Michelle Shocked

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Born
24 February 1962 (age 63)
Born In
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States
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 the newcomer a recording contract. Her break into U.S. national renown came with the rele… read more
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 re… read more
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 walkma… read more

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1 Play track Short Sharp Shocked Anchorage
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2 Play track Short Sharp Shocked When I Grow Up
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3 Play track Mercury Poise: 1988-1995 Quality Of Mercy
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4 Play track Short Sharp Shocked If Love Was a Train
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5 Shockolates Memories of East Texas
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6 WXPN New Music Sampler: Song of the Stones The Hard Way
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7 Play track Short Sharp Shocked Hello Hopeville
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8 Arkansas Traveler 33 Rpm Soul
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9 Black Widow Black Widow
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10 Mercury Poise: 1988-1995 On the Greener Side
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Albums

  1. 30,351 listeners

    2 Jun 1988 · 10 tracks

    Short Sharp Shocked
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  2. 25,365 listeners

    1994 · 10 tracks

    Kind Hearted Woman
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  3. 14,034 listeners

    5 Nov 1996 · 12 tracks

    Mercury Poise: 1988-1995
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  4. 10,859 listeners

    24 Oct 1989 · 10 tracks

    Captain Swing
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