Shawn Phillips
Advertisement
Advertisement
Top Related Artists
Biography
Shawn Phillips, born February 3, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas, is an American folk-rock musician. He learned to play guitar as a child and began his music career in the early 1960s performing in folk clubs alongside Tim Hardin and Lenny Bruce. In 1964, Phillips recorded his first single, "The New Frankie & Johnnie Song", an adaptation of Bob Gibson's version. While traveling to India, he met record producer Denis Preston, who signed him to Columbia Records. His early albums I'm a Loner (1965) and Shawn (1966) did not achieve commercial success. Phillips collaborated with Donovan on several songs, including "Season of the Witch", for which Phillips composed the melody. He also contributed backing vocals on The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" and taught George Harrison his first lessons on the sitar. In 1970, Phillips released Second Contribution under A&M Records, which included the widely recognized song "Woman". Throughout the 1970s, he continued to tour and release albums, including Faces (1972), Bright White (1973), Furthermore (1974), and Do You Wonder (1975). His singles "Lost Horizon" and "We" charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in number 63 and number 92 respectively, in 1973. Phillips experimented with jazz and funk music later in the decade, releasing Transcendence (1978) produced by Michael Kamen.
Read All
Read Less
Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Summer Vignette
- Golden Flower
- Looking at the Angel
- Anello (Where Are You)
- Landscape
- Chorale
- Storm
- Brilliance
- Screamers For Phlyses
- Infancy
- Parisian Plight II
- Man Hole Covered Wagon
- Rant (Album Version)
- Starlight
- The Only Logical Conclusion
- Prelude to a Leaving
- Choices
- Parisan Plight I
- Slowly
- I Don't Want To Leave You, I Just Came To Say Good-bye (Album Version)
- All Our Love
- Medley:- Take the Day / Ascent
- Light from Between Your Eyes
- Silouettes
