Shannon Marie Curfman (born July 31, 1985, Fargo, North Dakota) is an American blues-rock guitarist and singer. She came to prominence in 1999, at the age of 14, with the release of her first album, Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions, which she recorded a year earlier.
Curfman has toured with John Mellencamp, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood and The Indigo Girls. She played and was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and other television programs.
In 2006 Curfman launched an independent record label called Purdy Records. After a prolonged absence from recording, Curfman self-released a five-song EP entitled Take It Like A Man in July 2006, followed by the full-length album Fast Lane Addiction in 2007.
Like her contemporary Jonny Lang, Curfman is from North Dakota, but lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lang co-wrote with Curfman and played on her first release, Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions.
In early 2010 Curfman joined Kid Rock’s band the Twisted Brown Truckers as a singer and guitarist. She is currently on a world-wide tour with them as a permanent member of Kid Rock.
Guitarist and singer/songwriter Shannon Curfman burst upon the blues and roots rock scene in 1999 with her major-label debut for Arista Records, ‘Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions.’ She has sold a quarter million albums and has been Kid Rock’s duet partner, background singer and guitarist since 2010. As an opener she has toured with Mellencamp, Buddy Guy, The Indigo Girls, ZZ Top, Page/Plant, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck and more. She has played on Letterman, Leno, Good Morning America, Rock n Roll Record Breakers and has recorded with John Fogerty, Bob Seger, Buddy Guy, Keb Mo, Kid Rock, John Mayall and Joe Bonamassa, to name a few. Shannon is an electric and commanding performer who rips solos on the guitar like one of the guys. Between Curfman’s songwriting, her saucy and demanding vocals and her scorching lead guitar Shannon is not to be missed!
Shannon has toured or recorded with the following artists:
JOHN MELLENCAMP – THE INDIGO GIRLS – BUDDY GUY – CARLOS SANTANA – B.B. KING – JONNY LANG – WILLIE NELSON – NEIL YOUNG – MEMBERS OF PRINCE & THE NEW POWER GENERATION – ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO – STEVIE WONDER – TAB BENOIT – KEB MO’ – JOHN MAYALL – GEORGE THOROGOOD – BILLY PRESTON – STONE TEMPLE PILOTS – HANSON – KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD – BUTCH WALKER – JEFF HEALEY – DOYLE BRAMHALL II – KOKO TAYLOR – GRETCHEN WILSON BIG & RICH – ELVIN BISHOP – ALBERT CASTIGLIA – MICHELLE BRANCH -–JOHN LEE HOOKER – TERRI CLARK – JO DEE MESSINA – KANSAS – DAVID CROSBY – JACKSON BROWNE
Shannon has appeared on the following:
* THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO
* DAVID LETTERMAN
* CRAIG KILBORN
* GOOD MORNING AMERICA
* DONNY & MARIE
* ROSIE O’DONNELL
* VH1’s ROCK & ROLL RECORD BREAKERS
* THE ANSLEY HARRIETT SHOW, ETC…..
* FOX TELEVISION 1 HOUR CONCERT SPECIAL
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