World Wide Songwriters Association Songwriter Spotlight

Aug/Sept Songwriter Spotlight 2005

Allen & Stacie Collins

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Published Songwriter and WWSWA V.I.P. Members
Appeared on the FOX Early Show
Debut CD climbed to #46 on the Americana Roots Chart
Dan Baird-produced album titled THE LUCKY SPOT will be out late 2005
Highly successful tours of Europe
Has performed shows with artists such as: Leanne Womack, Vince Gill, Jody Messina, Dale Watson, Pin Monkey, Hank III, Dean Hall, Jim Reiley, The Kinley's, and Jeffrey Steele just to mention a few
Recently invited to tour with Chris Knight
Receiving rave reviews from magazines and radio stations across the country

For more info visit www.staciecollins.com

Click Here To Congratulate Allen & Stacie

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Some of the best and well known songs in the world have been written by songwriting partners. Lennon & McCartney, Shania & Mutt, Ebert & Roeper, no wait, I think they might do something a little different. Seriously though, our spotlight for June/July 2005 shines on another songwriting duo. Allen & Stacie Collins are not only husband and wife, but also one powerhouse songwriting team. With a fresh new sound that can't be classified as one particular genre, they have burst onto the Nashville scene and everyone is listening. Call it a mix between rock, country, blues and throw in a dash of that old Bakersfield sound, and that's about the recipe for their unique brand of Hillbilly Rockin' Country Funkadelic Kick Ass music. Buck Owens never quite sounded like this...

Not only do they write some great songs, but they also put on a seriously rockin' live show. While Stacie fronts the band with her in your face attitude and soaring vocals, Allen lays down some nasty groovin' bass lines. Filling out the rest of the band are Ken McMahan, David Swanagin, & Dan Baird, who you may remember from the Georgia Satellites. I wonder if he still has "a little change in his pocket?" How could I forget to mention Stacie's harmonica playing. She can flat out burn it up!

Born in Muskogee, OK and raised in Bakersfield, CA, her childhood and teenage years reverberated with the honky-tonk sounds of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. A move to nearby Hollywood in her late teens put Stacie in touch with LA's burgeoning rock scene. Obsessed with both the twang of West Coast country and the balls-out energy of Rock-n-Roll, she picked up a blues harp and right away started attracting attention. Being a female harp player still makes her something of a rarity, especially in her adopted hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. "My Dad played harmonica", Stacie recalls, "and even though I didn't know him very well because my parents divorced when I was 5, I felt like that gave me license. I had inherited a gift. After learning to play, I fell in love with the Chicago Blues sound and players like Little Walter and James Cotton. I had found my muse."

In October 2001, Collins released her self-titled, self-produced debut recording which became one of the most requested CD's on Americana and College radio stations and quickly climbed to number 46 on The Album Network's Americana Roots Chart. Gigs throughout the United States and Europe soon followed.

With the release of her new CD The Lucky Spot due this year, and another European tour on the horizon, 2005 should prove to be an exciting year for Stacie Collins.

A sample lyric from "It Ain't Love" warns that, "It ain't the fall that kills you, it's the kiss of the cold, hard ground / it ain't the whiskey that makes you crazy, it's the pain that you're trying to drown."

I got the pleasure of seeing Stacie & the boys performance at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville a few weeks ago. If you get the chance, this is one show you won't want to miss. Take the time to visit www.staciecollins.com and buy a cd, or just look around. I am sure you won't be disappointed...

:::::::::: Listen to some of Stacie & Allen's Songs :::::::::: WWSWA Member Name : Collins