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Amanda Shires
12+ albums
countryfolkamericanasinger-songwritertexas
about
Amanda Shires (born in in Lubbock in March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and violin player. She has performed as a member of the Texas Playboys, Thrift Store Cowboys and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, as well as in a duo with Rod Picott. Shires is said to have been smitten at the age of ten by the sight of a green and orange pawn shop fiddle, She quickly became obsessed with the instrument and the sounds of western swing and country fiddle. Tutored by Lanny Fiel, she joined his Ranch Dance Fiddle Band, and while attending Lubbock High School also performed in school, city and regional orchestras and symphonies. At sixteen Shires began performing with Tommy Allsup and the legendary Texas Playboys. Following graduation from high school Amanda enrolled at South Plains College School of Music in nearby Levelland. Her studies continued at Texas Tech University, where, during 2004, she graduated with a degree in Geography. At South Plains she became a founding member of the Thrift Store Cowboys, an alt-country band with an energetic and youthful edge. Along with Daniel Fluitt [vocals, acoustic guitar, lap steel, saw] and a ranch raised kid from Fluvanna - Colt Miller [guitar, accordion, banjo, hammond], the band garnered rave reviews for it's often raucous live sets and released four albums of dust covered West Texas Indie rock that earned them a loyal college audience, a best-seller award from Miles of Music and Shires’s “Sidewalk Song” has featured on NPR's All Songs
