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| Sheryl Crow |
The Grandma is suffering flu again. She is an old person and it is very easy to be a victim of this virus. It is the second time in less than six months that The Grandma fights against it.
This is the main reason because she hasn't been able to update her blog regularly, but today, she feel better and she is going to solve this little inconvenient. Suffering flu is very boring because you can not do anything. You have terrible headaches and you only want to stay at bed. Music is sometimes a good partner, in a low volume, to not feeling alone.
This is the main reason because she hasn't been able to update her blog regularly, but today, she feel better and she is going to solve this little inconvenient. Suffering flu is very boring because you can not do anything. You have terrible headaches and you only want to stay at bed. Music is sometimes a good partner, in a low volume, to not feeling alone.
The Grandma has been listening one of her favourite American singers, Sheryl Crow, who was born on a day like today in 1962.
After listening Sheryl, The Grandma has studied a new lesson of her Intermediate Language Practice (Grammar 1).
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, two live albums, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include All I Wanna Do, If It Makes You Happy, My Favorite Mistake and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy Awards, out of 32 nominations, from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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In addition to her own work, Crow has performed with the Dixie Chicks, Emmylou Harris, the Rolling Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stevie Nicks, Michael Jackson, Steve Earle, Prince, Eric Clapton, Luciano Pavarotti, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, John Mellencamp, B.B. King, George Strait, Tony Bennett, Kid Rock, Sting, Vince Gill, Albert Lee and Zucchero Fornaciari, among others. She has also performed backing vocals for Tina Turner, Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, Belinda Carlisle, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, and Neal Schon.
As an actress, Crow has appeared on various television shows including 30 Rock, Cop Rock, GCB, Cougar Town, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, as well as One Tree Hill.
Sheryl Suzanne Crow was born in Kennett, Missouri, the daughter of Bernice, a piano teacher, and Wendell Wyatt Crow, a lawyer and trumpet player. Her great-grandfather was congressman Charles A. Crow (1873–1938). She has two older sisters named Kathy and Karen, and a younger brother named Steven.
While studying at Kennett High School, Crow was a majorette and an all-state track athlete, medaling in the 75-meter low hurdles. She also joined the pep club, the National Honor Society, and the National FFA Organization, and was crowned Paperdoll Queen in a celebrity-judged beauty contest during her senior year. She then enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition, performance, and education from the School of Music.
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After graduating from the University of Missouri, Crow worked as a music teacher at Kellison Elementary School in Fenton, Missouri. Teaching during the day gave her the opportunity to sing in bands on the weekends. She was later introduced to local musician and record producer Jay Oliver.
Crow toured with Michael Jackson as a backing vocalist during his Bad tour 1987–1989, and often performed with Jackson on I Just Can't Stop Loving You. She also recorded background vocals for Stevie Wonder, Belinda Carlisle and Don Henley.
In 1989, Crow contributed backing vocals to the Neal Schon track Smoke of the Revolution from his album Late Nite.
In 1992, Crow recorded her first attempt at a debut album with Sting's record producer Hugh Padgham.
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Crow appeared in the New Faces section of Rolling Stone in 1994. Tuesday Night Music Club featured many of the songs written by Crow's friends, including the second single, Leaving Las Vegas. The album was slow to garner attention, until All I Wanna Do became an unexpected smash hit in the fall of 1994.
In 1996, Crow released her self-titled second album. The album had songs about abortion, homelessness and nuclear war. She produced the album herself and also played a variety of instruments, from various guitars, bass or pedal steel to various organs and piano. The debut single, If It Makes You Happy, became a radio success and netted her two Grammy awards for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Album.
In 1997, Crow contributed the theme song to the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Her song Tomorrow Never Dies was nominated for a Grammy Award and Best Original Song Golden Globe.
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In 1998, Crow released The Globe Sessions. During this period, she discussed in interviews having gone through a deep depression, and there was speculation about a brief affair with Eric Clapton. She released a live album called Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live From Central Park.
Crow had been involved with the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) since the late 1990s, performing at fund-raisers and befriending Sharon Monsky. In 2002, as a result of her friend Kent Sexton dying from scleroderma, she interrupted work on her new album C'mon C'mon to record the traditional hymn Be Still, My Soul, to be played at his funeral. In November of that year it was released as a single, with the proceeds going to SRF.
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Her fourth studio album, C'mon, C'mon, was released in 2002, spawning the hit single Soak Up the Sun. The second single, Steve McQueen, won the Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy.
Crow opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq, wearing a shirt that read I don't believe in your war, Mr. Bush! during a performance on Good Morning America and posting an open letter explaining her opposition on her website.
Her fifth studio album, Wildflower, was released in September 2005. In 2006, Crow contributed Real Gone, the opening track to the soundtrack for Disney and Pixar's 2006 animated film Cars.
Crow was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in mid-February 2006.
Crow returned with her sixth studio album Detours, which was released on February 5, 2008.
In 2010, Crow contributed the original spoken-word track My Name Is Mwamaroyi to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo's women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo.
In 2011, Crow separated from her label, A&M Records. The singer followed Nashville neighbor Brad Paisley's advice and, after being introduced to producer Justin Niebank and several Nashville-based songwriters such as Chris DuBois, Luke Laird and Chris Stapleton, started her first country music project.
Crow is known for her liberal political views, opposing the invasion of Iraq in 2003, supporting gun control measures, opposes military intervention in Syria, and supports fighting climate change.
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That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities,
has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.
Sheryl Crow
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