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- 2
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- Captain Swing
- The Texas campfire tapes
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1962-02-24
alternative folkamericananti-folkclassic pop and rockcontemporary folkfolk
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michelle
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Educated at
- University of Texas at Austin
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk rock
- Instrument
- mandolin
- Official website
- www.michelleshocked.com
- Image
- MichelleShockedCrop.jpg
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- 1962-02-24
- Commons category
- Michelle Shocked
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