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tracyshaun is a soulful singer-songwriter from northern California with deep Texas roots. His unique voice and distinctive finger-picking reinvents the folk and alt-country traditions with songs about love and transformation.
tracyshaun writes poignant and richly melodic songs about love and creative independence. His strong voice retells stories of love, heartbreak and everyone’s journey to be more than themselves.
His influences ranging from townes van zandt to connor oberst and from leo kottke to iron & wine. He counts Walt Whitman, Gertrude Stein, Jack Kerouac, Bob Dylan and Steve Earle as forebears to his lyric style. tracyshaun reinvents himself with every performance and takes you with him through his songs of self.
tracyshaun studied poetry & Buddhism at Naropa University and is a veteran of internet start-ups since ‘98. Out of much writing and early performance art, he has reignited and reinvented himself and his music in 2008. Having played guitar since a teenager, he has finally come into his own as a singer and songwriter this year. He is hard at work creating an EP of his music. He currently plays in and around the Marin county and San Francisco bay areas.
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“I like to call it my mid-life *catharsis*,” tracyshaun says of his musical awakening. “Truth is, I have the rest of my life in front of me and my soul is on fire.
tracyshaun writes poignant and richly melodic songs about love and creative independence. His strong voice retells stories of love, heartbreak and everyone’s journey to be more than themselves.
His influences ranging from townes van zandt to connor oberst and from leo kottke to iron & wine. He counts Walt Whitman, Gertrude Stein, Jack Kerouac, Bob Dylan and Steve Earle as forebears to his lyric style. tracyshaun reinvents himself with every performance and takes you with him through his songs of self.
tracyshaun studied poetry & Buddhism at Naropa University and is a veteran of internet start-ups since ‘98. Out of much writing and early performance art, he has reignited and reinvented himself and his music in 2008. Having played guitar since a teenager, he has finally come into his own as a singer and songwriter this year. He is hard at work creating an EP of his music. He currently plays in and around the Marin county and San Francisco bay areas.
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“I like to call it my mid-life *catharsis*,” tracyshaun says of his musical awakening. “Truth is, I have the rest of my life in front of me and my soul is on fire.
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- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘theology’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘too much news. not enough poetry.’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘"Not every one needs to have a leader with clear demands. That’s the old way of…’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘mohave morning’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘ninakix: (via Stay hungry. Stay foolish. 10 Inspiring Steve...’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘the Ruggles clan (Taken with instagram)’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘high tide / low tide / intertidal wonders on the first new moon...’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘a great reminder (Taken with Instagram at Durango Joe’s...’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘guards and ghosts (Taken with Instagram at California Palace of...’. October 2011
- tracyshaun posted a news item ‘sunrise over the Temple of Transition (Taken with instagram)’. October 2011
