Shawn Camp
Best known for
Guitar
Shawn Camp is an Arkansas-born singer, guitarist, and Nashville hit songwriter whose cuts include Garth Brooks's "Two Pina Coladas" and Brooks & Dunn's "How Long Gone." He fronts the Earls of Leicester, the Jerry Douglas-led Flatt and Scruggs tribute that won the 2015 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.
- Born Darrel DeShawn Camp on August 29, 1966; raised outside Perryville, Arkansas.
- Multi-instrumentalist on guitar (from age 5), mandolin (age 7), and fiddle (age 15).
- Moved to Nashville in 1987 and toured as a sideman for the Osborne Brothers, Alan Jackson, Suzy Bogguss, and Trisha Yearwood.
- Signed to Reprise Records as a country recording artist in 1993, charting two singles on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
- Co-wrote major country hits including Garth Brooks's "Two Pina Coladas," Brooks & Dunn's "How Long Gone," Josh Turner's "Would You Go With Me," and George Strait's "River of Love."
- Lead vocalist and guitarist for the Earls of Leicester.
- Won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album with the Earls of Leicester in 2015.
- Frequent co-writer with Guy Clark, including the album "The Ghost of Sis Draper."
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The Earls of LeicesterPlayed on recordings with The Earls of Leicester