Musical career Sammy Kershaw

1 musical career

1.1 mid-late 1990s
1.2 2000s
1.3 2010s

musical career

one of kershaw s demonstration tapes made way mercury records, released debut album don t go near water in 1991. album certified platinum riaa, , produced 4 hit singles. lead-off, cadillac style , went no. 3 in late 1991 , 1992, followed title track @ no. 12, yard sale @ no. 17, , anywhere here @ no. 10. kershaw reluctant release cadillac style because felt not suitable style; however, co-producer, buddy cannon, convinced him give song chance. kershaw s honky-tonk material , singing voice led critical comparisons george jones, , 1 of jones s singles, worth , covered on debut well.

kershaw s second album, haunted heart, followed in 1993. lead-off single, don t know s beautiful , became number 1 hit, in april of year. following title track, dennis linde–penned queen of double-wide trailer , , can t reach anymore , of hit top 10 well. although kershaw had been told others radio audiences might not identify subject matter on queen of double-wide trailer , kershaw wanted release song because had experience similar story line. debut, haunted heart platinum album. in mid-1994, kershaw covered lynyrd skynyrd song know little on tribute album skynyrd frynds, included country music covers of lynyrd skynyrd songs. in 1994, kershaw contributed song fire , rain aids benefit album red hot + country, produced red hot organization.

feelin train kershaw s third album, released later in 1994. album produced 4 hits, including 2 consecutive no. 2 s in national working woman s holiday , third rate romance (the latter cover of amazing rhythm aces hit 1975), no. 27 southbound , no. 18 if re gonna walk, m gonna crawl following in 1995. album included duet george jones on never bit bullet , had been released on jones s 1993 album high-tech redneck. feelin train certified gold. followed christmas album, christmas time s a-comin , , first greatest-hits package, greatest hits, volume 1, both in 1995. latter produced no. 47 single in tattoo (written kostas , jack tempchin), first single of kershaw s career not reach top 40.

mid-late 1990s

kershaw s fourth studio album, gold-certified politics, religion , her, issued in 1996. produced top 10 hits in meant , vidalia , latter of kershaw considered risky song, saying, if radio play 1 more twice—so people can story , learn vidalia onion is—it ll smash. these songs followed fit tied down , title track, both of hit top 30. included on politics, religion , covers of chuck berry s memphis, tennessee , sammy johns chevy van . same year, kershaw briefly took ownership of nascar busch series team (now xfinity series).

labor of love issued later in 1997 fifth album. unlike previous albums, 1 predominantly composed of ballads. produced no. 2 in love of life , , although none of other 3 singles ( matches , honky tonk america , 1 day left live ) reached higher no. 22, album nonetheless certified platinum. next album, maybe not tonight, brought top 20 duet lorrie morgan. kershaw stated enjoyed working morgan on song, telling country weekly magazine, knew our vocals match up… plus, have fun together. re friends , have been friends long time. maybe not tonight commercially less successful predecessors, however, , became first album of kershaw s career not achieve riaa certification. following maybe not tonight singles when love , me , maxine , both of peaked in thirties. louisiana hot sauce , final release maybe not tonight, first single of career not enter charts.

in 2000, kershaw released album of cover songs, covers hits. album comprised 10 cover songs kershaw had recorded in career. of songs on it, such single third rate romance , found on kershaw s studio albums, while others came various tribute albums (such skynyrd frynds) had contributed. covers hits included rendition of dr. hook s little bit more , unreleased cover kershaw had recorded during sessions labor of love.

2000s

by 2001, kershaw , morgan had married. 2 recorded vocal duet album in 2001 entitled found (the title track being cover of bryan adams/barbra streisand duet). album less successful commercially, top 40 hit being no. 39 drinks tequila . shortly afterward, second greatest hits package released, , kershaw left mercury s roster.

in 2003, kershaw signed audium entertainment release album want money back. album produced no. 33-peaking in title track, second single ve never been anywhere fell short of top 40. third , final single, beer, bait & ammo (which failed chart), recorded , written kevin fowler on 2000 debut album of same name, , later recorded mark chesnutt on 2004 album savin honky tonk.

after audium closed nashville division, kershaw signed category 5 records, newly established independent label, in 2006. first release label , first chart single in 3 years, tennessee girl , fell 3 spaces short of top 40 year. first release 2006 album honky tonk boots. album s other single, cover of mel mcdaniel s number 1 hit baby s got blue jeans on , failed chart, , financial difficulties caused label close in 2007. in october of same year, divorced morgan, citing irreconcilable differences.

on june 13, 2007, kershaw announced candidacy lieutenant governor of louisiana in october 20 jungle primary. position held incumbent democrat, mitch landrieu. kershaw faced second republican candidate, state representative gary beard of baton rouge, engineer first elected state house in 2001 special election. kershaw finished second 30 percent of vote, landrieu won re-election majority on first ballot.

in 2008, sammy kershaw inducted louisiana music hall of fame in honor of career achievements , inducted louisiana songwriters association hall of fame in 2010.

kershaw s first single in 2 years, real people , released in late 2008 in boomerville/big hit label. however, single failed chart. tenth studio album, better used be, released on august 31, 2010.

watching state embroiled in gulf oil spill in april 2010, kershaw, lafayette resident, became official spokesperson protectourcoastline.org, non-profit dedicated providing relief fisherman , shrimpers affected spill.

on august 28, 2010, kershaw announced second bid lieutenant governor in october 2 special election replace mitch landrieu, left office in may after being elected mayor of new orleans. kershaw s intraparty rivals included state republican chair roger f. villere jr. of metairie, st. tammany parish president kevin davis of slidell, , secretary of state jay dardenne of baton rouge. kershaw polled 19 percent , carried 31 (more other candidate) of 64 parishes ran third behind dardenne , democrat caroline fayard; kershaw endorsed fellow republican dardenne in runoff election , joined dardenne @ campaign events, giving dardenne bear hug @ dardenne s victory celebration.

in 2011 race lieutenant governor, kershaw endorsed dardenne s opponent, fellow republican billy nungesser. dardenne defeated nungesser 53%-47%.

2010s

kershaw continues touring throughout year band, performances sold-out acoustic roots , boots tour, featuring himself onstage other artists including aaron tippin, joe diffie, pam tillis, darryl worley, colin raye, , others.

sammy kershaw live in concert, band members steve farmer (piano) , robert wright (bass guitar), norway, michigan - july 3, 2016

on june 27, 2016, kershaw performed in villages, florida 6 piece band, including steel guitar , fiddle. during performance, kershaw made mention of not wanting , instead continue make music.