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BLP sources|date=April 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Allison Moorer| image = Allison Moorer at Bumbershoot 2007 02.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Allison Moorer| birth_date = Birth date and age|1972|6|21| origin = Monroeville, Alabama , USA | instrument = vocals, guitar, piano| genre = country music|country , folk music|folk , Rock music|rock , Pop music|pop | occupation = singer-songwriter| years_active = 1998present| label = MCA Nashville Records Universal South Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)|Sugar Hill Records New Line Records Ryko Records | associated_acts = Shelby Lynne , Steve Earle | website = http://www.allisonmoorer.com/ www.allisonmoorer.com Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972) is an United States|American alternative country singer and the younger sister of Shelby Lynne . She signed to MCA Nashville in 1998 and made her debut on the U.S. Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single "A Soft Place to Fall", which reached #73.
Since the release of her debut album Alabama Song , she released seven albums and 11 singles, five of which reached positions on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Biography
Early years
Allison was raised in Monroeville, Alabama , just north of Mobile, Alabama|Mobile . Raised on George Jones and Tammy Wynette , Waylon Jennings , Willie Nelson , Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris , she sang harmonies as a toddler, eventually thinking she'd make a career of it. Following the murder-suicide of her parents (perpetrated by her father) in 1986, she moved into her aunt and uncle's home.
Musical career
Not long afterwards, sister Shelby Lynne moved to Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville for a career in music, and after her high school graduation, Moorer followed. She sang harmonies with her sister for a while but returned to Alabama to earn a degree in public relations. She skipped the graduation ceremony to move back to Nashville.
There, she met Doyle "Butch" Primm, an Oklahoma-reared musician who soon became her husband and frequent songwriting partner. In June 1996, she took part in a series of tributes to her songwriter friend, the late Walter Hyatt , singing his "Tell Me Baby" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium . Nashville agent Bobby Cudd was sufficiently impressed to hook her up with producer Tony Brown. After a few meetings, Brown asked her to cut some demos, from which two tracks"Pardon Me" and "Call My Name"ended up on her first MCA album, Alabama Song .
Her song "A Soft Place to Fall" was tapped for Robert Redford 's The Horse Whisperer in 1998, and she also appeared in the movie. Because the ballad earned her an Academy Award nomination, http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp? curTime=1188073891733 Session Timeout - Academy Awards Database - AMPAS she performed it on the 71st Academy Awards|1999 Oscars ceremony. However, none of her singles from Alabama Song or its follow-up The Hardest Part caught on at radio, though both projects were highly praised by critics.
When Brown moved from MCA to sister label Universal South , Moorer followed. Her 2002 album Miss Fortune earned more raves, but didn't meet sales expectations. She almost got another big break by recording the duet "Picture" with Kid Rock after Sheryl Crow had bowed out. However, Crow changed her mind, and the Rock/Crow-version became a huge radio hit. Yet, the song was credited on the charts to both Crow and Moorer. In addition, the CD single featuring Moorer sold 500,000 copies and is certified Gold by the RIAA .
Her ballad "Tumbling Down" (from Miss Fortune ) was featured on the soundtrack of the popular 2002 film The Rookie (2002 film)|The Rookie .
Her album Show was recorded in one night (two performances) at the 12th and Porter in Nashville and despite popular belief, it features the first recorded collaboration by both Moorer sisters.
After releasing Show and a DVD on Universal South, Moorer moved to independent label Sugar Hill Records . With a slightly rougher edge than past efforts, The Duel was released in April 2004.
A year after The Duel , Moorer divorced Primm and married Steve Earle , after serving as his opening act on a European tour. Earle produced her 2006 album, Getting Somewhere . Moorer wrote all the songs, with the exception of one co-written with Earle. The couple live in New York City . She and Earle were nominated for a Grammy award in the category Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, for the song "Days Aren't Long Enough" from Earle's "Washington Square Serenade." Moorer gave birth to the couples first child, John Henry Earle, on April 5, 2010.
Moorer released the Buddy Miller -produced Mockingbird in February 2008;cite news | first=Mary | last=Morningstar | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Allison Moorer Pays Tribute to Artists Who Inspired Her with 'Mockingbird' | date=11 March 2008 | publisher=Voice of America | url = http://voanews.com/english/archive/2008-03/2008-03-11-voa21.cfm | work =VOA News | pages = | accessdate = 3 January 2009 | language = an album mainly of covers of songs by female singer/songwriters including her sister, Shelby Lynne .
In 2009, Moorer performed in The People Speak (film)|The People Speak , a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn 's " A People's History of the United States . http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/pages/credits/
Also, in 2009, she appeared on the BBC series http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gtlnv Transatlantic Sessions , Series 4, Episodes 4 and 5, performing a critically acclaimed version of the Irish folk song Carrickfergus (song)|Carrickfergus .
A Song was credited on the charts to Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow or Allison Moorer.
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1998
Robert Redford
"Set You Free"
"Alabama Song"
2000
Trey Fanjoy
2002
Adolfo Doring
2004
Stephen Shepherd
2006
Nicholas Poe
Collaborations
Contributed vocals for two songs, "When She Passed By" and "A Perfect Hand", on David Byrne and Fatboy Slim 's concept album , Here Lies Love (2009).
Performed with Steve Earle on the song "After The Fire Is Gone" from Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn|Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn (2010).
References
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External links
Commons category
http://www.allisonmoorer.com/ Allison Moorer official website
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