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	Michelle Shocked - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michelle Shocked is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances seem influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style that her first major label producer likened to troubadors such as Joni Mitchell, Spider John Koerner, and Dave Van Ronk.
		Michelle's stage name dates back to the name she gave when arrested in 1984 at a protest for fair housing during the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California.
		Shocked sued on the basis of the violation of the 13th Amendment (anti-slavery).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michelle_Shocked (689 words)

	MICHELLE SHOCKED
		Shocked was born Michelle Karen Johnston in Dallas, Texas, in February of 1962.
		Shocked was raped while spending time in Comiso, Italy, and spent the rest of her time in an Italian commune for a women's separatist movement.
		In 1993, Shocked began the litigation process against Mercury/Polygram, which in part claimed that the label held her in a state of virtual slavery, unable to pursue her own projects while obligated to continue producing material for the company's exclusive use.
	wywy.essortment.com /michelleshocked_rmvv.htm (1595 words)

	MetroActive Music \| Michelle Shocked
		MICHELLE SHOCKED may not be a star or a household name in the music business, especially after a lengthy hiatus from the recording studio, but she is one artist who has truly declared and gained her independence.
		What Shocked later discovered was that Mercury's decision was based less on artistic merit than on a desire to rework her record deal.
		Michelle Shocked performs Monday, June 12, at 8 p.m., at the Inn of the Beginning, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/06.08.00/michelle-0023.html (963 words)

	Michelle Shocked Bio
		If she'd had her way, Shocked would've made and released these three records all at once, but that sort of over-arching ambition is seen as folly in the world of major labeldom.
		In time, Shocked's pioneering vision and the conventional music business proved themselves akin to oil and water, and these days she can do what she damn well pleases, as this new batch of platters so dramatically demonstrates.
		Shocked says, “What I love most about it is it's for a post-literary world, and yet it has all the satisfactions a literary audience would want: the themes, the way they overlap, the characters, the points of view.
	www.michelleshocked.com /bio.htm (827 words)

	Michelle Shocked survives her share of jolts
		Michelle Shocked has stared into the abyss, but she's also been to the mountaintop.
		At one point, Shocked's mother wrongly committed her to a mental institution, where Shocked was forced to undergo shock therapy -- hence, her stage name.
		Shocked's spiritual conversion actually can be traced to her fascination with minstrelsy, which "is the source of so much contemporary popular music," says Shocked.
	www.ect.org /news/michelle.html (595 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Michelle Shocked
		These days, Michelle Shocked's back with her first full album since 1994, and her entire catalog is back in print on her own label.
		Shocked continued to tour with an ace band, but her recorded output since her legal battles with the corporate machine has consisted solely of Good News, a limited edition CD sold at concerts.
		It might come as a shock to the suits at the major labels, but Deep Natural is a solid testimony that you can fight the law and win--a message that couldn't be more stylistically consistent for Michelle Shocked.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/08.22.02/shocked-0234.html (623 words)

	Music \| Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Those who’ve heard former folkie Michelle Shocked’s concerts these past few years won’t be surprised by her evolution into a soulful contemporary blueswoman.
		But this album’s beauty and clever fusions of gospel and dub, textural rock and New Orleans street music, and just about anything else that smacks of the South and Afro-American culture that crossed her mind during its sessions are surprising for their relaxed, authentic, and precise execution.
		Shocked has released a second disc, Dub Natural, that’s essentially the instrumental tracks of Deep Natural trimmed of the vocals.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/02258117.htm (216 words)

	michelle shocked
		It's the first new release from Michelle Shocked in five years and will be followed (at intervals) over the next year by reissues of her complete catalog in "extensive, deluxe editions!"
		Deep Natural is a bold, beautiful album that confirms Michelle Shocked as one of the unique artistic voices of your time; Dub Natural serves notice that she is as much a musical visionary as ever.
		From the beginning of her career, Michelle has demonstrated that she is one of the strongest and most widely acclaimed performers in contemporary music.
	www.greatbigisland.com /michelle_shocked.htm (336 words)

	Michelle Shocked News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		You may remember Michelle Shocked from the late '80s, when her singles "Anchorage," "If Love Was a Train", and "On the Greener Side" inched up the pop charts.
		Michelle Shocked rises again with three new albums and a renewed path...
		Michelle Shocked's twangy "ya-all'' resounded through downtown Billings Friday night as she ripped through a set of blues rock on Montana Avenue in the first of two nights of the Magic City Blues Festival.
	www.topix.net /who/michelle-shocked (564 words)

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		Michelle continues her travelling and political involvement and is arrested during a fair-housing protest at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco (see image) and then again in a protest against a defense contractor.
		Shocked used to visit Texas a lot, usually to see her father in Dallas, a mandolin player named "Dollar" Bill Johnston who had a profound impact upon his young daughter.
		Shocked's mother, who was divorced from Dollar Bill when Michelle was a kid, once committed Michelle to a Dallas psychiatric hospital 12 years ago.
	members.lycos.co.uk /glimbo/bio.htm (6008 words)

	VH1.com : Michelle Shocked : Biography
		Shocked left Texas in 1983, traveled throughout the U.S., and became an activist in the squatters movement in New York.
		In 1986, Shocked returned to the U.S. and, while volunteering at the Kerrville Folk Festival, English producer Pete Lawrence was impressed by her campfire-side playing and recorded her on his Sony Walkman.
		In an unexpected move, Shocked returned in 1989 with Captain Swing, a '40s-style big band swing outing that surprised her fans initially but had no shortage of strong material.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/shocked_michelle/bio.jhtml (608 words)

	Amazon.com: Arkansas Traveler: Music: Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In this fabulous collection of songs, Shocked seems to have a hundred years of American music at her fingertips, and to be able to combine any ingredients from that century to creat something that is both fresh and familiar.
		But Michelle with both dignity and a really good sense of humor, tackled these classic songs of the American south, producing one of the best albums of her career.
		Michelle has one of the strongest clearest ballsiest voices in show business that you may have never heard.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002VGRE0?v=glance (1113 words)

	Michelle Shocked - Don't Ask Don't Tell CD review
		She was given her name because her mother committed her and Shock had shock treatments.
		She lived on the street, survived a rape, traveled extensively, became a very sacrilegious evangelical, was discovered accidentally and has sung everything from punk to folk.
		Shocked also won a major battle with her record company.
	www.concertlivewire.com /shokedcd.htm (307 words)

	Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michelle Shocked has recorded five albums that vary widely in musical style and content.
		Michelle later took to calling these recordings The Texas Campfire Thefts in a series of ongoing battles with her record company.
		Just Michelle and her guitar, these songs show an incredible amount of energy and personality.
	www.mixed-up.com /lyrics/artists/shell.html (226 words)

	Punk Bluegrass Rocker Michelle Shocked - Sane, Sober and Rueful
		Earlier, Shocked spent a few years living in New Orleans, where the congregation called her “our unique sister.” They vaguely knew she was a singer but weren’t sure what type.
		Shocked, born Karen Michelle Johnston in 1962, grew up an Army brat; when she was 14, her stepfather retired to the small town of Gilmer, Texas.
		Shocked says she never would have tried to record an album herself: “I already had a direction with my life.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/arts/music/pop/12111 (890 words)

	MICHELLE SHOCKED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		“Michelle Shocked is simply the brightest new voice unearthed from the American roots-music landscape in a long while.
		“Shocked is an immensely likable artist, one whose music combines biting wit, sharp social commentary and a strong sense of Texas roots.
		Her mature singing is a dead ringer, in alternative moments, for as diverse a pair of crooners as Chrissie Hynde and Jennifer Warnes…East Texas’s loss is the world’s gain.
	www.msopr.com /mso/michelle_shocked.htm (511 words)

	Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michelle Shocked was born in Texas and grew up listening to country bluesmen
		Michelle Shocked set forth on her journey ever so young but ever
		Michelle is no doubt a pioneer in the "alternative music" field.
	www.wholeearthfestival.net /bio_shocked.html (825 words)

	The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		About the only artist I know of who takes as many turns and goes in a new direction with each recording as her is Jane Siberry (though that's about the only thing they have in common musically).
		My favorite album is Short Sharp Shocked because it's the best example of how personal she can get while still having fun.
		This is probably my least favourite of Michelle Shocked's recordings, but only because she's exploring a style here that I'm not very fond of.
	ectoguide.org /guide.cgi?artists/shocked.michelle (1987 words)

	Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They were awaiting an Irish guitarist hung up on papers (and Michelle made a crack about how one apparently had to be from the Middle East applying to flight school to get cleared in a hurry).
		Michelle was on a Strat up front, handled it real well.
		It may not always be hearts and flowers, but Michelle Shocked is showing up and sounding great, and she is definitely interacting with you.
	www.puremusic.com /shocked1.html (423 words)

	HIGH BIAS -- Michelle Shocked
		Michelle Shocked has a reputation for thinking outside the box and being a fountain of creativity.
		Shocked's very adult voice and these child-like songs is a great concept with pretty spot-on execution by producer Nick Forster.
		Shocked's voice is smoky and worn, but she shows more range than expected.
	www.highbias.com /reviews/20050626_long3.html (434 words)

	Amazon.com: Short Sharp Shocked: Music: Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Michelle Shocked shares her favorite music with Amazon customers.
		Michelle Shocked built an audience through her strident activist messages and raw, almost naked songs; she had the sincerity that the audience craved.
		Michelle shows off her down home side with fun conversation and stories between songs.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000CBLA8?v=glance (1381 words)

	Michelle Shocked: Famously Shameless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		And it was at that event that I gave myself the nom de guerre of Michelle Shocked.
		It was intended as a comment on the fact that a lot of my emotional sensitivities had been conditioned by the social climate of the Cold War - the paranoia, the sense of the enemy at the gate - which had been heightened by the Reagan Administration.
		And it was a real shock to me to realize that I was no more in control of my ability to reject that indoctrination than I was in my ability to transform it at that time in my life.
	narpa.org /michelle.shocked.htm (4778 words)

	eBay - michelle shocked, CDs, Records items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	EARVOLUTION: Michelle Shocked Trilogy Due in June (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		LOS ANGELES – 2005 will be a big year for Michelle Shocked, who will release a new trilogy of albums on June 14 on her own Mighty Sound label through Megaforce and RED Distribution.
		It is Shocked's unique tribute to both her Texas and Latin roots.
		According to Shocked, "I'm not gonna try to convince myself that it was practical.
	www.earvolution.com /2005/05/michelle-shocked-trilogy-due-in-june.asp (1025 words)

	Sean's Blog: Michelle Shocked
		Michelle Shocked play the Radisson on Sunday night to a good sized crowd.
		Galway is lucky to have Michelle Shocked on Sunday and Sharon Shannon on Monday.
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	www.seanmccormack.com /blog/2005/07/michelle-shocked.html (113 words)

	Michelle Shocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Though it may be closer to an early-evening Saturday at the Taos Solar Festival, Michelle and her Mighty Sound will provide an incomparable experience all their own.
		Within her library of releases, Michelle Shocked has riffed on almost every genre—from rhythm and blues to rock and roll to folk to swing.
		Her literary and provocative lyrics remain constant in this sea of musical change, so despite the genre-bending milieu of Michelle Shocked and The Mighty Sound, one can always depend on a well-spun story and an incomparably good show.
	www.solarmusicfest.com /ArtistBlurbs_2005.html (1614 words)

	Michelle Shocked Discography
		The discography is installed here in memory of its author, Derek Gross, who passed away on 7-13-1996.
		Michelle Shocked Discography compiled by Derek Gross first attempt, 14 Feb 1992 --> revision in progress, October 1994 ALBUMS The Texas Campfire Tapes - 1986 5 a.m.
		Short Sharp Shocked - 1988 When I Grow Up, Hello Hopeville, Memories of East Texas, (Making the Run to) Gladewater, Graffiti Limbo / If Love Was a Train, Anchorage, The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore, V.F.D., Black Widow, [Fogtown] US: Mercury 834 924-1 (LP), 834 924-2 (CD).
	www.folklib.net /uwp/dg_shocked.shtml (682 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Threesome: Mexican Standoff/Don't Ask Don't Tell/Got No Strings [Box set] [Limited Edition] [Import]: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ambition is certainly something that Michelle Shocked is not lacking.
		Many would also claim that as she is releasing three albums on one day, she is not lacking in foolhardiness either.
		From the off, all the elements previously on show in her Latino-tinged work are present, from the mariachi trumpet to the impassioned Mexican backing vocals, replaced in the second half of the album by her more familiar southern Blues style.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009NCQCS (724 words)

	JR.com: MICHELLE SHOCKED in Music
		Personnel: Michelle Shocked (vocals, guitar); Richard Armstrong (trumpet); Skip Edwards (keyboards); Dave Raven (drums, percussion);...
		Personnel: Michelle Shocked (vocals, guitar); Pete Anderson (electric guitar); Paul Glasse (mandolin); Don Reed (strings); Beverly...
		Producer Pete Lawrence recorded an impromptu performance by singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked at the 1986 Kerrville Folk Festival; his...
	www.jr.com /xs-michelle-shocked-in-music--ap!t;nn!703808.html (259 words)

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