Amanda Shires
Amanda Shires was born in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, United States on March 5th, 1982 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 42, Amanda Shires biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, movies, and networth are available.
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Amanda Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player.
Shires has released six solo albums, her most recent To The Sunset on the Silver Knife label in 2018.
Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby joined the Highwomen in a country music group in 2019.
She has appeared in a pair with Rod Picott, the Texas Playboys, Thrift Store Cowboys, and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit.
Early life
Shires' childhood was split between the Texas cities of Lubbock and Mineral Wells following her parents' divorce. Her mother is a retired nurse. She used to be a rodeo barrel racer. Her father owns a wholesale nursery in Mineral Wells and has an interest in gold prospecting in Alaska. She is vaguely related to celebrated photographer Erica Shires, who created the video for the song "Swimmer."
She was shopping for hunting gear at a pawn store in Mineral Wells when she was 10 years old. She saw an inexpensive Chinese-made fiddle for sale, and her father decided to buy it for her on the condition that she learn to play it. It took her a long time for her to play it well; she usually trained outside because her dog had a habit of howling while she played. She began playing fiddle in Lubbock from Lanny Fiel, who knew Frankie McCourter of the Texas Playboys when she was 12. She began playing fiddle from McCourter and was later invited to perform at the band's shows. She joined the Texas Playboys, the former backing band for Western swing legend Bob Wills, at the age of 15.
Personal life
In 2011, Shires began dating fellow musician Jason Isbell. On February 23, 2013 and their first child was born on September 1, 2015. Rod Picott, a singer, was once in a friendship with her.
Musical career
In 2005, Shires released Being Brave, mainly instrumental, on her first solo album. She moved to Nashville four years ago and began Sew Your Heart with Wires, a Rod Picott-led project. Carrying Lightning was released in 2011, followed by Down Fell The Doves in August 2013 and My Piece of Land in September 2016. The latter was Shires' breakthrough, earning her a Grammy Award from the American Music Association.
She toured extensively with Picott from 2006 to 2006. She has performed and recorded with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Devotchka, Chris Isaak, Thrift Store Cowboys, Todd Snider, and Justin Townes Earle.
Kelly Canter, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, appeared in the film Country Strong in 2011.
Shireee, a small liberal arts university in Sewanee, Tennessee, began in 2011 at The University of the South, a small private arts university. In 2017, she earned a Master's of Fine Arts in Poetry.
Shires was named Artist of the Year by Texas Music magazine in 2012, on the magazine's front page.
At the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards, Shires received the Emerging Artist of the Year Award. She appeared on Isbell's world tour in 2017 alongside John Prine on his world tour. Shires revealed in 2018 that she was working on a new album called To The Sunset, which, as My Piece of Land, will be produced by Dave Cobb. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will appear on Twitter. Shires received the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album for his album The Nashville Sound as a member of the 400 Unit. Shires contributed to The Tree of Forgiveness, John Prine's 2018 album. On August 3, 2018, The Sunset was announced.
Shires, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, and Maren Morris formed The Highwomen in 2019. "Redesigning Women" was the first single from their self-titled debut album, which was released on September 6, 2019.