After a serious motorcycle accident, at the age of 17, SHANNON lay in a hospital bed seriously broken, mentally and physically - left to contemplate "life handed back to her".
She decided music (which was very new and dear to her) was the avenue that truly fueled her passion to exist and survive, then set her goals from that pivotal point. Within 6 months she was an accomplished bass player. Within 1-year she was playing large clubs. Within 3 years she formed her own band and was writing, singing, playing other instruments, and recording at places like Electric Ladyland Studio under the production supervision of Roger Glover for Atlantic Records. In 4-years time, Tony Bongiovi offered her a production seat at the Power Station which she turned down to stay on the path that focused on her own musical career.
Like a streetcar rolling uncontrollably through a red light, artistic design was challenged, and won, knocking SHANNON onto a freeway of "illustration and painting'...another gift bestowed on her. In 1997 Liverpool England gave her the title, “The World’s Greatest Beatles Artist”. This prestigious award drives her passionately and successfully on a wonderful road, but SHANNON was always checking her rearview mirror to see her music waiting, calling, and most times...frustratingly haunting her.
In 2008 life’s crossroads paid another visit. Life knocked her down again... mentally and physically. Shannon’s friends gathered to say one word...MUSIC. In the spring of that year, close friends May Pang and Dennis Ferrante pushed Shannon to bring her bass guitar to a party at May’s home. It only took one song and instantly her heart was fueled and Shannon fell in love with music all over again. Her first project, RED PYRAMIDS and BLUE SKY, was the first letter of the first word to the first sentence of the first paragraph back to a truly missed lifestyle of distinctive passion. Since then... she has written, recorded, and played her new songs from the USA to the UK. A list of musicians she has played with are some of music’s finest: Steve Holley, Denny Laine, Simon Kirke, Dennis Ferrante, Dennis Diken, Alan White, Lawrence Juber, Geoff Britton, Carlos Alomar, Joey Molland, and so many others.
As time has moved forward Shannon has shared good fortune in both Music and Art. Once rejected... her gifts are now highly respected as just that... gifts. Not a day goes by that she isn't grateful.
Enjoy what Shannon enjoys... Music! Listen to what she writes and feels through her experiences as a woman truly trying to hold onto the rails of Music and Art.
