31 Aug.2002

BEAUTIFUL MESS SANG BY DIAMON RIO AND WRITTEN BY SHANE IS GOING TO THE TOP!!!

16 Dec. EXCLUSIVE AND OFFICIAL NEWS: Shane is now going to play the wildhorse in nashville on new years eve.  He will be using slickerbilly both as his opening act and part of his band.  He will be performing his older songs plus several of his newly written songs as well as a few old covers that will get the place to rockin.  

30 Oct. EXCLUSIVE AND OFFICIAL NEWS: Shane is doing a benefit for "Deliver The Dream" on November 15 in Dickson, TN.This is going to be streamed live on the Theaters web site at The Renaissance Center: www.rcenter.org.

Theres an agreement to stream the concert for both video and audio on the Internet at www.acousticboxoffice.com and would like to take
VHS tape orders the night of the concert,make the tapes available at each of the artist websites and find
other possible outlets for distribution.

Also coming soon.....new pics sent by my friend Lorie.

14 July My site is updated again!!!With lots of pix and new reviews enjoy!!!!

3 May

From the News Wires

Shane Minor Happy to Cruise in the Slow Lane
Roger W. Hoskins   April 20, 2001

Shane Minor has yet to reach the top of country music's ladder of success, but the singer who graduated from Modesto High School says that slow is the only way to go.
"I love the climb," says Minor, 32. "I think the unknown is what it makes it fun."
The climb has included some slides. Last summer, Mercury Records scaled back its number of artists and Minor was one of the casualties.
Yet Minor has only one thought about the split with Mercury: gratitude.
"When God shuts one door, he opens another. When Mercury and I parted company, I hit my knees and asked what to do," he says. "I learned a valuable lesson -- to be myself and not listen to everybody. The problem I had is that I'm not cocky. I was so humble and thankful just to be in the business. But I was blinded by what was happening."
Mercury manufactured an image for him as a guy in leathers, a look he wasn't especially comfortable with, he says.
"I was going to concerts and people said my pictures and my albums didn't look like me. The music business is a gamble, just like Vegas. Now I have the experience of rolling the dice and crapping out."
Minor says the No. 1 thing in his life right now is songwriting. His more amicable relationship with his new label, RCA, is allowing him to do that on his own terms.
"If you were a painter, it couldn't come off as well if somebody told you what to paint. RCA is giving me the chance to express myself."
Minor's self-expression is translating into a few "message" songs and an upbeat love song. Minor thinks the latter, "You're in My Head," has a good chance of eclipsing his biggest hit to date, "Slave to the Habit," which hit No. 12 on Billboard's top 20 country singles chart. Minor had two other songs on the chart, "Ordinary Love" at No. 17 and "I think You're Beautiful" at No. 21.
      He says "You're in My Head" came easily.
      "I got it strictly by fluke, just playing a different kind of riff on the guitar. I wrote it in two hours," he says of the upbeat song that opens:
      "You're in my head,
      you're in my heart,
      you're in that song
      on the radio in my car."
"The RCA A&R (artist and repertoire) guy loved it. He says we have to cut this."
That song and the possible shuffling of others is holding up release of the CD.
"The songs (RCA) keeps picking, well, I keep bumping 'em, 'cause I keep writing better stuff," Minor says.
Another key to Minor's writing renaissance is his collaboration with Jeff Steele, formerly of the successful '90s country band Boy Howdy. Steele quit performing to devote himself to songwriting. Many of the Minor-Steele collaborations are candidates for the new CD.
"One day we were working and I asked Jeff where he was from. He told me he was from a small town in California that I would never have heard of. I said, 'Try me,' and he said Stockton."
Minor says he's now looking to release the CD in the fall. The delay will help keep his album from being lost in the usual summer onslaught of big-name artist releases.
Delays seem to be following Minor these days. He has an unreleased single, "So in Love with You," that is on the soundtrack for the film "Ring of Fire." But the movie about pro rodeo bull riders, starring Daryl Hannah and Keifer Sutherland, has yet to be released and the studio that made it has shut down.
So Minor must bide his time to hear whether his song will remain on the track or if the movie will even get to theaters.
But that's OK by Minor.
"Going slow is what I like. I ain't quittin'. I love what I'm doing."
Shane Minor plays at 8 p.m. today at the State Theatre, 1307 J St., Modesto. Tickets are $20. Call 527-4697. He also plays at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday at Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Sonora. Tickets are $15, with group rates available. Call 533-2013.

3 May

ENTERTAINEMNT NOTES: Major buzz building over Shane Minor

By ROGER W. HOSKINS
BEE STAFF WRITER
(Published: Friday, April 27, 2001)

   Modestans got a glimpse last week at why Shane Minor is creating a stir around Nashville.

   A relaxed Minor gave a driving but intimate country performance to about 250 fans at the State Theatre.

   Manager Dana Plummer was so impressed that she made plans to book Minor for next year. "He's going to be huge," predicts Plummer, who wants to sign him before his price rises.

   Nashville disc jockey Taylor Morgan accompanied the Minor entourage west. She says the Nashville buzz is getting louder about the Modesto High alumnus.

   Morgan is the drive-time DJ at WSM, often honored as the country station of the year and the home of the Grand Ol' Opry. Morgan is in charge of booking the Opry and she says she's a big Minor fan.

   "Danny Wells is one of top songwriters around right now. He just had a hit for Collin Raye," Morgan says. "Danny worked with Shane for one day and he called me up right after. He said 'Taylor, there's no reason on Earth why Shane won't be the next country superstar.'

   "Everyone is convinced that Shane is going to be huge," Morgan says. "He has a strong fan base in Nashville -- I'd say there were a gazillion of what we call Minor maniacs."

   Lynn Stewart might be among that number, except she lives in Wolcott, Conn. She flew in to see Minor in concert for the 37th, 38th and 39th times -- once at the State and at two shows in Sonora the next evening. Jan Grannis of Shreveport, La., flew in to see her sixth, seventh and eighth shows.

   Minor, 33, saved the best and most touching moment of the State show for last. Called back for an encore by a standing ovation, he spoke softly.

   "Now would be the time for something up-tempo … but that's not how I'm feeling. I'm home and feeling sentimental. I lost my dad last November, and if it's all right with you, I'd like to sing something for him … I'm sure he's got the best seat in the house right now.

   "This was Dad's favorite song. We used to sing it at the top of our lungs when were driving in the pickup."

   Minor then sang Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am." As he left the stage, he pointed skyward.

   It's not the cover, but it's still Rolling Stone

   Grandaddy and Merle Haggard both earned mention from Lucy Shaw in her "On the Road" column in the May 10 issue of Rolling Stone.

   The column quoted Jason Lytle's vow that success hadn't changed the band: "I got kind of embarrassed when I saw our CD in Borders, so I just want everyone to know we're still us."

   Incidentally, tickets go on sale Sunday at 10 a.m. for the Grandaddy-Coldplay show at the Warfield in San Francisco. Modesto-based Grandaddy and the Brit band Coldplay will perform June 20 at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7). Tickets ($22.50) are available at Ticketmaster outlets.

   Haggard, who used to spend his summers in the Hughson-Modesto area, told the Rolling Stone columnist that he was getting road weary. "I'm going to put myself in a casino that treats me like the Desert Inn did Frank Sinatra. Try to get one to give me a steady job so I won't have to travel so much."

   While filming his video for "Wreck on the Highway" two weeks ago in Chico, Haggard told his friend Modesto-based broadcaster Chester Smith that all seats to the rest of his concerts this year have been sold. He's been so busy, he's planning on taking two months off in the fall.

   Haggard has come a long way since playing to a half-empty house two years ago at Oakwood Lake.

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V O T E   C A S T E R   R E S U L T: Of Shanes cd these songs reached the TOP 5 : I think you are beautiful 44% votes ;Sliver of the moon 13% votes ; Slave 11% votes ; Easy To Believe 8% votes

28 March.IMPORTANT OFFICIAL NEWS

Shane Lends Support for Local School
Shane is taking time out of his busy writing and recording schedule to participate in a benefit concert for Bellevue Middle School in
Nashville.  Other acts performing include Benita Hill, critically acclaimed Jazz singer/songwriter who has had two #1 songs recorded by Garth Brooks. 
Also, Kirk Whalum, Grammy nominated Jazz saxophonist who records for Warner Brothers records.  He has done roadwork and studio work with the likes of Barbara Streisand, Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston. 
Phil Keaggy, guitarist extraordinare and Christian recording artist,has Grammy nominations and is a multiple Dove award winner.Many regard
him as one of the most gifted guitar players ever.
Bellevue Middle Schools' principal, Bob Wilson will be fronting his band, The BeaT, with a medley of Beatle songs.
This should prove to be a most delightful evening of entertainment while supporting our local school.  For ticket information, please call
(615) 662-5769.

Shane and producer, Dann Huff are back in the studio cutting sides for Shane's 2nd CD.   No release date has been set for the upcoming CD, but
expect to hear another exciting and inspiring release from Shane in the near future.  

23 March.Shane's new single will be released in July or Sep. Shane is also doing a soundtrack for the movie "Ring of Fire". He also got called to
do a reading for a Sam Eliott film for the bit part of a ranchhand. He has also bought a horse and will be roping in competition this summer.
And Tracy..... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!Tracy's wife, Maria, had her baby on 3/12 at 5:35pm. She weighed 6lb 15 oz and is 19 inches long. =)

31 Jan.Shane co wrote a song with Jewel when he was in Bosnia and they may write another one, too,and also he's hoping to have a single out in May or June.

26 Jan.Shane is actually working on his new cd.

16 Dec. First-ever holiday tributes by the Fox NFL broadcast team, MTV and The Late Show with David Letterman highlight Secretary of Defense William Cohen's Dec.15-20 holiday visit to U.S. troops stationed in the Balkans, the Mediterranean and here. On his annual holiday visit to American servicemen and women deployed overseas, Cohen is scheduled to be joined by singers Carole King, Jewel, Ruth Pointer-Sayles, Shane Minor and Jon Carroll; comedian Al Franken; former professional football players Terry Bradshaw and Mike Singletary; Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks; former senator and astronaut John Glenn; film director Jerry Bruckheimer; Medal of Honor recipients Sammy Davis and Alfred Rascone; MTV veejay Ananda Lewis; and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.They will perform four shows for U.S. troops during the five-day visit: on Dec.16 aboard USS Harry S. Truman; on Dec. 17 at Ramstein Air Base; on Dec. 18 at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; and on Dec. 19 in Tuzla, Bosnia.

21 Oct. Shane will be performing in a benefit show with Billy Ray Cyrus on Wed. Oct 25 at 328 Performance Hall in downtown Nashville Tennessee.The money will go to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

14 Oct. Listen to a conversation with Shane at countrycool.com:http://go.enron.net/fcgi/findsplitter?countrycool/CCshaneminor_hi.rm

10 Sept. Shane officially signed with RCA,yesssss Im so happy for you Shane,I told you!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

03 Sept. Check out this interview that countrycool made to Shane:

http://www.countrycool.com/video/softball7_56k.ram and for more info go to: http://www.countrycool.com/interviews/conversations/softball.html

26 June**EXCLUSIVE** Shane sent a message to all his fans,read it here.

16 May For all of you who asked,here's some news given by Shane. (Thanks Lynn).Shane will be signing at the CMT and Mercury booths at Fan Fair as well as be performing on one of the late night Grand Ole Opry shows. It doesn't look like he will have his own booth this year. He will not be playing in the Charity of Hope Softball Game due to a show he has planned.

15 May T-bone is not with the band anymore,he's been replaced by someone named Todd and Jack is also gone again.**Last but not least,I want to thank all of you for always visiting my site.I had received an e-mail from fortunecity.com telling me that my site is one of the most popular and cool sites!!THANKS A LOT!!**

13 AprilToday is my Shane Minor site anniversary!Thanks to all the fans,friends,Shane and Shane Jr. you are the greatest!!

12 April Sad but true..... After issuing three singles from his self-titled debut album, Shane Minor has parted amicably with his label, Mercury

Nashville. Two of the songs, "Slave to the Habit" and "Ordinary Love," reached Top 20 status on the radio charts, but album sales were not as

encouraging. According to a label spokesperson, work had not yet begun on a second album for Mercury and Minor has been talking to other people about his musical future.

4 April Shane Minor will throw the opening pitch at Greer Stadium for the first Nashville Sounds game of 2000 on Friday, April 14th.

10 March Read another Interview http://countrystars.com/

09 Feb.The Academy of Country Music  is preparing for its three-hour CBS prime-time awards show on May 3. Initial ballots for the 35th annual ACM Awards will be mailed out to voting members Feb. 7. The ballot will narrow this year's finalists down to five nominees in each category, except for the newcomer categories, which only include three nominees.

31 Jan Shane Minor's ¨I think you are Beautiful¨ is on the charts!!

Shane received another nomination

Shane was nominated for the Discovery Award. Congrats Shane.

Vote,go to:

http://www.country.com/contest/tnnmusic/registration.html

27 Jan.Shane visits Kosovo and Bosnia

Shane Minor was part of a special group assembled by the Secretary of Defense to bring a little holiday cheer to the troops this year. Shane spent December 20 - 23 overseas visiting bases in war-torn Kosovo and Bosnia. "Just seeing the faces of these young men and women who are on the frontlines made me feel the cold reality of our freedom," said Minor. Shane joined E!'s Downtown Julie Brown, Terry Bradchau, Christy Brinkley, Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders at five different bases in the area including two in Italy.

 23 Jan.Shane was in CA this weekend duck hunting with his Uncle Frank. He called the local radio station from the middle of the rice fields while Uncle Frank was blowing duck calls. He even put Uncle Frank on the phone for a minute.Shane said he would be back to Sacramento in a few weeks and would make an appearance at the radio station to perform an acoustical song. Read a Shane Minor Interview.

Shane received another nomination

Rising Video Star of the Year

Congrats Shane!!

16 Oct.Shane  will be featured on an "On The Shelf" segment for CNN's "Showbiz Today."

Did you know....

Shane received 2 nominations

1)Best Clip of the Year Shane Minor Ordinary Love Mercury Nashville. Steven Goldmann (director)Tamera Brooks(producer)

Shane chat

Aug.17 Want to read some Shane Minor CD reviews?Check out these sites:

http://countryweekly.com

http://countryreview.com/ShaneMinor/

http://www.ktom.com/

http://www.mcnonline.com/issues/9906/reviews.shtml

July 23 Shane once made a chat with his fans at country.com ...check it out:http://www.country.com/music/green/chat052099a.html

Shane's video for Ordinary Love

July14 Shane Minor's video for "Ordinary Love" debuts on CMT's DeliveryRoom July 14.On this clip, Minor creates a "dream" woman using a virtual reality machine.

June17 Shane Minor  and country singer Mark Wills will take part in the "Wrangler/City Of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge '99" which airs on TNN at 9:00 p.m. CDT.

May 14 Shane joins Shania on tour

Minor's first date with Shania will be May 14 in Kansas City, Missouri.This is really a thrill for him,though he has been a Shania fan since she started singing.Shane says that,that's a honor for him!So go ahead Shane,I know you will do it great!!

Minor's agency, CAA, announced today that he has been confirmed to open 13 dates with more shows to be confirmed later. Minor will  join Twain and current opener Leahy as Shania wraps up her world tour which began in Canada last

May.

Minor's booking agent,Ron Baird,says.... "Shania has not used another opening act besides Leahy and has chosen lablemate Shane Minor to perform at her upcoming concerts. Shane's high energy show makes him a natural selection for this coveted spot."

May 5 Shane is in Canada filming his second video for the song ¨Ordinary Love¨. Shane will  film his part this week with an actress who's going to be with a green suit.This video will have animations .The post production and animation will take  (more or less) 10 weeks.