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About Me

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Grew up listening to great songwriters instead of disco. That's very important, I think, to the successful upbringing of any child. When babysitters would arrive with a few Abba records under their arm, I would disappear to my room to listen to a Willie Nelson tape.
From there nothing much happened, musically speaking, until high school (first band-- Navajo Ghost, spectacular garage-rock) which was followed by a quiet spell from 1992 until 1999, during which time I wrote songs. Some of them appeared on "Devils & Crows," my first record, which was released in 1999.
"Hellbound," my second disc, came out in 2002, followed by "Broken Hearts & Bitter Ends" in 2004, and "Love, Money & Revenge" in 2006. The critics loved everything, except for a woman named Laurie who thought "Devils & Crows" was incredibly depressing.
Just Plain Folks is the world's largest music organization, with over 40,000 members worldwide. It's a good group of people. So far my four discs have collectively received 13 nominations from JPF for their annual music awards, with Hellbound and Love, Money & Revenge each winning for Traditional Folk Album Of The Year, in 2002 and 2006. JPF also honored me with "Lyricist Of The Year" in 2006. Jeepers, no?
I think if I'd been raised on disco things would have turned out very differently.
I'm also the Production Manager here:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/19/2006
Band Website: shandylawson.com
Influences: John Prine, Randy Newman, Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, John Wesley Harding
Sounds Like: John Prine, Randy Newman, Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, John Wesley Harding
Record Label: Maeday
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Another Freebie!

I've assembled a collection of live tracks, recorded on the road during the whirlwind international Spring ShandyTour" 2008. As it turns out, many have thought that I had already released a live albu...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST

Shandy in the news...

A real nice piece written by David McMahon in the New Haven Advocate here:Shandy In The AdvocateDo check it out, and a big thanks to David......
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:59:00 PST

The Dark Side Of Red

Howdy, folks!Just a heads-up to let you know that my new (and fifth!) record, "The Dark Side Of Red" is available today! Yowza! You can get it two ways:The easiest way is to swing by www.ShandyLawso...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:38:00 PST

Updates, yall

Just a quickie:For those of you who have given up on ever seeing an update to the "Shandy Lawson dot com" site, HA! Joke's on you, buddy.And this is BEYOND just an update. I've torn down and rebuilt...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:17:00 PST

Two Thoughts:

Okay, two things are bothering me today.The first: People who drive Hummers who are not in the military are, without exception, assholes. Get a normal car, you dick.The second: GIFT IS NOT A VERB. ...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:16:00 PST

Holy Moly. Friday.

This Friday, November 2nd, please join us for a wicked good show in New Haven. I'll be sharing the stage with the mighty John Wesley Harding, a hero and all-around swell cat.JWH has appeared on The To...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:42:00 PST

Grooves, Bees & More Bees

Was having a nice enough bike ride yesterday, until I get onto route 4 in Harwinton. Chugging along, and all of a sudden the road turns into that unholy grooved pavement ("scarified," I believe they ...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:46:00 PST

Shorts, sociopaths & hot wives

Floyd Landis is seriously badass. Why?a. He was raised in a religion that was so strict that he was forbidden to wear SHORTS, and he didn't end up a sociopath. I sure as hell would.b. He's been need...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:24:00 PST

Stretch marks, fried dough & Newcastle

Italy won the world cup and all the key riders were tossed out of the Tour de France. I have no idea what to talk about now.Okay, there's still a few decent guys still in it-- Hincapie would be a nic...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:16:00 PST

Quiche, Dope & Granville, MA

How did France beat Brazil? I mean, they're freakin Brazil for crying out loud. And France... well, come on. Crepes. And quiche. And ballet. But that's neither here nor there. Today Italy wil...
Posted by Shandy Lawson on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:49:00 PST