How the beauty and grace of musician Amanda Shires led her to success.
The Bobby Bones Show
Premiere Networks
4.8 • 10.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
She talks about her career influences and her passion for her craft.
How the beauty and grace of musician Amanda Shires led her to success
Music is an integral part of human culture. We use it in genres, ways of life, and for many purposes. Music also evokes memories, creates moods, and has the ability to change lives. Actually, music is one of the most influential forces in the world, affecting our minds, our bodies, and even our clothing. It can help you feel a certain way, give you an idea or insight you might not have otherwise considered, and subtly change your mood. Learn more in this conversation as Amanda Shires joins us.
Amanda is a singer, songwriter, poet, and fiddle-playing Texan. In addition to her solo career, she performed with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit and founded The Highwomen, a collaborative effort with Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby.
In this episode, Amanda shares about her musical career, the support of her parents, the people she worked with, and how her career has progressed. Listen as she shares tips and insights into success in the entertainment world.
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Key Highlights from the Show;
[00:01] Episode intro with Amanda Shires and a chat about her place of residence
[03:08] Amanda’s flashback on the day she asked his father for her first musical instrument
[07:51] Playing with the Texas Playboys band at the age of fifteen
[15:28] Other influential people that inspired his musical career
[17:25] Amanda’s attraction to Leonard Cohen and a union that was never successful
[21:03] Where she got the idea of “play like it’s your last time.”
[23:56] Amanda’s first encounter with John Prine
[32:16] Know more about Amanda’s signature project-the HighWoman band
[42:19] Are we expecting another HighWomen album?
[44:28] How she operated during the Covid pandemic
[48:22] The importance of music, what it does, and why it’s so much part of our lives
[53:42] Ending the show and call to action
Notable quotes
Music plays a key role in your emotional wellness in times of distress.
Gravitate towards real people who have real stories from experience, and you will never go wrong.
Connect With Amanda Shires
Website: https://amandashiresmusic.com/
Wikipedia Profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Shires
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/AmandaShiresMusic/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandapearlshires/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH2bj8PyLGgwEhtr55CUzUw
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | The podcast Playground. |
| 0:07.1 | Array! |
| 0:12.4 | This is Buzz Night. |
| 0:14.0 | I host the Taken a Walk music history on foot podcast. |
| 0:17.7 | Find us on all the podcast platforms. |
| 0:20.2 | And also, you can go to our website at |
| 0:22.5 | Takenawalk.com. You could not only hear all the episodes, but you can also read the transcripts. |
| 0:28.3 | You can leave us suggestions or feedback as well. On this Taken a Walk, classic replay, |
| 0:33.8 | let's go back to November 29th, 2022. We're just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, to meet up with the amazing, awesome Amanda Shires, multi-talented singer-songwriter, incredible fiddle player. I remember that afternoon so well when our plan walk was disrupted due to a thunderstorm and you could hear the storm |
| 0:55.4 | rumbling in the background as we're talking inside Amanda's barn. What a great afternoon it was. |
| 1:02.6 | Stories of John Prine, Leonard Cohen, and her creative process. We'll welcome Amanda Shires next |
| 1:09.4 | on Taking a Walk. Well, Amanda Shires next on Taking a Walk. |
| 1:17.4 | Oh, Amanda Shires, it's so nice to be with you, sort of taking a walk. |
| 1:20.5 | We took a walk from the cars to the barn. |
| 1:26.2 | We had a plan, but Mother Nature had its way. |
| 1:29.2 | Yep, or one of those other gods. |
| 1:30.9 | But we're okay. |
| 1:36.8 | We're inside your beautiful surroundings here, you call this. |
| 1:38.6 | The barn of internal wandering. |
| 1:41.0 | And why that? |
| 1:59.5 | I think for me, part of the way my process works is that I don't try to get in the way of that part of the brain that needs to find its own way or do its own thing when you're creating. So if I wake up in the morning and I do my meditation, I do TM. |
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