Michelle Shocked

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Born
24 February 1962 (age 63)
Born In
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States
Michelle Shocked (born Dallas, Texas, February, 1962) is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony walkman. Released in England as ‘The Texas Campfire Tapes’ without Shocked’s authority, its success abroad enticed Mercury Records to offer the newcomer a recording contract. Her break into U.S. national renown came with the rele… read more
Michelle Shocked (born Dallas, Texas, February, 1962) is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg re… read more
Michelle Shocked (born Dallas, Texas, February, 1962) is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony walkma… read more

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1 Play track Short Sharp Shocked Anchorage
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2 Play track Short Sharp Shocked If Love Was a Train
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3 Mercury Poise: 1988-1995 On the Greener Side
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4 Black Widow Black Widow
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5 Play track Captain Swing (Don't You Mess Around With) My Little Sister
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6 Arkansas Traveler Arkansas Traveler
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7 The Texas Campfire Tapes The Secret to a Long Life (Is Knowing When It's Time to Go)
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8 Arkansas Traveler Secret to a Long Life
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9 Play track Short Sharp Shocked Fogtown
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10 Play track Mercury Poise: 1988-1995 Come a Long Way
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Albums

  1. 30,395 listeners

    2 Jun 1988 · 10 tracks

    Short Sharp Shocked
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  2. 25,371 listeners

    1994 · 10 tracks

    Kind Hearted Woman
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  3. 14,035 listeners

    5 Nov 1996 · 12 tracks

    Mercury Poise: 1988-1995
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  4. 10,879 listeners

    24 Oct 1989 · 10 tracks

    Captain Swing
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