Jody Adams Songs Of A Shoemaker's Son CD

Rachel, raised in the heart of Oklahoma, spent her earliest childhood on the road with her mother, a singer/songwriter herself, playing in bars and lounges across the Midwest. "I would just stare at my mother while she played, and hope to one day be just like her, holding a guitar and singing," says Rachel. "What I didn't realize is she she was playing to maybe 15 grumpy guys drinking their troubles away in a small Holiday Inn lounge. To me, she was this amazing singer and musician baring her soul on what looked to me like a huge stage." By age three, Rachel was the official crowd wrangler, taking requests, accepting tips and sometimes joining her mother on stage. It didnt take too long for her Rachel and her family to realize she could sing too. "I remember being in the car with my two aunts on the way to one of Mom's shows. I was singing along to the radio when one of my aunts said, "Rachel! You're harmonizing!" At the time, I didn't know what that meant. I was just trying to make everything sound right in my head as I sang along."From that early recognition of her talent, Rachel's drive to succeed as a performer was born. She began violin lessons by the age of 6, eventually taking first chair with the Oklahoma Junior Symphony among other Symphony groups. She won many pageants and talent competitions from age four through high school, where she was voted "most talented." Throughout high school and college, Rachel was always known as "the girl who sings!" "I'm just living up to my reputation," Rachel jokes!Throughout these years, Rachel realized that the most exciting part of her time on stage was in connecting with her audience. Rachel say, "There is nothing better than being on stage and watchin my audience sing along to the songs I've ...