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'' The Lucky Ones'', 2008. Her debut album, "Up the Hickory Down the Pine" will be released in May 2012.Official Website
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Personal life

Shelly Colvin was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where her family still lives. She was raised singing gospel music, country and bluegrass, with her Father, a Baptist minister of music. She learned to sing and harmonize with her mother and grandmother on songs like "Abilene" or "Old Rugged Cross.".
at http://www.parallelentertainment.com When she was very young Shelly performed with her Mother and Father as a trio, touring churches all over North Alabama. She has been a professional singer / songwriter since 2000 and has worked as an Artist Relations / Music Liaison for Billy Reid since 2009. She currently lives in East Nashville with her husband Jeff, a music attorney, and her dog, Emmylou.

Music and songwriting

After Graduating college from the

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Shelly moved to California in 2000 and began playing music in a country duet called Sister South. Working with producers Mike Post and the legendary

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, Sister South had a song featured in the Soundtrack for the film '' Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector''. In 2006 Shelly moved to Nashville with her husband to pursue a solo career. Shelly began recording songs with the ACM award-winning producer

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. She is an active performer in Nashville and over the years has collaborated with artists such as Members of

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). Her sound has been described as "drawing from them, the California Country Folk sound they each in their own way helped create." Shelly has co-written songs with several artists in Nashville and Los Angeles including Jeff Trott (

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, Chris Tompkins, Roman Candle, Mando Saenz and

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's Kevn Kinney. The song "Pre-Approved, Pre-Denied" was the title track on Kinney's 2009 solo album. In 2010 Shelly formed the band "Brown's Ferry" in Nashville with Beau Stapleton, Mando Saenz. Brown's Ferry played several shows on the east coast including dates with

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and Kevn Kinney. According to her website, Shelly's full-length debut "Up the Hickory Down the Pine" will be out March 13, 2012

Fashion

Shelly has been featured in

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Magazine's 'On The Street column, and in the film series 'Jake Davis Test Shots' in '' W'' Magazine. She has performed at several Billy Reid functions including performances at Shindig, Fashion Night Out (along with her band Brown's Ferry) and Billy Reid's 2011 Fashion Week Show along with

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in February 2012, She worked as a stylist for Mumford and Sons and The Civil Wars at the Grammys and the

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for their performance on

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Film and television

When first moving to California after graduating college, Shelly landed a role on

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's Rock The House in 2003. She was a yoga teacher in the

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'' and played a small role in

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. In 2011 Shelly played a guitar player in

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's band for the FX television show Outlaw Country.

References

External links

Shelly Colvin Official Site

Shelly Colvin: Jake David Test Shots at W Magazine

BillyReid.com

Imogene and Willie , Our Voice: Shelly Colvin
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