#405 - Amanda Shires on Making An Album With Bobbie Nelson + Writing a Letter to Tyrese Gibson + Billy Joe Shaver Convincing Her To Move to Nashville + Stopped Smoking Marijuana To Help Her Singing 2 Years Ago
Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast
Nashville Podcast Network
4.8 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Amanda Shires (@amandapearlshires) talks to Bobby about her project, Loving You, a covers album with the late Bobbie Nelson. She explains how Bobbie was her hero and what it was like working with her and how she will keep her legacy alive with their joint album. Amanda also shares how she got her start in music, how she expresses herself through playing the fiddle, and details the time she wrote a letter to Tyrese Gibson. She also tells us how Billy Joe Shaver convinced her to move to Nashville after she found success with her music in Texas. Amanda will also share how she met her husband, Jason Isbell, when he invited her to play with him, why she stopped smoking marijuana to help her singing, how she's still getting over stage fright and more!
To celebrate the release of Loving You, Amanda is playing two special shows in Texas honoring Bobbie Nelson’s legacy and the rich history of Texas music. She’ll be playing at two legendary dance halls, accompanied by the iconic band, Asleep At The Wheel on July 8th at The Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas and July 9th at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels.
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| 0:00.0 | I watched MTV James count down every day. I wrote to Tyrese. He wrote me back. |
| 0:10.5 | What do you say to Tyrese? |
| 0:11.7 | I told him what I thought were the best parts of his show on MTV James. |
| 0:15.4 | He sent me back a signed picture. |
| 0:17.4 | We're lucky to get to do this, but sometimes I will see Mike as book somebody. |
| 0:23.3 | And I'm like, dang, that's pretty exciting. That's pretty cool. |
| 0:25.2 | Yeah, and sometimes I get excited after I've done the interview because I don't know the person. |
| 0:29.8 | But with Amanda Shire's, I didn't know her. |
| 0:32.0 | And I was still excited because she's awesome. |
| 0:34.8 | And then she left and I was like, dang, like, |
| 0:36.7 | like, Amanda Shire's awesome. And like, just affirm that, you know? |
| 0:39.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.4 | So super cool. Amanda Shire, she got an album called Loving You. |
| 0:44.4 | It's a collaborative album recorded with the late Bobby Nelson, |
| 0:47.2 | recorded before Bobby's passing, which was in March of 2022. |
| 0:50.0 | It's just a reflection of the life in the music of Bobby Nelson. |
| 0:52.7 | And Bobby Nelson is also now is is is Willie Nelson's sister that obviously you know that. |
| 0:58.9 | Yeah, yeah, making sure hooks from the album. |
| 1:01.7 | Here's a couple clips here. Always on my mind. |
| 1:07.4 | Like Willie has even said before with that Bobby, he probably wouldn't be Willie. |
| 1:10.1 | Is it the level of Willie that he is? |
| 1:12.3 | Here's summertime featuring Willie. |
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