself (2005). She made her acting debut in 2005, playing Johnny Cash's mother in the Fox Searchlight motion picture Walk the Line. Just a Little Lovin', her critically acclaimed tribute to Dusty Springfield, was released in 2008.

Never one to go with the crowd, Shelby continues to stand apart from the mainstream music world. She recently founded her own label, Everso Records. Lynne's Tears, Lies, And Alibis, Everso's first release, debuted at No. 16 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart in April of 2010. A Top 10 hit at Americana radio, it was hailed by Newsday as "her strongest album in a decade," a sentiment echoed by numerous critics. She followed Tears, Lies, And Alibis with her first-ever holiday collection, Merry Christmas, released in the fall of 2010.

Revelation Road -- Shelby's most personal record yet -- is released on October 18, 2011. She wrote, recorded and produced the album, which leads off with the title track and first single, "Revelation Road," a stirring reflection on reckoning and redemption. Lynne will be touring North American this fall.

Black Light Blue

written by Shelby Lynne and Bill Botrell)

Black light blue

Heaven's perfect hue

the ultimate possession

the game you couldn't lose

the voice in the corner

the song you hardly knew

the terrible admission

some tragic lonely tune

slow the Spanish dancer on a stage

Black light blue

is tearing me in two

a mad revelation

Shakespeare isn't true

the raising of the glasses

the falling into sin

dying in the desert

the loners lonely end

in the shifting sand oasis

Black light Blue

cock-a-doodle-do

calling for the innocent

the taming of the shrew

the muting of the colors

the mystical review

trying for forever, is what you'll never do

there you stand, alone

Black light blue