SHeDAiSY

 

Kristyn, Kelsi and Kassidy Osborn are the children of a small
businessman and a housewife. They were raised near Magna, Utah, a town outside Salt Lake City that is according to Kassidy, "a great place to 
grow up." The sisters found an interest in music early on, and much of that came from time spent in the car. "We'd take yearly vacations to Disneyland in a station wagon with wood paneling, and you had my parents eight-track playing" Kristyn recalls. "It was either show tunes, classical music, the Beatles or the Beach Boys, except every now and then we'd get Steppenwolf, because that was my dad's thing." Their mother taught them harmony singing to those records, and all those styles of music became part of their musical lives. 

The Osborn girls have been performing since they were children. They would put on shows for their neighborhood friends. "We made little bags of popcorn and had punch and sold tickets," says Kelsi. "It was really something." Later she and Kassidy began singing duets at places including retirement homes and county fairs, usually accompanied by "a third generation karaoke tape," according to Kassidy. By the time Kristyn graduated from high school, she saw that her sisters had something worth joinig and the trio was complete. What began as a variety show featuring all kinds of music and using costumes sewn by the girls' mother eventually became country with soaring three part harmonies. 

They played gigs in the Salt Lake area and all over the Western U.S., eventually performing the national anthem at Utah Jazz NBA games. But they eventually moved to Nashville, first during the summers going back for school, then full time to peruse a record deal. 

With one car between them, they worked similar shifts at three different department stores in a nearby mall. They used the bulk of their time to record and play showcases. It took several years of false starts, disappointments and struggles, but SHeDAISY finally hit on the sound, songs and support team that lead them to Lyric Street Records. 
"Actually, I'm not sure who gave the label our tape," says Kristyn, "but they really liked it. Lyric Street Director of A&R, Shelby Kennedy brought us over and we sang "Little Good-byes" live in his office. Then he slipped out and brought back SR. VP of A&R, Doug Howard and asked us to sing it again. They brought us back the next day and we played for label President, Randy Goodman and Sr. VP of Promotion & Product Development, Carson Schreiber. From that moment on, the label felt like home for us. We had other meetings scheduled with other labels, but we canceled them. That acceptance was it for us, and it went on from there." 

"We have tough songs, sarcastic songs, soft songs, and gentle songs," says Kristyn. "We cover the gamut. But we can honestly say they come from true real feelings." Kristyn is SHeDAISY's songwriting force; she participated in the writing of every song on the album. Influenced by an eclectic assortment of writers including, among others, Stephen Sondheim, Mike Reid and Sting, she writes songs that are as inventive as the harmonies they inspire. SHeDAISY is living proof that it hasn't all been done when it come to three part harmonies; Kristyn, Kelsi, and Kassidy are seldom predictable looking for the combination of their voices that best sets off the mood of each song. 

Their road has been made much easier by the support of relatives and friends. Even the name of the trio, SHeDAISY, was taken from a Native American word meaning "my sisters." In fact, during the recording of their album, The Whole Shebang, the girls filled the studio with messages of love and support they received from home. The support has helped SHeDAISY turn a passion into a career, and they in turn are bringing that passion to country music.

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