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Shelley Lynch exploded onto the country scene with her hit “Plowin’ and Cryin”, 2008. At the time of this writing New Music Weekly has rated her at #19 on the main chart and #10 on the Indie Top 30. Also charting into the ‘Country Music Breakout Chart – Music Row’ at #73. Following with the singles “Dream Big” and “You Can’t Look Back” moved to #3, 2009. Shelley is charting with the likes of Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock just to name a few.

Please feel free to check out her hit video “Plowin’ and Cryin”, or Shelley’s autobiography. You can also check out some photos and the CD is for sale under the music section. Feel free to contact Shelley at any time.

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Radio Stations that have played “Plowin and Cryin”, “Dream Big” and “You Can’t Look Back”.

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Blue pins: Music Row. Red Pins: A lot of great stations!

Shelley Lynch Bio – Mary Giuliano from The Free Press

Shelley Lynch may be from a small Canadian town but there is nothing small about the talent this singer-songwriter has been blessed with. When the album “Walk through Life” came out in 1996 Shelley was described as having a clear voice and upbeat style. The style continued in the next album “Dream Big,” a collection of songs she wrote and performed that exploded with lyrics as honest and as personal as life can get. Now with “911 Rescue me” and “Coal Miner” singles, showing her true spirit and strength of mind.

Shelley poured heart and soul into this album ‘Dream Big’ (2007 release) building a profound connection to a growth process that began in childhood and continues on to the present, always “dreaming big” throughout life, striving to make her musical vision a reality.

Shelley, an attractive blonde, was born in Fernie, British Columbia, fifth of six children of longtime residents Frank and Mary Lynch.

They were a business-orientated family with a deep faith and a strong love of music that led to dedicating part of their living room to drums, guitar and organ giving the family ample opportunity to sing and entertain together.

By age ten Shelley was playing guitar with older sister Kim. At 12 she wrote her first song titled “Spring.” In a high school competition that included teacher contestants she performed an original song that got her the top prize. This win served as the impetus to bolster her confidence to perform publicly.

 

Shelley loves to write, sometimes spontaneously producing a song in minutes. Songs for her first album picked for distribution by RDR Music in Toronto realized a modicum of success at home but real triumph came when the album reached number one on the charts in Denmark, Holland, Sweden and other European countries.

Incredibly January 1998 saw her song “Walk Through Life” at number four on the charts in Holland while Shania Twain’s tune “Man, I feel like a Woman”, was number ten.

News that three of Shelley’s songs were in the top six of charts in Denmark and Holland spilled exciting ideas and thoughts in her mind that had her head spinning for days.

One dream realized was attending the Canadian Country Music Awards held in Calgary where she met famous stars. Another was performing live on Cable TV and on the Nashville North stage during Stampede Week in Calgary, getting great reviews by the local press. In 2009 she attended the CRS (Country Radio Seminar) in Nashville, meeting radio personal and several major artists; Toby Keith, Chrystal Shawanda, Pam Tillis just to name a few.

People celebrated her success and predicted a bright future. However without a record label to market her music Shelley took the independent leap to create CDs under her own label Lynch Records. Being independent is difficult but if successful then it’s easier to attract a label. Shelley is aware that talent is only a small part of success in this business. Management, direction, image, persistent determination and a record label are the true requirements.

Les Bolen of Lizard Mountain Music in Jaffray joined Shelley to mix and engineer the selections. The two work well together and Les understands the sound Shelley wants to achieve with her music.

But life hasn’t been without difficulty. Shelley was eight when her mom suffered a car accident that resulted in her being permanently bound to a wheelchair. Several years later her brother Bud experienced a similar accident that left him with severe nerve damage and in need of a wheelchair, a young cousin involved in a motorvehicle accident is a quadriplegic. Then in March 2000, after the birth of her son, finding out she had cancer, which has taken her since on an alternative journey and many lifestyle changes.

For ten plus years Shelley has been instructing and training as a first responder, she is a Captain with the fire department in the Jaffray/Baynes Lake area where she resides. She held tickets for different levels of training. Shelley and husband Frank ran their business “The Dutchman’s Garden”, a home delivery program of organic products and produce that served a large radius of customers from BC to Alberta.

August 2009 they through in the towel after nine and a half years of an adventurous endeavour. For a time the Dutchman’s offered the only certified organic produce but Shelley’s promotion and story of how the business came to be proved so popular that soon the large grocery outlets in the community began to offer competitive products.

Shelley recognized that despite how much heart and hard work she and Frank had put into their business it was time to let go, “no regrets, we learned a lot through the years” she says. Frank went back to his old job in the Tembec Woodlands Division, but there was the question of where she was now going. The answer was easy, throw herself into something she knew well. She signed on with Janie Dickinson of EMP Priority Action First Aid and trained for the advanced ticket as emergency medical personnel. Then while training for a new (old) job at Line Creek Mine, she was instructing at the fire department first responder level three courses and evaluating first responder instructors. She also re-certified her Advanced Surface Mine Rescue ticket and took a course in urine analysis. “Doing so much was my way of surviving” she says but gave her no time to think about the music.

 

A couple of years ago Shelly’s ‘Dream Big’ CD caught the eye of Jerry Duncan of Jerry Duncan Promotions from Nashville. Duncan has worked with serious talent jumpstarting careers for big stars such as Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss. Duncan is highly respected in Nashville, successfully promoting 60 number one hits; his marketing of Shelley’s single Plowin’& Cryin’ resulted in Shelley’s music finding its way on the top 100 on the Music Row Charts.

The “Dream Big” album released internationally got lots of attention in the US through radio with the “Plowin & Cryin”, “Dream Big” and “You Can’t Look Back” singles. The CD was promoted by Jerry Duncan Promotions and Lynch Records; Plowin’ & Cryin – first single out reached top 100 (#73) Music Row / #8 New Music Weekly Charts: Dream Big – second single out top 100 Music Row / #23 New Music Weekly Charts: You Can’t Look Back – third single out top 100 Music Row / #3 New Music Weekly Charts. Distributed through CD Baby, a worldwide independent distributor, and linked to iTunes, payplay.fm and several other MP3 download distributors.

Today, Shelley has organized a personal office in her home, she has literally covered the walls with framed certificates dealing with her work as a first responder level three instructor with the paramedic academy, fire fighter level 1 instructor, advanced surface mine rescue, supervisor open pit mine, audio metrics technician, business school, even the first cheque for royalties from SOCAN for air play of songs and her high school medals in sports. She says she has done this as a form of encouragement to “realize you can achieve tangible things, it just takes dedication and time. Everything is in my weight / computer / music room.”  “I’m on to a new journey, I count my blessings each day. When my songs were on the chart of Music Row I really enjoyed the moment, when it’s gone you have to remind yourself, you have come this far, now you have to take it a little further. We are all born with a gift, it’s wrong not to do what I’m gifted to do.”

Shelley has persistence, a positive outlook and a desire to take her dream to yet another level. She knows the music business needs to be balanced with her family life and her job, but she says her sister Cathy Follett has lit a fire under her. Cathy knows her sister well, she believes in her talent, to that end they went and purchased tickets to Nashville for her and Shelley. Shelley has previous engagements and contacts and is looking forward to future possibilities. They have since been there 3 times, marketing and getting to know the business on a whole new level. In 2011 they decided to add to the independent label, “Lynch Records” run by Cathy and Shelley, and take on new clients while promoting Shelley’s music. As well as working with Tim McFadden Management and Consulting in Nashville.

Regardless whether she achieves the world limelight like she hopes and right now this definitely seems a close possibility, this young woman is already a success at life, proving she has what it takes to be an international star. For booking information email info @ shelleylynch.com.