Bio
It
was Loretta Lynn who wrote that she lived on
the poor man’s dollar and she never
thought of leaving Butcher Holler. But, for
Sherry Lynn, it was actually a small town called
Clayton, NJ that she never thought she would get
out of.
Sherry Lynn was born in a one stop light town,
“a little dot with nothing but a supermarket and
a gas station; where the local hang out was
Nick’s Pizzeria.” Not that dissimilar to
Loretta’s small town Kentucky home.
When Sherry Lynn was just two years old her
father was murdered. Sherry’s mother found
herself raising Sherry Lynn, her sister and her
brother on her own. “It was tough at times
because my mom worked two jobs to support us; my
sister was six years older than me so she’s the
one who helped look out for us when we were
younger.”
Sherry Lynn grew up watching Loretta Lynn and
dreaming to be just like her, “I used to stand
in front of the mirror and hold a brush
pretending it was a microphone and sing Coal
Miner’s Daughter, dreaming of one day
singing on the Grand Ole Opry just like Loretta
Lynn.” Little did Sherry Lynn realize how
strongly her life would parallel Loretta’s own
life; one of struggling to raise her children
and establishing a singing career all at the
same time?
At
16 Sherry Lynn started waiting tables, by 17 she
had her first child and dropped out of school,
by 19 she was married, and by 23 she had 4
children; her chance of becoming a singer, she
thought, had long passed. “I figured at that
point I was going to be a waitress for the rest
of my life, that there would never be a light at
the end of the tunnel.”
But
one day she woke up and decided it was time for
a change, “I finally got the nerve to tell my
husband it was time for him to go, since our
marriage wasn’t working.” It was time to move on
and look towards a better future for her and her
children.
It
was while waiting tables Sherry Lynn met the man
that would change her life forever. Not only
would he take her and her kids out of small town
Clayton, but he would also provide a life style
and emotional support for her where she could
follow her dreams of singing professionally.
It
was Sherry Lynn’s friends who further convinced
her that the time had come for her to fulfill
her long deferred dream, and to get up on stage
at the local karaoke bar and sing. Even Though
she had always been in the school plays and sang
in the choir, there was something about being on
stage alone that kept her from singing. After
she finally went up and sang in front of a crowd
a few times, she realized it wasn’t as bad as
she thought. “Once you get through the first
song, it calms your nerves a bit,” she
laughed. It wasn’t until after a couple people
had approached her about singing demo’s that she
started to research the music industry and learn
how the recording process worked. It was through
those contacts she made that led her to top
Nashville producer Ted Hewitt, who had scored a
gold selling album for Rodney Atkins; “If You’re
Going Through Hell.”
“Being in the studio with Ted was a lot
different than anything I had ever done before.
Ted is a straightforward, down to earth guy and
I love working with him in the studio. He makes
me feel at ease about singing so I was able to
go in and start putting my own spin on things to
create my own sound.” A sound that she says
is contemporary country sound with a splash of
traditional and maybe a touch of pop all rolled
up into one. Just like a woman, a little
indecisive and clearly stating "It's A Woman
Thing"
Sherry Lynn launched her full scale performing
career this spring … where else, but n her home
state of New Jersey. She took the stage of the
historic Broadway Theatre in Pittman, N.J.; a
theatre that has hosted everyone from Frank
Sinatra to Burns & Allen in its early days.
Sherry Lynn and her Nashville based band, opened
for country classic performer, Sammy
Kershaw. “It was a perfect combination of
talents. My country music is contemporary and
blended with Sammy’s Cajun traditional country
flawlessly,” said Sherry Lynn. “It wasn’t the
stage of Nashville’s Ryman, traditional home of
the Grand Ole Opry yet, but it felt good to have
launched my career in my home state,” continued
Sherry Lynn.
Sherry Lynn has already had top 10 successes
throughout Europe and Australia (Wrong Train)
and is releasing her debut project It’s A
Woman Thing in the summer of 2007. The
project has a total of 10 songs, 3 of which
Sherry Lynn co-wrote. Scarecrow Dance is
the debut single from the project and went
to national US radio in mid May of 2007. Sherry
Lynn is currently touring country radio stations
across the US. Scarecrow Dance is enjoying chart
attention with its timely message of hope for US
farmers who are dealing with drought conditions.
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