Bomshel

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Bomshel
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s) Country
Years active 2004-present
Label(s) Bombstop!/Curb
Website http://bomshel.com
Members
Kristy O.
Kelley Shepard
Former members
Buffy "Buf" Lawson

Bomshel (IPA: /ˈbɒmʃɛl/) is an American country music duo consisting of lead singer Buffy "Buf" Lawson and fiddle player/harmony vocalist Kristy O. (born Kristy Osmonson).[1]

Signed to Curb Records in 2004, Bomshel has charted four singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, although they have yet to release an album. The duo's highest-peaking to date is "Ain't My Day to Care", which peaked at #44 in 2006. The duo is known for its high-energy live performances and prominent use of fiddle.[2]

Buffy departed in December 2007;[3] Kelley Shepard, a native of Detroit, Michigan, has been elected as Buffy's replacement.[4]

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[edit] History

Buffy Lawson and Kristy Osmonson, natives of Lexington, Kentucky and Sandpoint, Idaho, respectively, both moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the 1990s.[2] Osmonson met Lawson at a fan fair in Nashville, while seeking out a singing partner who would make for a high-energy, dynamic duo;[2] Lawson and Osmonson found that they worked well together, and decided to perform as a duo.[1]

The duo first performed at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville, where they would set up on Tuesday nights to play their songs.[5] Later, they began to play at several clubs throughout Nashville as well.

By 2006, Bomshel was signed to the Curb Records label, which gave the duo its own sub-label, Bombstop! Records.[5] Their first single, "It Was an Absolutely, Finger Lickin', Grits and Chicken, Country Music Love Song", was released in the spring of 2006, followed by the release of "Ain't My Day to Care". In addition, the duo opened for Montgomery Gentry, Andy Griggs, and Jo Dee Messina.[6]

[edit] "Bomshel Stomp"

Bomshel's third single was titled "Bomshel Stomp". Originally written as a joke on Kristy's birthday, "Bomshel Stomp" was intended as a "rave groove with a hillbilly song".[7] A copy of the song was inadvertently left behind at a club; the club owner began to play the song, and eventually it caught the attention of other clubs as well.[8]

While "Ain't My Day to Care" was charting, "Bomshel Stomp" was tested on radio stations throughout the state of Michigan. During the summer of 2006, it became the most-requested song on country radio stations in the state,[7] and as a result of its success in test markets, "Bomshel Stomp" was chosen as the duo's third single. It was succeeded by "The Power of One", a cut from the soundtrack for the film Evan Almighty.

[edit] Wicked Women of Tequila Rose Chopper

In late 2006, Bomshel put up a custom-built, autographed motorcycle, called the "Wicked Women of Tequila Rose Chopper", up for auction on CMT's auction website, CMTAuctions.com.[9] Proceeds from the auction were to the benefit of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

[edit] Singles

Year Title US Country Album
2006 "It Was an Absolutely, Finger Lickin',
Grits and Chicken, Country Music Love Song"
49 Unreleased Curb album
"Ain't My Day to Care" 44
2007 "Bomshel Stomp" 46
"The Power of One" 52 Evan Almighty soundtrack
2008 "Just This Way"A TBD
  • ATo be released.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b NEW ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Bomshel (html). Great American Country. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  2. ^ a b c BomshelBio.pdf (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  3. ^ Bomshel Break Up? (html). nashvillehype.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  4. ^ More on the Bomshel shuffle (html). MLive.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
  5. ^ a b ((( Bomshel > Biography))) (html). All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  6. ^ No Stopping This Bomshel (html). Acme Branding Company. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  7. ^ a b 108th Annual Central Carolina Fair: Meet the Blonde "Bomshels" (html). RedOrbit. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  8. ^ Bomshel (html). Gone Country Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  9. ^ Bomshel’s Charity Chopper Now Available At CMTAuctions.com (html). Click Press. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.

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