DAWN SHIPLEY AND THE SHARP SHOOTERS : Baby If I....

Dawn Shipley and the Sharp Shooters, a Los Angeles based band, have a sound that is unique and inspiring. The music is mostly upbeat and fun, a mixture of rockabilly, hillbilly and rock-n-roll with elements of traditional rhythm and blues, jazz and honky tonk. The songs generally tell stories of love and loss, some humorously, some not so humorously. Overall, the stories are ones that most anyone can identify with, but written with Dawn’s quirky twist, which keeps each of them from being just another love song. The vocal stylings of this Texas-born and raised sweetheart are strong and warm, blending her own emotion and personality with stylings of Patsy Cline, Janis Martin, Barbara Pittman, Connie Francis and more.Their newest release, “Baby If I…” takes a slightly different approach and shows that the band has reached a new level of maturity. It is apparent in the songs that the band has become even more comfortable in adding their own personality to the many influences they draw from, creating a unique and enticing sound and separating them from the run-of-the-mill rockabilly artists that only recreate the traditional sounds. The cd includes 10 of Dawn’s originals that encompass a great expanse of styles: the faster-tempoed, almost frantic rockabilly songs, “