A powerful and emotive American country singer, Shelby Lynne made her
breakthrough with her rich 1999 storytelling album I Am Shelby Lynne. Born in
Quantico, Virginia on October 22nd, 1968, her mother took Shelby and her younger
sister Allison (also a singer) to Mobile, Alabama to escape her abusive father.
However, he tracked them down and in 1986 the then 17-year-old Shelby's life was
shattered when her father suddenly appeared, shot her mother to death and then
killed himself in front of the girls. They subsequently moved in with an aunt in
Mobile and Shelby soon departed for ...