Name: Shelby Lynne
Date of Birth: 22 October 1968 Country music singer and songwriter. Older sister of Allison Moorer. Won the "Best New Artist" award for the 2001 Grammys, even though she had been in the business for 13 years. Upon receiving the award, she quipped (with great sarcasm), "Wow! It took six albums to win Best New Artist!" Sister-in-law of Steve Earle. Good friend of Mary-Louise Parker. When she was 17, her father fatally shot her mother then took his own life in the family driveway. By age 18, she was married and divorced, raising her sister, Allison Moorer, and struggling to make it as a country/pop singer in Nashville. ... In 1999, she took off to Los Angeles and reinvented herself. Loves to listen to albums by Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra and Chet Baker. Also loves to hear the song "Stardust" sung by Willie Nelson. Would love to sing with David Bowie. Read a lot of Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck as a kid. Loves Boddington's Beer (English ale), cheese, biscuits and Nanny's (her grandmother) green beans. Hated school. Read more Shelby Lynne movies (actor)User Comments |
