Bonnie Bishop

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Bonnie Bishop

Bonnie Bishop is a country rock singer-songwriter from Texas,[1] who grew up in Houston, and moved from Austin, Texas, to Nashville, in 2007.[2] In 2008, she performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.[3] Her single "Sweet on the Down Low" was on the Texas music charts for more than six months.[4]

Classically trained, Bishop had previously considered pursuing a career in opera.[5]

Contents

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Songs

  • Send Me a Cowboy
  • Goin' Back To Texas
  • Sweet on the Down Low
  • Don't Say It's Over
  • I Think I Will
  • Lucky Ones
  • Almost Like Home
  • Everytime You Come Around
  • I Envy the Man Who Put the Ring on Your Finger

[edit] Albums

  • Bonnie Bishop (2002)
    1. Goin' Back to Texas - Music by Rob Albertson, Lyrics by Bonnie Bishop
    2. Men Are Like Buses - Bonnie Bishop
    3. Only Glory - Leann Atherton and Jay Patterson
    4. Send Me a Cowboy - Bonnie Bishop
  • Long Way Home (2004)
    1. Send Me a Cowboy
    2. Goin Back to Texas
    3. In the Mirror
    4. Long Way Home
    5. One of a Kind (The Waltz)
    6. Men Are Like Buses
    7. If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt
    8. Simple House
    9. Sweet on the Down Low
    10. Friend of Mine
    11. Woman Willing to Wait
    12. Wayfaring Stranger
  • Soft to the Touch (2005)
    1. Love Never Knows
    2. Trains
    3. The House That Jack Built
    4. Soft To The Touch
    5. Something The Doctor Didn't Order
    6. Brent Rollins
    7. He Took Me To The River
    8. I Must Want It Bad
    9. Give It Up To Me
    10. Red Moon
    11. Stillhouse
    12. Fallen Angel
  • Bonnie Bishop and Friends: Live at Magnolia Avenue (2006)
    1. Sweet On The Downlow
    2. Stillhouse
    3. Fallen Angel
    4. Friend
    5. Almost Like Home
    6. Soft To The Touch
    7. If I Needed You
    8. Fort Worth
    9. Trains
    10. Brent
    11. Brent Rollins
    12. You Don't Know Me
    13. Jesus
    14. Friend Of Mine
    15. Bruce
    16. The Things I Know
    17. House That Jack Built
    18. Red Moon
    19. Everly Lane
    20. Priest
    21. You Don't Laugh Anymore
    22. Mavericks
    23. Fire And Rain
    24. Send Me A Cowboy
    25. Something The Doctor Didn't Order
  • Virginia (2009)

[edit] Personal life

Bonnie Bishop was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of two musicians. Her father was a blues piano player, and her mother a cellist. In 1991 she moved to Mississippi after her mother remarried.[7][8] Bishop graduated with a sociology degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ no byline (September 27, 2007). "Music This Week", The Post and Courier. Retrieved on 2009-04-07.
  2. ^ Singer, Kristi (April 2, 2009). "Soulful songwriter plays SXSE at Myrtle Beach Train Depot", The Sun News.
  3. ^ Guerra, Joey (September 25, 2008). "So many shows, so little time at Austin City Limits fest", Houston Chronicle.
  4. ^ a b Guerra, Joey (November 10, 2005). "Living on the edge of country: Bonnie Bishop gets down, dirty on 'Soft to the Touch'", Houston Chronicle.
  5. ^ Barr, Greg (March 25, 2005). "Bishop singing her way to the top", The Galveston County Daily News. Retrieved on 2009-04-07.
  6. ^ AFE News Release January 8, 2007 Texas singer tips her hat to the troops in concert series through the Pacific. Retrieved on 2009-04-10
  7. ^ Travis, Nikki (March 15, 2002) "Bonnie Bishop plays at Dave's" The Reflector. Retrieved on 2009-04-07.
  8. ^ Bonnie Bishop

[edit] External links

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