Some encouragables in the band have been...Dale X Allen, Charlie Irwin, Daniel Jones, Ross Glaze, Mark Patterson, Lars Albrecht, Luke Ayers, James Willis, Andrew Nafsiger, Dave Insley, and Vance Hazen. Thanks to all the musicians who have rented thier talents out to me :)
Influences
Here are just a few of my favorite artists: Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Jewel,Wilco, Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Barbra Streisand, Kathleen Edwards, Dolly Parton, Jack White and Coldplay just to name a very few that i can think of right now.....
Amanda Cunningham- BIO 2008
An Okie from southwest Oklahoma, Amanda started playing music while attending OSU in Stillwater. After graduating with a B.A. in Marketing she made her first cd at Cimarron Sound Lab in Tahlequah, Oklahoma just 6 mos after learning guitar and writing her first songs.
While living and playing music in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Amanda won the Woody Award for “Best Singer/Songwriter” from the Oklahoma City Gazette in 2002 and was named Female Vocalist of the year in 2003 at the Red Dirt Music awards in Tulsa.
Amanda took the leap to Austin, Texas in Febuary of 2003 and has been playing consistently in the Austin and Hill County Area for the past five years. Shortly after moving to Austin, Amanda partnered with Screen Door Music to produce and record her 2nd cd titled EP “05.
For those of you who enjoy name dropping, Amanda has performed with many talented musicians including: Butch Hancock, Jimmy Lafave, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Bob Childers, the Red Dirt Rangers, Stoney Larue, Trisha Yearwood, Tracy Lawrence, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Charlie Robison, and many more.
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amanda! Loving your songs! so nice to hear you again...looks like you are doing GREAT and i love to see that! greetings from sunny Switzerland! peace, music, love ~ beth
We all are good, school has started. It's hot our here but it's a good hot. We went shopping with Christine saturday for school clothes so we're all set. how are you.
Thanks for being such a great friend!!! YOU ROCK!!!
If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
Hope all is going well with your music career. I just wanted to invite you to check me out for your next recording project. If you have any questions E Mail me at LonnieRatliff@gmail.com
