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Sheryl Crow
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Sheryl Suzanne Crow was
born on February 11, 1962 in Kennett Missouri. She is the daughter of Wendell and
Bernice Crow. Her father Wendell is a lawyer and her mother Bernice is a music
teacher. Her brother Steve works in the construction business in Kennett area.
Sheryl was born into a world filled
with music. She and her sisters Kathy and Karen learned how to play the piano at a young
age. Wendell is a part time trumpet player and has played in different jazz bands.
He also accompanied her on the single We do what we can early in her career. She
had her first music lesson at four, and could play songs by "ear" at age six.
Throughout high school and college she played in numerous bands including one named Cashmere
that played Led Zeppelin songs. In 1984 she graduated from the University of Missouri
with a major in music composition, performance and teaching. From there she taught music
to autistic children at an elementary school in St. Louis for two years.
One afternoon in 1986, she came
home and told her parents that she was moving to Los Angeles, and five days later she was
gone. In Los Angeles she worked as a waitress and did some singing for
commercials. One commercial was for McDonalds, in which she said "It’s a good
time for the great taste of McDonalds " and at one of those sessions, she overheard a
conversation about auditions for a Michael Jackson Tour. It was supposed to be on
recommendation only, but she showed up anyway. They were videoing everyone, so she said,
"hi Mike! I’m Sheryl Crow from Missouri, I’d sure like to go on the road with
you."
And that was it. They sent
the video to him and he saw it, called her the next day and gave her a job. She was a
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The
next two years she spent writing songs, and no record contract in sight. Finally Sheryl
started touring with Don Henley, and wrote songs for Eric Clapton, Wynonna Judd and Celine
Dion to name a few. She eventually joined the Tuesday Night Music Club and the rest is Grammy
History.
Late in 1996 she released her album
Sheryl Crow which caused controversy with the lyrics "Watch out sister, Watch out Brother,
Watch out children while they kill each other, with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart
discount store ". Wal-Mart refused to sell the album unless she changed the lyric, but
she refused and remained on top regardless of her losing album sales.
A couple of years later Sheryl went
on a Goodwill Tour to visit Bosnia. She preformed in all types of places from mud holes
to mess halls. She ate ready-to-eat food with the troops. Traveling with the First
Lady, Chelsey and Sinbad, Sheryl was without a doubt, the headliner of the USO shows.
She had lots of personal interaction with everyone there, and even brought a few soldiers up
on stage with her. Mrs. Clinton remarked how well she represented America, just like Bob
Hope and the many other celebrities that have gone before her.
Sheryl bought a studio and moved to
New York, where she continued writing songs. The studio was called The Globe and out of
these songs came her next album The Globe Sessions, which was released in
1998. The song My Favorite Mistake is known to be about her relationship with
Eric Clapton.
As of this writing, Sheryl has produced the following Albums:
1993 - Tuesday Night Music Club
1996 - Sheryl Crow
1997 - Globe Sessions
1999 - Live from Central Park |
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Her
songs have been used in car commercials as well has numerous movies such as Sweet Child of
Mine in the movie Big Daddy, Redemption Day and Everyday is a Winding
Road from the Julia Roberts movie Erin Brockovich, and the James Bond theme song from (Tomorrow
Never Dies). She has also been doing a bit of acting. Her credits include "54"
which stars Neve Campbell, and The Minus Man where she plays a character named
Casper. At the moment she is seeing actor and co-star form The Minus Man - Owen
Wilson.
This page is dedicated to a
wonderful woman named Naomi Wyatt Crow who is the grandmother to Sheryl and has been
valuable in updating the history of our family over the past couple of years. She, most
of all, is proud of the accomplishments of her Son and grandchildren. |
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