Sharon Anderson has teamed up with Kim Beggs; Whitehorse songstress extraordinaire, to bring you "Long Gone Free"; the second single off the "Life and Times" album. You can read about it here:
The Life and Times album is just that; the life of a young western Canadian prairie girl becoming old within the dedicated lifestyle of a wandering minstrel, and the times that best defined that quest. Her love of this life that is her legacy is apparent in this story of the freedom that secretly dwells in all our hearts—the story of Long Gone Free.
"Earlier this year, Kim was doing a tour down thru Nashville and called me one morning, so I abandoned my housework and we met at a coffee shop to catch up and say hello. She was urging that her time was really needing to be spent writing.. so seated at our table by the 21st street window sipping hot tea and coffee, I said "You give me the first line and we'll take turns". She said "His boots broke down back in 56" ..
Sharon and Whitehorse songster Kim Beggs team up to write this story song; a whimsical return to a time past and a mother has to let loose the apron strings at harvest time, to watch a gypsy hearted son turn to the life of a hobo. Indeed a seed does sometimes sprout into the sky; pulled up from the roots by a whislin train. Welcome to Long Gone Free.
Produced by George Bradfute at the Tone Chapparal studio in Madison TN. George Bradfute -violins, bass, guitar, Chas Williams -dobro, Pat Macinally - percussion, Fats Caplin - fiddle, Kim Beggs - harmonies, Sharon -- accustic guitar/vocals.
Long Gone Free by Sharon Anderson and Kim Beggs Feb 2011 edition of Country Music News by Larry Delaney
THE WRITER'S BLOCK WITH SHARON ANDERSON
Sharon Anderson has quietly carved out a career as a singer songwriter that few Canadian female artists have achieved. The Calahoo Alberta bred performer first began her career in her native Alberta where she worked closely with Canadian country/rock band One Horse Blue and during the mid 1980's she broke onto the Nashville scene as a member of the trio Trinity Lane with fellow Nashville songwriters Allen Estes and Tom Grant. As a Curb Records act in Nashville, Trinity Lane scored three Billboard Country Chart hits in 1988.
SOLO CAREER SUPPORTED BY TWO ALBUM RELEASES
By the early 90's Sharon was pursuing a solo career, releasing her debut album The Bottom Line, in the USA and Canada on Capitol Records. While the album lacked promotion Stateside, three singles, Unbelievable Love, Pony, and The Wheel Of Love all charted well in Canada. Sharon followed up on that success with the release of a second album, Bringing It Home, on Royalty Records; with the 1995 single I Take It Back, attracting heavy airplay in Canada.
PENS LISA BROKOP'S DEBUT U.S.CHART HIT
But it was Sharon Anderson's songwriting that would eventually lead to her biggest successes. Her song Give Me A Ring Sometime was cut by fellow Canuck Lisa Brokop in 1994 and it became Brokop's debut appearance on the Billboard Country Hits Charts in the USA. Sharon's songs were also being picked up by various Nashville recording artists with several indie artist releases to her credit. Additionally, she had her songs picked up by such a mainline acts as Alan Jackson, The Judds, Highway 101, ect. Although those tunes never made the finals cuts on the artists albums.
Meanwhile, in Canada, Sharon's songs were being turned into hits. Canadian Hall of Famer Lucille Starr cut Back To You, which became the title track of a comeback album by the legendary singer. Sharon's longtime friend on the Alberta scene, Laura Vinson, cut her song High Fashion Queen, and it was an early career chart hit got Vinson, and she went on to record several more of Sharon's tunes. Similarly, Susan Jacks enjoyed a 'comeback' hit in 1988 with the Sharon Anderson composition Tell Me About It. Many other Canadian artists also tapped into Sharon's songwriting including popular radio stars such as Donna & LeRoy, Danny Hooper, Amber Dawn Fleury, The Poverty Plainsmen, ect. (see accompanying list) Sharon Anderson now makes her home in Nashville, with her husband and teenage son and daughter. She works as a Bookblock editor for Lightning Source an affiliate of Ingram Publishing, and continues to dabble with her songwriting
Sharon Anderson, The Bottom Line album, on Capitol Records was recorded in 1991.
Singers Sharon Anderson, Johnny Cymbal, Bill Nash, Kim Nash
Musicians: Sonny Garish, Weldon Myrick, Billy Joe Walker Jr., Michael Rhodes, Bob Wray, Eddie Bayers, Paul Leim, Hargus Pig Robbins, Hank Singer, Steve Turner, Terry McMillan, Hank Singer, Mark O'connor, Paul Franklin, Chris Leuzinger, Reggie Young, Larry Byrom, John Jarvis.
Produced by Jim Malloy, Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Sharon Anderson Life and Times; me a ring sometime, the wheel of love, trinity lane, miles wilkinson plays guitar on this video.
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