Shelby Lynne - Dream Some (Did You Miss Me)
Shelby Lynne (born Shelby
Lynn Moorer,
October 22,
1968,
Quantico, Virginia) is an
American singer and songwriter. The success of the
1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the
Grammy Award for
Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time. She released a
Dusty Springfield tribute
album called
Just a Little Lovin' in 2008. Since then she has started her own independent record label, called Everso
Records, and released three albums:
Tears, Lies and Alibis,
Merry Christmas, and
Revelation Road. Lynne is also known for her distinctive contralto voice.
Early career
Lynne appeared on
TNN's country music show
Nashville Now in
1987. She soon landed a recording contract with
Epic Records. Her first recording for
Epic was a duet with
George Jones, "
If I Could Bottle This Up", which became a top-50 hit in
1988. Epic teamed Lynne with producer
Billy Sherrill for her
1989 debut album
Sunrise. The follow-up,
1990's
Tough All Over, took more of a mainstream country direction, and
1991's
Soft Talk found Lynne moving into slick country-pop.
Lynne placed several songs on the country charts during this period, but none managed to break into the top 20. Critics generally regarded her as a promising talent, and she won the
ACM's Top New
Female Vocalist in 1990.
However, she was tiring of the lack of control she was afforded over her image and musical direction. She split from Epic and signed with the smaller
Morgan Creek label, debuting with
1993's
Temptation, an exercise in Bob Wills-style
Western swing and big band jazz. The label folded not long after, and she moved on to Magnatone for
1995's
Restless, which marked a return to contemporary-style country. Afterward, Lynne disappeared from recording for several years.
Lynne moved to
Palm Springs, California in
1998. For her next record, she worked with producer and songwriter
Bill Bottrell. The result was the confessional and eclectic alternative country album I Am Shelby Lynne. "That album came from the most vulnerable, desperate place," she recalled years later. "I think about it every day."
Island Def Jam released the album in
England during the fall of
1999 and then in the
U.S. the following year, to wide critical acclaim. At the
43rd Grammy Awards, held on
February 21,
2001, she won the award for Best New Artist. "
Thirteen years and six albums to get here," said Lynne during her acceptance speech.
Her 2001 follow-up album
Love, Shelby was produced by
Glen Ballard and featured a slicker, more pop-influenced sound. The album received mixed reviews. One of the songs, "
Killin' Kind", also appeared on the soundtrack of the film
Bridget Jones's Diary.
Lynne took a more low-key approach on her next effort.
Identity Crisis was self produced, recorded largely in her home studio and with few additional musicians. Many of the 12 tracks focused on dark themes, but there were also lighter songs such as "One With the Sun" (inspired by a conversation she had with
Willie Nelson). The album found a home on
Capitol Records and was released in
September 2003. The critics gave her high marks; AllMusic's Thom Jurek wrote, "There is no identity crisis here, just the indelible mark of a mature, intense, always engaging artist."
Suit Yourself (
2005) also received praise from critics. However, neither record was commercially successful
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In the dark I can hear you whisper
Shadows still, move across the distance
What did you say, it's okay
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Make it mine, takin' time, forgotten
Speak for me, silent plea, surrender
What did you say, it's okay, oh baby
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
You know at times I wondered
If you ever thought of me
And I wondered if you wanted to be free
Like me, and I needed to feel you and
I wondered did you miss me baby, oh yeah
Turn to gray, bluer shade, when the sun comes
Peaceful time, cease your mind and dream some
What did you say, it's okay, oh yeah
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
At times I wondered why, did you miss me
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?
Did you miss me?