Opener: Shelley King at The Falcon

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King’s soulful sound is rooted in southern gospel-blues, carries the Gulf-borne humidity of Louisiana, the river loam of Muscle Shoals and the hot springs of her native Arkansas, with a little Texas country bubbling underneath. Her new album, Building A Fire, which she co-produced with the Subdudes’ John Magnie and Steve Amedee, captures her warm, earthy Americana style via 10 originals, one traditional and one cover: a Larry Campbell-penned spiritual previously sung by Levon Helm.

King was the first woman named by the Texas Legislature as an official Texas state musician in 2008; having a song she wrote, “Texas Blue Moon,” covered by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra; befriending and sharing stages with the Subdudes, Marcia Ball, Carolyn Wonderland, and Willie Nelson; performing on the Delbert McClinton Sandy Beaches Cruise and touring internationally....

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www.shelleyking.com

King’s soulful sound is rooted in southern gospel-blues, carries the Gulf-borne humidity of Louisiana, the river loam of Muscle Shoals and the hot springs of her native Arkansas, with a little Texas country bubbling underneath. Her new album, Building A Fire, which she co-produced with the Subdudes’ John Magnie and Steve Amedee, captures her warm, earthy Americana style via 10 originals, one traditional and one cover: a Larry Campbell-penned spiritual previously sung by Levon Helm.

King was the first woman named by the Texas Legislature as an official Texas state musician in 2008; having a song she wrote, “Texas Blue Moon,” covered by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra; befriending and sharing stages with the Subdudes, Marcia Ball, Carolyn Wonderland, and Willie Nelson; performing on the Delbert McClinton Sandy Beaches Cruise and touring internationally.

Her current release, "Building A Fire" like her six previous releases, is on her own Lemonade Records label. “I always liked that saying, ‘If life hands you lemons, make lemonade,’” King says.

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