Camp, Shawn

SHAWN CAMP

  • From Arkansas.
  • A songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Garth Brooks (“Two Pina Coladas”), Brooks and Dunn (“How Long Gone”), George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Patty Loveless, Randy Travis, Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, many others.
  • 1987, moved to Nashville at age 20, worked with Osborne Brothers, playing fiddle.
  • 1991, signed with a major label (Reprise) and recorded first album which was never released.
  • 2004, recorded a live bluegrass album at the Station Inn in Nashville, Live at the Station Inn (Oh Boy Records).
  • 2007, he and rockabilly singer Billy Burnette released an album called “The Bluegrass Elvises” featuring bluegrass covers of Elvis Presley hits.
  • 2013, formed a Flatt and Scruggs tribute band called Earls of Leicester.
  • 2017, won his second IBMA Award for Male Vocalist of the Year (he also won in 2015).