Harmonica Dunn Presents: GEORGE SHINGLETON w/ Guest About George
Shingleton: From the first note he sings, George Shingleton doesn’t
just ask for your attention, he commands it. You sit up and lean in.
Then you’re blown away by his power. His body is an amplifier
ushering rich, stirring tones from deep within his soul sending them
straight to yours. Shingleton’s energy creates a capsule-like
environment where he gets lost in the music and takes you with him.
It’s the kind of experience musicians have tried to hotwire for
centuries, the very secret of which Shingleton embodies - that it
can’t actually be engineered, that it is the product of one’s own
passion and destiny. A son of rural West Virginia, Shingleton was
raised on traditional gospel music in small country churches. Choir
directors encouraged him from a young age to find his voice and let it
fill the space between altars and spires, people and pews. That voice,
it turns out, would also fill the hollers of the mountains. He spent
more time outside than in, providing the soundtrack to crackling
campfires and electrified stages, each performance pushing him closer
and closer to realizing his sound. What emerged was a unique blend of
gospel, country and Southern rock illustrating the happiness and
hardship of hardworking people. Of the believers who thrive on little
and don’t want for much. Not one to shy away from a microphone, even
though he probably doesn’t need it, Shingleton takes you on a modern
journey through classic sounds by evoking the dulcet tones of The
Allman Brothers, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams, Jr. His
Appalachian twang is wrapped in sonic masteries of choirs, orchestras
and bands, all giving life to what he feels. The integrity of his
stories and sound has earned him the respect of other artists,
including Darryl Worley, John Michael Montgomery, Bucky Covington,
Montgomery Gentry, Charlie Daniels, Bo Bice and Keith Anderson, all of
whom have invited him to share their stage. Shingleton’s musical
adventure now calls for you to hold his moonshine and watch as the
crescendos for which he’s most known begin to match his career arc -
a not-so-slow burn lighting the path to those who need his anthemic
music the most.
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