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Show The Salt Lake Tribune CALENDAR Friday, Ma Shedaisy: Blossoming of A Sister Act Georcia Satellites Lisa Marie The Byrd Dave Compton abana Club: Brooks ‘Wenoticed there weren't a young people and relatively women,” Kristyn says. “That gave us the confidence to keep going in the direction we were going.” Eventually, the girls caught the a ion of executives at RCA records, who offered thema con: @ Continued from F-1 B, 400 Piano Bar tract. But a shake-up at the com: pany meant the OsbornSisters deal went out with the old man: agement team: who has writtenor co-written ev ery song onthe new album. “But It was do-or-die time for the e truth is we had our record deal Tia) Ne Chola fi ephyr Club; 301 S. West He: pain Pepper LakeCity k: Dead Goat Saloon: 165 S. West Soundsend rock: Spanky's: 45 W. 30 South: 9 p.m k: The Olympic Club; 1193 Wilming. ton Ave., Salt Lake City: 9 p.m Southern Thunder u ntry; yiThThe ner Club; 360 S. 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Showtime is 9:30 p.m. KRCL(91 FM) will broadcast established himself as a major player of the harmonica, which MuddyWaters called the soul of the blues band Super Train: Train performs Tuesday at contest to help choose a name for the group “Shedaisy” won. It is merican Indian word that 2, West otheritems from homeinto the studio with them when they re corded their album. The scene is reminiscent of the orange Cabana Club E_ 400 South BreerNg Dave Compton Cabana ( E 40S GregFloor Quinte Doobie Brothers Concert May 29, 1999 8:00 pm eliiii er)\ aeele $20 adults $10 Children For information call 485-3800 ecow 035 Tickets 467-TIXX sg t IXX | -800-888-T et It was morelike we stopped listening to our parents’ music and got into musicthat we could call our own,”says Kristyn The sisters eventually made a demo tape that their father, David, of the trophy- He mailed it out to record labels aroundthe country “Wedidn’t get very muchre- “We joke about it being a shrine,” their mother, Robyn, says and photograph linedwalls. “In reality, it’s proba bly the last place you would want to beif there was an earthquake.” The girls got their start in that room, singingin front of the mir middle s' performingfirst. r and At age 11, she wonthetitle role in a Sundance “Annie.” whichlooked like a lot of fun to her youngersister Kassidy Before long, the two were per forming as a duo “everywhere Id folk’s homesto thestate Kelsi recalls Kristyn held out because she was a teen-ager, busy as a cheer rates. But that all changed when Kelsi won a trip to New York singing Gearl Jam Mr. Whoopee wanted to get into the They dabbledin pop,but their family harmonieslent themselves better to covering songs by the likes of the Judds and Restless Heart children leader for the Cyprus High Pi SouthernThunder Kristyn, act.” packaged in large. window-framed envelopes so that a picture of the girls in theirpink frilly ruffles and big ‘80s hairdos showedthrough Summer Theatre production of Bridget Ellis rock; DeadGoatSaloon; 165 $. West Temple: 930 p.m Dave Compton az. Cabana ( E405 Mambo Jumbo Street, just really got a taste of every we got back, everybody, including photos and y's lead vocalist, took to Sa bide) ie NG Bock & TheSystem with The Station ic the Dave Compton Since the re has beencriss-crossing the coun. try in support of the release and singles *'Free’’ and "Meet thing,” says Robyn. “By the time sponse, but we'vehad alot of peo: ple tell us since then that they re. memberthatpicture,” David says. The oneperson who did call wa aS hville-based producer Rob Galbraith, who heard about the De Ja lease ofits self-titled album. Train Virginia.” Blues Jam bl Goat Temple: 9 p.m Those One Guys Uptown.” During 1980s and ‘90s. Humme ‘The whole family went along and we saw Broadway shows and youth in their LDS ward. But Utah is never far from their hearts. They even held a family Utahties. In their spare time,the girls keep busy working with the SN GammaRays kT » Me Love You” in a national contest at the Cottonwood and Kelsi married musicians with homewherethey raised their six Temple: 8 p.m ieir first demo didn't get much attention, but people remember photo of Osborn sisters that went with it strong roots in Nashville. Kristyn a second-story bedroom of the Temple; p Acoustic Open Mike bornsfromtheir earlydays, s lot of the credit for the sisters’ The sisters have put down linoleum-floored practice room that their parents built for them in the Dead GoatSaloon, 165 S. West the performance. Hummelhas recently reled the diverse “Low Down Main St Flint, who has followed the Os- moved to Tennessee. r 9 p.m Train has gone learning about the biz. One by one, as they graduated from Ma took lamps, family 300 South. Showtime is at and makesalot of the fact that they B.A Piano Bar piano; Mulberry Street Park City: 9 p.m. Mark Hummel performs at the DeadGoat Saloon on Monday their summers in Nashv tending music seminars gna’s Cyprus High School, they DeJa trio. before they had their first hit single.” Indeed, it has been 10 years since the sisters began spending Judy Garland’s “You group from Salt Lake City country-radio personality “Coun try Joe” Flint Galbraith, who had pressed hits for Ronnie Milsap, didn’t muchto offer but encouragement David recalls. “He just said to keep it upand that if we ever got to town to give hima call, and that was all Ineeded tyn and I hopped on a plane to Nash\ le They timed their visit to coin cide with the Country Music Ra dio Seminar, where they sat through meetings and witnessed the debuts of such country-music stars as Clint Black and Garth su ‘s goes to their parents, “Not because they were stage parents, pushing them into the spotlight, but because they were supportive of them and knew whentostep away “As long as the girls were working hard andwe couldafford it, |couldn’t see pulling the rug out from under them,” their father says. In hindsight, he adds, the doomed record contract “was a blessing in disguise. ‘We weren't ready,” Kassidy says. “So many things happened to us after that, that madeus realize we had a lot moretodo.” They madeabold choicein go- ing with the Disney-owned Lyric Street record label, a relative newcomer to the Nashville music scene. The label not only has the financial muscleto put behindits new musical venturebut, because it is so new, can devote more time to its newartists, says Billboard's Wade Jessen. He says. ‘hat Shedaisy got played so quickly says that they have comeup with anaccessible sound that rises abovetherest.” Withindays ofreleasing “Little Goodbyes,” the first single from the album, thetrio was in regular rotation on radio and Country MusicTelevision, thanks to Lyric Street's unique marketing strate. The company rented movie ters and showed a 13-minute Shedaisy documentary to mem bers of the press as they munched on free popcorn and watched trailers to upcoming Disneyfea- ture films. We thought having the girls tell their ownstory wasthe wayto a says Greg McCarn, Lyric Street's director of productdevelopment. “Part of the storyis that they were raised on pop in a place like Utah, whichthey describe as having a cowboy elementto it There's no doubtthat has an effect on their music and whereit will take them. “People can relate toit.” |
