Shelly Colvin

Shelly Colvin
Colvin in 2019
Colvin in 2019
Background information
BornHuntsville, Alabama, U.S.
GenresAlternative country, folk
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years active1999–present
Websiteshellycolvin.net

Shelly Warren Colvin[1] is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her song 'Holding Steady' was featured in the 2008 Feature Film, The Lucky Ones with Tim Robbins and Rachel McAdams.[2] Her debut album, "Up the Hickory Down the Pine" will be released in May 2012.[3]

Personal life

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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.".[4] When she was very young Shelly performed with her Mother and Father as a trio, touring churches all over North Alabama.[5] 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.[4]

Music and songwriting

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After Graduating college from the University of Alabama[4] Shelly moved to California in 2000 and began playing music in a country duet called Sister South.[4] Working with producers Mike Post and the legendary Jimmy Bowen, Sister South had a song featured in the Soundtrack for the film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.[6] In 2006 Shelly moved to Nashville with her husband to pursue a solo career. Shelly began recording songs with the ACM award-winning producer Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Chris Knight, Lee Ann Womack).[7][8] Her song "Holding Steady" written with Mando Saenz was featured in the Film, The Lucky Ones with Tim Robbins and Rachel McAdams.[2]

She is an active performer in Nashville and over the years has collaborated with artists such as Members of Old Crow Medicine Show, Dierks Bentley,[9] Cory Chisel,[10] Matraca Berg, Thad Cockrell and Roman Candle.[8] She has also shared the stage with artists such as Jackson Browne,[11] Chris Hillman,[7] and Herb Pedersen (Emmylou Harris).[7] Her sound has been described as "drawing from them, the California Country Folk sound they each in their own way helped create."[4]

Shelly has co-written songs with several artists in Nashville and Los Angeles including Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow)[7] JD Souther, Matraca Berg, Mark D. Sanders, Chris Tompkins, Roman Candle, Mando Saenz and Drivin N Cryin's Kevn Kinney.[4] 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 Gill Landry and Kevn Kinney.[12][13]

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

Fashion

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Shelly has been featured in The Fader magazine's "On the Street" column, and in the film series "Jake Davis Test Shots" in W magazine.[14]

She has performed at several Billy Reid functions including performances at Shindig, Fashion Night Out (along with her band Brown's Ferry)[15] and Reid's 2011 Fashion Week Show along with Keegan DeWitt and Cory Chisel[10] in February 2012, she worked as a stylist for Mumford and Sons and The Civil Wars at the Grammys and the Punch Brothers for their performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[16]

Film and television

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When first moving to California after graduating college, Shelly landed a role on VH1's Rock the House in 2003. She portrayed a yoga teacher in Michael Bay's The Island and played a small role in Spider-Man 3. In 2011 Colvin played a guitar player in Mary Steenburgen's band for the FX television series Outlaw Country.

References

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  1. ^ "ANGELINE". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b IMDB, The Lucky Ones, 2008.
  3. ^ Official Website at shellycolvin.net.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Biography Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at http://www.parallelentertainment.com
  5. ^ My Scoop Nashville Archived July 13, 2012, at archive.today at http://nashville.myscoop.us Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ IMDBLarry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Soundtrack
  7. ^ a b c d Shelly Colvin Live at Workplay
  8. ^ a b SHELLY COLVIN with special guests ROMAN CANDLE at ticketbiscuit.com
  9. ^ Ketch Secor and friends Dec 2011
  10. ^ a b Fashion Week 2011 Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at http://www.socialprimer.com
  11. ^ Shelly Colvin at Next Big Nashville Artist Page Archived January 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Shelly Colvin and Brown's Ferry with Gill Landry
  13. ^ Brown's Ferry play Fashion Night Out at Billy Reid
  14. ^ Jake Davis Test Shots Shelly Colvin[permanent dead link‍] at http://www.wmagazine.com
  15. ^ Fashion Night Out 2010 at http://www.papermag.com
  16. ^ Side Projects Archived September 9, 2012, at archive.today at ShellyColvin.net
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