Shelley Buffitt – September/October 2005
Who: Shelley Buffitt
What: country of many colours
Where: Orangeville, ON
To Contact: SNR Music And Dash Music, Box 174 Station A, Orangeville, ON L9W 2Z8, (519)-925-6065 .
Beyond This Woman marks country artist Shelly Buffitt’s third CD, and contains 18 songs, most of which were co-written with her producer Randy Moore, with whom she worked on 2000′s Bad Side Of Town. Recorded at several Ontario studios – Heritage in Burlington, ON, Sound Stage Niagara in Thorold, and Grant Ave. in Hamilton – more than two dozen musicians and singers helped out on the album, including sax, banjo, fiddle, and steel guitar players. From the honky-tonk opener “Ask Me To Dance” with its playful, forward lyric to the ballad “Home Made Happiness”, a story about a poor, hard-working girl and the idea of simple charity (Buffitt herself is a paramedic and involved with various causes). Born in Sarnia, ON, Buffitt started singing at age two in church and by eight had won first place in numerous vocal competitions at the Kiwanis Music Fest in London, ON. In high school, she hit the road with a top 40 and country band. Later, with the encouragement of her family, she recorded her debut CD, My First Love, in 1999 and followed it up with Bad Side Of Town. Buffitt has received numerous award nominations by the Ontario Country Music Association and Ontario Country Performers And Fans Association Awards.