- published: 24 Jun 2013
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Gwen Sebastian is a country music singer-songwriter. Sebastian was signed to Lofton Creek Records in 2009 and released two singles for the label. In 2012, she was a contestant on The Voice.
Gwen Sebastian was born in the small farming town of Hebron, North Dakota. After receiving her college degree, Sebastian attended nursing school, but dropped out after only one semester in order to relocate to Nashville, Tennessee and pursue her music career. This decision seems to have paid off for Sebastian, as she signed a recording deal with Lofton Creek Records in October 2009, and shortly thereafter Country Weekly named Sebastian among its pick of talented new artists to watch in 2010.
Sebastian's first single, "Hard Rain," was released to country radio on October 12, 2009. The song received a "thumbs up" from The 9513 reviewer Sam Gazdziak, who described it as a "smartly written song [with] solid vocals."
In October 2009, Sebastian re-released a Christmas album titled Christmas in July on Lofton Creek/Open Road Records which features some original Christmas music, as well as covers of holiday standards. On May 25, 2010, she digitally released a 6 song EP titled V.I.P. The title track, "V.I.P. (Barefoot Girl)," was nationally released to country radio and there is a video for the song.
Songwriters: Sebastian, Gwen; Witt, Nicole
The suitcase was in our closet
Got it out and laid it on the bed
Well, I wonder where it's been or what it's seen
Oh, if it could talk
We got it for a wedding gift
Yeah, we took it on that Cancun trip
Now, I'm emptying out your dresser like a tornado's 'bout to hit
I quit, you don't know it yet
But everything you own is in the suitcase
That's by the front door in the hallway
Waiting on you to take it all away
The "you didn't think I'd find out" mistake
I hope it hits you when you're leaving
The screen door and the guilty feeling
Well, I packed up all the heartache
You'll walk on down the driveway
With nothing in your hand but a suitcase
I found her lipstick in the pocket of our suitcase
I know I never bought that shade
Well, you must've found her lips on a business trip turned holiday
Now, I threw our wedding picture and my princess cut ring
Watching it sink right beside her lipstick in our suitcase
That's right beside the front door in the hallway
Waiting on you to take it all away
The "what the hell was I thinking marrying you" mistake
Hope it hits you when you're leaving
The screen door and the guilty feeling
Yeah, I packed up all the heartache
You'll walk on down the driveway
With nothing in your hand but a suitcase
I guess the love between you and me
Didn't have a lifetime guarantee
That's only good on our suitcase
That's by the front door in the hallway
Waiting on you to take it all away
The mountains of memories and mistakes
I hope it hits you when you're leaving
The screen door and the guilty feeling
Yeah, I packed up all the heartache
Go walk on down the driveway
With nothing in your hand but our suitcase
The one my mama gave us on our wedding day