Join us at the Afton Fair, Thursday, July 10th, 2008 for a concert by Ashton Shepherd! She will perform at about 9:00 PM, after our opening act.
Copyright © Ashton Shepherd, Used with permission.
Blink and you might miss tiny Leroy, Alabama, but if your ears are open, you just might hear it.
The pure, clear, country voice of Ashton Shepherd lilts through the evening air in Leroy from a place called The Pickin'; Shed. It's a cabin behind her house situated on seven acres of cropland. After the day's chores are over, she and her husband and her brother-in-law break out their guitars and fill the Shed with songs.
And what songs they are. Ashton Shepherd writes in a style that is as refreshing and direct as her personality. You won't hear many "kiss-off" songs with more sass and attitude than "Takin' Off This Pain." Her bell-like voice chimes with innocence on the charming rural celebration "Sounds So Good." She's a feisty, fun country gal on "Not Right Now." "Old Memory" and "Whiskey Won The Battle" are classic-sounding "weeper" ballads that could have been written a generation ago.
Her moods range from a touching story song like "How Big Are Angel Wings" to a fiery hillbilly rocker like "The Bigger The Heart." The drenched-in-steel love ballad "Lost In You" contrasts beautifully with her striking, woman-to-woman saga "Regular Joe." Her beloved "The Pickin' Shed" is the subject of one particularly friendly ditty, and her powerful housewife lyric "I Ain't Dead Yet" is another page from her autobiography.
All of these potent tunes are on Sounds So Good, the debut Ashton Shepherd album from MCA Nashville. All of them were written before she turned 21.
"This is what I was born to do," says Ashton in her honey-smooth, deep-Alabama accent. "I've always been singing, but it didn't come from me. I didn't just teach myself to sing. I've always sung. The songwriting is the same. As soon as I was big enough to write on paper, I was coming up with stuff. I've got notebooks where I was writing down songs when I couldn't even spell correctly, from the time I was five, six, seven years old."
View the entire Ashton Shepherd Biography by downloading the PDF (download Adobe Acrobat if needed). Visit the official Ashton Shepherd Website for more information and to buy her recently released CD, "Sounds So Good".
Biography Copyright © Ashton Shepherd, Used with permission.
This is a FREE (with Gate Admission) "Open Air" concert. Seating is limited, bring a chair or blanket. Come and enjoy the show!
Starting at 4:00 PM Admission is:
AGE 18 AND OVER: $10.00
AGE 13 TO AGE 17: $5.00
12 AND UNDER: FREE.
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