Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer was born in Mobile, Alabama, United States on June 21st, 1972 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 52, Allison Moorer biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972) is an American singer/songwriter.
She signed to MCA Nashville in 1997 and made her debut on the U.S. Billboard Country Chart with the release of her debut single, “A Soft Place To Fall,” which she co-wrote with Gwil Owen.
The song was also featured in Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer and as a result was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999.
Moorer performed on the Oscars ceremony in the same year.
She has made ten albums and has had songs recorded by Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Steve Earle, and Hayes Carll.
Early years
Moorer was born in Mobile, Alabama on June 21, 1972. She was raised in Frankville, Alabama, and later Monroeville, Alabama, after the deaths of her parents. Growing up, Moorer and her sister also lived in Jackson, Alabama at various times. Music was an important part of the Moorer family. Moorer's father was a heavy drinker who abused his wife. In 1985, her mother fled with the two girls to nearby Mobile, but her father soon discovered their whereabouts. In 1986, when Moorer was 14 and her older sister Shelby (now Shelby Lynne) was 17, he shot and killed his wife before taking his own life. Moorer graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile in June 1993 and then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, without even collecting her diploma to join her sister, singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne, who lived there and had already released three albums. Moorer began singing backgrounds in Lynne's band full time and toured extensively with her.
In June 1996, Moorer took part in a tribute to her songwriter friend, the late Walter Hyatt, singing his "Tell Me Baby" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Nashville agent Bobby Cudd was in attendance and subsequently introduced her to renowned producer and MCA Nashville president Tony Brown. After a few meetings, Brown asked her to cut some demos for the label. Two tracks—"Pardon Me" and "Call My Name”— from that session were included on her first MCA album, Alabama Song.
When Brown moved from MCA Records to sister label Universal South, Moorer followed. Her 2002 album, Miss Fortune, earned more raves, but didn't meet sales expectations. It contained the ballad "Tumbling Down,” which was featured on the soundtrack of the popular 2002 film The Rookie.
Her live album Show was recorded in one night at 12th and Porter in Nashville. It features the first recorded collaboration between Moorer and Lynne. After releasing Show and a DVD on Universal South, Moorer moved to independent label Sugar Hill Records. With a slightly rougher edge than past efforts, The Duel was released in April 2004. Moorer's first husband, Doyle Lee Primm, was featured as a songwriter on her first four albums. They divorced in 2005. After serving as his opening act on a European tour, Moorer married fellow singer/songwriter Steve Earle. Earle produced her 2006 album, Getting Somewhere. Moorer wrote all the songs, with the exception of one co-written with Earle. They were both nominated for the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Grammy, for the song "Days Aren't Long Enough" from Earle's Washington Square Serenade in 2008. The song was also nominated for an Americana Music Association award. Moorer gave birth to the couple's first child, John Henry Earle, on April 5, 2010, but they separated in September 2012 and divorced in July 2015.
Moorer released the Buddy Miller-produced Mockingbird in February 2008;[4] an album mainly of covers of songs by female singer/songwriters including her sister, Shelby Lynne.
In 2009, Moorer performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.[5] She appeared in the off-Broadway Rebel Voices, a dramatization of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's Voices of a People's History of the United States in late 2007. Also, in 2009, she appeared on the BBC series Transatlantic Sessions, Series 4, Episodes 4 and 5, performing a version of the Irish folk song, "Carrickfergus”. She toured with the Jerry Douglas and Ally Bain led Transatlantic Sessions band in early 2011.
In 2015, Moorer released her ninth album, Down To Believing. The album marked a return to collaborating with Kenny Greenberg. Moorer said in an interview: "He produced my first two albums and I just felt like the time was right for us to work together again. He's simply one of my most favorite guitar players. He's probably my favorite guitar player and he's definitely the guitar player that I know the best. I"m very comfortable with him as a producer. He's someone that I trust implicitly as a human being and a musician. And I think the time was right for us to do it."[6]
On August 18, 2017, Moorer released her tenth album titled Not Dark Yet, in collaboration with her sister. Produced by British folk singer Teddy Thompson, it featured covers of songs by Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and The Killers as well as one original song written by Moorer and Lynne, “Is It Too Much.” During an extended interview at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the duo revealed that they are planning a second collaborative album which will instead feature all original material and that they will begin writing together for this new project in 2018.
Moorer co-produced the 2019 Hayes Carll record, What It Is. She and Carll were married on May 12, 2019. Moorer's album Blood was to be released October 25, 2019; her book, Blood: A Memoir, was scheduled for publication on October 29, 2019, on Da Capo Press.
Music career
Moorer performed his "Tell Me Baby" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in June 1996. Bobby Cuddd, a Nashville agent, was on site and later introduced her to MCA Nashville president Tony Brown. Brown begged her to remove some demos from the label after a few meetings. On her first MCA album, Alabama Song, two songs from that session, "Pardon Me" and "Call My Name," were included.
Moorer was the first Browns to move from MCA Records to Universal South. Miss Fortune's 2002 album, Miss Fortune, received more raves, but it didn't meet sales goals. It featured the ballad "Tumbling Down," which was featured on the soundtrack of the well-known 2002 film The Rookie.
In one night at 12th and Porter in Nashville, her live album Show was recorded. It's the first documented collaboration between Moorer and Lynne. Moorer changed to Sugar Hill Records after releasing Show and a DVD on Universal South. The Duel was released in April 2004 with a marginally more aggressive edge than previous attempts. Doyle Lee Primm, Moore's first husband, was featured as a songwriter on her first four albums. In 2005, the two families divorced. Moorer married fellow singer/songwriter Steve Earle after being his opening act on a European tour. Earle's 2006 album, Getting Somewhere, was released. Moorer wrote all the songs, with the exception of one co-written with Earle. They were both nominated for the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Grammy for the track "Days Aren't Long Enough" from Earle's Washington Square Serenade in 2008. The song was also nominated for an American Music Association award. On April 5, 2010, Moorer welcomed John Henry Earl Earle, the couple's first child, but they divorced in September 2012 and divorced in July 2015.
Mockingbird was released in February 2008 by Moorer;[4] an album mainly made up of covers of songs by female singer/songwriters, including Shelby Lynne.
Moorer appeared in The People Speak, a documentary feature film based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, in 2009. [5] She appeared in the off-Broadway Rebel Voices, a dramatization of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's Voices of a People's History of the United States in late 2007. In 2009, she appeared on the BBC series Transatlantic Sessions, Episode 4, Episodes 4 and 5, performing an Irish folk song, "Carrickferro." In early 2011, she toured with the Jerry Douglas and Ally Bain led Transatlantic Sessions band.
Moorer's ninth album, Down To Believing, was released in 2015. Kenny Greenberg's return to collaboration on the album marked a return to collaborating with him. In an interview, Moorer said, "He produced my first two albums and I just felt like the time was perfect for us to work together again." He's simply one of my all-favorable guitar players. He's unquestionably my favorite guitar player, and he's certainly the best guitar player I've ever heard. I'm very familiar with him as a designer. I implicitly believe in him as both a human being and a musician. And I agree the time was perfect for us to do it."[6]
Moorer's tenth album, Not Dark Yet, was released on August 18, 2017 in collaboration with her sister. During an extended interview with British folk singer Teddy Thompson, it featured reviews of songs by Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, and The Killers, as well as one original song written by Moorer and Lynne, "Is It Too Much."
What It Is by Moorer co-produced the 2019 Hayes Carll album, What It Is. On May 12, 2019, she and Carll were married. Moorer's album Blood was scheduled to be published on October 25, 2019, and on Da Capo Press, Blood: A Memoir was supposed to be published on October 29, 2019.