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Crystal Shawanda
Country / Rock / Acoustic



NASHVILLE, Tennessee
United States

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Last Login:  7/16/2009
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Member Since8/9/2006
Band Websitecrystalshawandaonline.com
InfluencesLoretta Lynn
Dwight Yoakam
Hank Williams
Patty Loveless
Patsy Cline
Janis Joplin
Pam Tillis
DeWayne Strobel
Scott Hendricks
Tina Turner
and Smiley Bates
Sounds LikeCrystal Shawanda,very,very Crystal Shawanda

Record LabelRCA Nashville Sony/Bmg
Type of LabelMajor


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Jul 17 2009 8:00P
Northlands Edmonton, Alberta
Jul 18 2009 8:00P
Northlands Edmonton, Alberta
Jul 19 2009 8:00P
Northlands Edmonton, Alberta
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
Little River Casino & Resort Manistee, Michigan
Jul 26 2009 8:00P
Mother Earth Festival Georgina Island, Ontario
Jul 31 2009 7:00P
Homecoming Show Wikwemikong Reserve, Ontario
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Manitoulin Country Fest II Little Current, Ontario
Aug 9 2009 8:00P
TBA Hamilton, Ontario
Aug 13 2009 8:00P
Washington County Fair Wyoming, Rhode Island
Aug 15 2009 8:00P
Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Ontario
Aug 16 2009 8:00P
Arena Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
Aug 16 2009 8:00P
Arena Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
Aug 21 2009 8:00P
Corn & Apple Festival Morden, Manitoba
Aug 23 2009 8:00P
TBA Chisasibi, Quebec
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
Six Nations Agricultural Society Fall Fair Ohsweken, Ontario
Sep 13 2009 8:00P
CCMAs Vancouver, British Columbia
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
N/A Southwold, Ontario
Oct 3 2009 8:00P
N/A Aurora, Indiana
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
Casino Regina Regina, Saskatchewan
Oct 23 2009 8:00P
Rozsa Center For Performing Arts City Houghton, Michigan
Oct 24 2009 8:00P
Rozsa Center For Performing Arts City Houghton, Michigan
Nov 17 2009 8:00P
N/A Russell, Manitoba
Jan 23 2010 8:00P
N/A Red Lake, Minnesota

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   About Crystal Shawanda
     I’m Native American. We’re automatically country … joined to the land and the real stories of everyday people. A long time ago, we traditionally used music as our daily prayer and as our way of giving thanks. To Native Americans, music is our everything. It’s our storytelling, our history, and our dance. We use it to remember and to forget. It’s how we celebrate life and mourn death.

     I wrote my first song at 9, not knowing that songwriting would become my way of coping with the hopelessness I saw around me on the reservation. Growing up, I watched too many people lose hope and leave this earth … including cousins and many friends of mine. I watched as my brothers lost almost every childhood friend before they were 16. But music was my hope. It saved me, and it became a doorway for me to find freedom from the hopelessness that we all felt on the reservation. Loretta Lynn was my childhood hero … and she continues to be that for me today. I grew up watching her be a friend to my mom through her music. Mom would sing along with those records like finally someone understood her. I want to be that for someone. I was born a country music singer. I was driven to sing, and I drove my parents nuts about it.

     I’m a citizen of both the U.S. and Canada, though I was born in Ontario and grew up on a reservation called Wikwemikong on Canada’s Manitoulin Island. My daddy drove a truck from Michigan straight through Nashville on his North-South run, so I had a ride whenever they would let me go. I started my trips to Nashville at the age of 11. We stood on the sidewalk in front of Nashville’s famed Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and watched through the window. I was scared I would be told I wasn’t good enough. By 12, I had written enough songs to do my own little demo album which I sold back home to pay for more trips to Nashville. Country music had become my full time way of relating to my world. If I couldn’t write and sing, I couldn’t talk and feel.


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Jul 18 2009 8:38 AM

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Kelly





Jul 17 2009 4:36 PM

Thanks for adding me! Love your stuff.
reynald





Jul 17 2009 12:38 AM

Thank you so much for adding me!
lisa





Jul 16 2009 9:19 PM

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sheila





Jul 16 2009 6:20 PM

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Thomas





Jul 16 2009 5:35 PM

Thanks ya'll
Marcus





Jul 16 2009 4:41 PM

So, did they actually tell you where Houghton, MI was when you agreed to play here? Anyway I look forward to seeing you in October, hopefully there isn't a lot of snow yet.
BILLY REDFIELD





Jul 16 2009 4:13 PM

Sounds Great!
♥EsposGirl10/8/08♥





Jul 16 2009 4:10 PM

hey crystal.. i met u in perso at the pink fest last year.. and i just wanted to let u kno i sang ur song u can let go now at my high school showcse and made everyone cry.. thank u for makin such amazing music.. cant wait to see u again!!

♥ ur biggest fan amber
♥SUMP·TU·OUS♥





Jul 16 2009 3:50 PM

Girl.... U need to come back to Yakima washington!!!!!! U were awesome !!! ; )
Jeremiah 424





Jul 16 2009 3:47 PM

Stoppin' by to say hello...Have a blessed day!
*Kasey* Crystal Shawanda's #1 Fan





Jul 16 2009 3:23 PM

btw Willie Mack has a really funny song about Canada called Howdy Eh! its really funny! and im doing great! i've been home one day and i'm already bored hahah but i'll find something to do!! hope your great!! Luv always PS: it rained while you guys would've been on stage so ya :P that just means you HAVE to go back there!!! LOL PSS: thank ya'll sooooo much for the tickets!!!!!!!! :) y'all are awesome!
*Kasey* Crystal Shawanda's #1 Fan





Jul 16 2009 3:11 PM

www.williemack.com hes a country singer :P and hes sooo cute!! LOL i dont get how people can get your name wrong!?!!? its so simple haha! i geuss to me anyway :D 24 days till we can see each other!!!! yay! OMG i almost forgot your CD in nova scotia. i was on my way to go through security and i almost yelled at my dad MY CRYSTAL CD!!! ITS IN THE CAR!!! lol so we had to run back and get it!!! thank god i didnt forget it :P well have a great time relaxing!! ~luv always
Angela Lynn





Jul 16 2009 11:46 AM

Good Luck !
*Kasey* Crystal Shawanda's #1 Fan





Jul 16 2009 3:53 AM

hope the shows in Alberta go fabulous!!!! have a great week!! ~luv always <3
Sanele





Jul 15 2009 4:17 PM

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Jul 14 2009 5:30 PM

HI! Stopping by to wish you a fantastic day!
Cheers! Freddy / ISIS CHILD
Ricki leigh





Jul 14 2009 2:52 PM

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Andy





Jul 14 2009 11:39 AM

Hi Crystal
It was terrific to hear 'Dawn Of A New Day' in glorious FM on a new Country Show ( John Baron 18:00-20:00 UK Time) in my area BAY 102.8. Its attracting listeners on The Internet from all over too! Brilliant your music is getting heard in this way via a Radio Show in my hometown in England. Your song sounded FABULOUS!
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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ♥ LISA ♥ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ





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Jul 14 2009 7:50 AM

thank for the add how are you today???
*Kasey* Crystal Shawanda's #1 Fan





Jul 13 2009 6:36 PM

we all had agreat time thanks to you guys!!!!!!!! thanks from all of us!! <3
Ducky





Jul 13 2009 9:00 AM

Just stopping by to say HI.
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Jul 12 2009 11:21 PM

heey listen ma music www.myspace.com/elnegronew

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