Shawn Camp (musician)
Shawn Camp | |
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Birth name | Darrell DeShawn Camp[1] |
Born | August 29, 1966 |
Origin | Perryville, Arkansas, USA |
Genres | Country, Americana |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | vocals, guitar, fiddle |
Years active | 1991-present |
Labels | Reprise, Skeeterbit, Oh Boy |
Associated acts |
Tim Mensy Josh Turner |
Website | http://www.shawncamp.com |
Darrell DeShawn "Shawn" Camp (born August 29, 1966) is an American musician who performs country and Americana music. Originally signed to Reprise Records in 1993 as a recording artist, Camp charted two minor singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year. Since then, he has found success as a songwriter, having co-written hit singles for many country music artists, including Garth Brooks, Josh Turner, Brooks & Dunn, and Blake Shelton, although he continues to record his own material as well.
Biography
Camp was raised in Perryville, Arkansas by a musical family.[2] In 1987, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee and worked in the backing bands of such acts as The Grand Priarie Boys, Osborne Brothers, Alan Jackson, Suzy Bogguss and Trisha Yearwood.[3] In 1991, he was signed to Reprise Records, with two minor Top 40 singles charting in 1993.[3] The first of these, "Fallin' Never Felt So Good", was previously recorded by Dude Mowrey.
Camp recorded a second album for Reprise, but never released it due to creative differences. He then began writing for other artists. Camp's first Number One as a songwriter came in early 1998, when Garth Brooks reached the top of the Billboard country charts with "Two Piña Coladas", a song co-written by Camp.[2] Later that same year, Brooks & Dunn also reached Number One with "How Long Gone", another Camp co-write.[3][4]
Camp released Lucky Silver Dollar in 2001.[3] In 2006, he was nominated as Songwriter of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music; also, Billboard ranked him No. 10 on their 2006 list of Hot Country Songwriters.[5] The same year, two songs co-written by Camp entered the country charts: "Nobody But Me" by Blake Shelton, and "Would You Go with Me" by Josh Turner, which peaked at No. 4 and No. 1, respectively, on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Songs charts. Camp also co-wrote Turner's 2007 single "Firecracker", George Strait's 2008 single "River of Love", and Billy Currington's 2011 single "Love Done Gone".
In September 2010, Reprise Records issued the previously-unreleased 1994 album, retitled 1994.[6]
In 2012 Shawn won Album of the Year at the American Music Awards for his co production with Tamara Saviano of This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark.[7]
In January 2014, Shawn Camp won a Grammy Award for his production of American singer songwriter, Guy Clark’s album My Favorite Picture Of You.[8] This was his second Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album of the Year, as last year he, along with co-producer Tamara Saviano, was nominated for This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark.
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US Country | US Heat | ||
Shawn Camp |
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61 | 27 |
Lucky Silver Dollar |
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Live at the Station Inn |
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Fireball |
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The Bluegrass Elvises, Vol. 1 (with Tim Mensy) |
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1994 |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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US Country | CAN Country | |||
1993 | "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" | 39 | 64 | Shawn Camp |
1994 | "Confessin' My Love" | 39 | 51 | |
"Man, What a Woman" | — | 72 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
Year | Video | Director |
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1993 | "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" | Steven Goldmann |
1994 | "Confessin' My Love" |
References
- ↑ "Listing for Darrell DeShawn Camp". Broadcast Music Incorporated. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 allmusic ((( Shawn Camp > Biography )))
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Shawn Camp: About
- ↑ shawncamppublicity.pdf
- ↑ Shawn Camp and Jack Clement
- ↑ Cooper, Peter (3 September 2010). "Shawn Camp's shelved 1994 album to be released". The Tennesseean. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ↑ http://americanamusic.org/recipient-archive
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grammy-awards-2014-the-complete-winners-list-20140126
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