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B i o g r a p h y
(by Richard J. Skelly)

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. Her exceptionally well-produced, well-sequenced debut album won her rave reviews all over the U.S. and Canada, aside from lots of airplay, even on commercial radio stations in the U.S. Curfman made several U.S. club tours in support of Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions, and garnered huge amounts of publicity, because she was only 14 at the time. Now in her late teens, Curfman may choose to take a break from the rigors of the blues and rock & roll lifestyle to instead attend college, as the young Curfman is as academically bright as she is a multifaceted guitarist and songwriter. Curfman, raised in Fargo, ND, and now based in Minneapolis, says her influences are broad-based: Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Prince, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Rory Block, Robert Johnson, Dwight Yoakam, John Prine, and Chaka Khan. At the time of her debut in 1999, Curfman said her goal was to be like Sheryl Crow: a person who writes, sings, plays a lot of instruments, and also produces her own records. The home-schooled Curfman co-wrote seven of the 11 songs on Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions, and several of the album's opening tracks were radio-ready, including the bluesy "True Friends" and "No Riders." She was also joined on her debut by fellow Fargo native Jonny Lang, who is four years her elder. Naturally, Curfman could not have made the splash she did without the support of her parents. Her dad is an engineer for the Burlington Northern Railroad and her mom works to oversee Curfman's home schooling and general progress as an up and coming musician. At the time her debut was released in 1999, in the midst of a tour and several television appearances in support of it, the 15-year old said, "This is what I want to do with my life. It's cool being young and knowing what you want in life. I still have time to go to college if I want. I love every part of this — traveling, meeting people, and playing music of course. Just as long as I'm playing music, I'm happy." Curfman, Lang, and several other rising stars are rejecting the teen group model for success these days, and instead are embracing the music of their parents, blues, classic R&B, and blues-rock. This is an encouraging trend and something many fans would like to see more of, because for the blues to survive, it has to continue to evolve. Curfman takes blues and blues-rock in many refreshing, different directions on Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions.

Loud guitars big suspicions

Few and far between

Ever since I met you
Mama said I should forget you
She said you were a waste of my sweet time
I wish I would have listened
Because now I'm sitting here wishin'
I never did believe in your sweet lies
You said you were the king of love
And I would be your queen
How come the good times are so few and far between?
Every night you leave me
I'm telling you it ain't been easy
Sitting here alone 'til 4 AM
If this is love then I don't want it
I'm gonna take this ring and pawn it
I'm walking out on you fast as I can
Ain't you the one who promised me peaches and cream?
How come the good times are so few and far between?

Few and far between
The good times that I've seen when I'm with you
Few and far between
And baby I do believe
It's time to pack up all my bags and hit the street
Few and far between

I got to find somebody
Who knows just how to love me
And baby I know for sure that it ain't you
You said you were the king of love
And I would be your queen
How come the good times are so few and far between?

No riders

I am just a poor girl
Trying to get back home
Waiting by the station
Barefoot on the stones
Seven years from Ponchatoula
Not one penny in my hand
Please mister help me
I come so far I cannot stand

He said We don't take no riders
No riders on this train
Go on ask the brakeman
He'll tell you just the same
I don't take no riders
Don't take no riders on this train
Best move on down the line, mama
Go on back from where you came

I done left my mama
When I was but a child
Took off with a young man
Started running wild
Seven years from Ponchatoula
Ain't nothin' gone my way
Please mister help me
Can't you hear a word I say?

He said We don't take no riders
No riders on this train
Go on ask the brakeman
He'll tell you just the same
I don't take no riders
Don't take no riders on this train
Best move on down the line, mama
Go on back from where you came

True friends

Don't have to go out
Lookin' for trouble
Trouble will find you it's a matter of time
That's when you're gonna need someone behind you
A true friend isn't easy to find

You're gonna find out
You're gonna find out
You're gonna find out who your true friends are
There will come a time
Somewhere down the line
You're gonna find out who your true friends are

Room full of people
They start talkin'
Talkin' about you when you're not there
Who'll be the one who won't play that game?
Who's gonna stand up for your good name?

You're gonna find out
You're gonna find out
You're gonna find out who your true friends are
There will come a time
Somewhere down the line
You're gonna find out who your true friends are

I'll be the one that
That will pull you back
When you've taken one step too far
That's when you'll know who
Who really loves you
You're gonna find out who your true friends are

Now people say
Almost anything
There's no way to see inside their hearts
But they you'll see who runs away
And who's there with you when the trouble starts

You're gonna find out
You're gonna find out
You're gonna find out who your true friends are
There will come a time
Somewhere down the line
You're gonna find out who your true friends are

If you change your mind

I smell you on my fingertips
I can taste you on my lips
I can still hear the echo of our last goodbye
You're the love I can't forget

I see you everywhere I turn
I guess I won't ever learn
I always fall for the ones that I can't keep
I let myself get in too deep

If you change your mind
I'll be waiting on you
If you need somebody to be your fool
I will be there for you
If you change your mind

Remember down in Baton Rouge
When I gave it all up to you?
I could tell right then that it was the end
There was nothing left but the truth

If you change your mind
I'll be waiting on you
If you need somebody to be your fool
I will be there for you
If you change your mind

All of my life I let the darkness pull me in
A flicker of light
Gone again

If you change your mind
I'll be waiting on you
If you need somebody to be your fool
I will be there for you
If you change your mind

Love me like that

At the bottom of the ocean
If you could hear me call your name
Would the changing tides
Ever turn you away?
At the top of the mountain
At the end of the day
Would you still have a place in your heart
For me to stay?

You're the only good thing
This little girl ever had
Your got to treat me like a good thing
You got to give me all the love I give you back
If you really want to love me
You got to show me that you love me like that

Down in the valley
Where all the wild things run
Would you still be true
Would I be the only one?
Love is a jungle
the hunter is the game
If I love you would you love me just the same?

You're the only good thing
This little girl ever had
Your got to treat me like a good thing
You got to give me all the love I give you back
If you really want to love me
You got to show me that you love me like that

Out in the country
Where the tall grass grows
Would you really really love me
'Cause I really need to know
Back in the big old city
Would you keep me by your side?
I've got to know the truth
Before I let you come inside

You're the only good thing
This little girl ever had
Your got to treat me like a good thing
You got to give me all the love I give you back
If you really want to love me
You got to show me that you love me like that

Playing with fire

Down at the crossroads
They say he sold his soul
Hell-bent on being King of Blues
Deal with the Devil
But I swear there's an angel in there
Gotta give credit
Where credit's due

Sittin' in his rockin' chair
He put the mojo in the air
Yeah, hear the black cat moanin'

Twelve bars and a man possessed
Separated from all the rest
He was playing with fire
Six string -- his thing
No waking up from that dream
Took it -- turned it upside down
He rocked Woodstock
Jump start -- never could stop
Guitar gods all hit the ground

Heads up when he hit the stage
Sky high in a manic rage
Yeah, and the rocket's red glare
They say the boy really caused a scene
He took a match and he lit that thing
He was playin' with fire

Who's that creeping
Taking ahold of my hand?
Who's that moving
Through my veins?
Must be the spirit
Of those who've gone before
Got their fingers on my strings

Sittin' in my rockin' chair
I feel the mojo in the air
Yeah, I hear the black cat moanin'
Let it roll all over me
let it take me 'til I'm free
And I'm playin' with fire

I don't make promises

Love ain't worth the tears sometimes
There's nothing left in this heart of mine
I've stayed with you but I don't know why
After all you've put me through
How can you lie when you know I can't?
How can you ask for one last chance?
You let it slip right through your hands
And now it's caught up with you

I don't make promises I can't break
Not like before
I let you make your last mistake
Don't wanna cry no more

You never give back what you take
You only use things 'til they break
How many times must my heart ache
All because of you?

I don't make promises I can't break
Not like before
I let you make your last mistake
Don't wanna cry no more

Love ain't worth the tears this time
Don't wanna cry
Don't wanna fight
I know whats wrong
And I know what's right
And I know what I have to do

I don't make promises I can't break
Not like before
I let you make your last mistake
Don't wanna cry no more

Hard to make a stand

Old James Dean Monroe
Hands out flowers at the Shop-n-Go
Hopes for money
But all he gets is fear
And the wind blows up his coat
And this he scribbles on a purfume note:
"If I'm not here, then you're not here."
And he says:
"Call me Miscreation,
I'm a walking celebration."
And it's hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
My friend, oh lawdy
Went to take care of her own body
She got shot down in the road
She looked up before she went
Said, "This isn't really what I meant."
And the daily news said:
"Two with one stone."
And I say, "Hey there, Miscreation,
Bring a flower, time is wasting."

And it's hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand

We got loud guitars and big suspicions
Great big guns and small ambitions
We still argue over who is God
And I say, "Hey there, Miscreation,
Bring a flower, time is wasting."
I say, "Hey there, Miscreation,
We all need a revelation."

And it's hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand
Hard to make a stand

The weight

I pulled into Nazareth
I was feelin' about half past dead
I just need some place
Where I can lay my head
"Hey, mister, can you tell me
Where a girl might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand
"No!" was all he said

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And (and) (and) put the weight on me

I picked up my bag
I went lookin' for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the Devil
Walkin' side by side
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown"
She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around"

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And (and) (and) put the weight on me

Go down, Moses
There ain't nothin' for you to say
It's just ol' Luke
And Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day
"Well, Luke, my friend
What about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor
Stay an' keep Anna Lee company."

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And (and) (and) put the weight on me

Fetch me a cannon ball
Now take me on down the line
May bag is sinkin' low
And I believe it's about time
To get in touch with me
You know she's the one
He said, "Honey, regards for everyone."

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And (and) (and) put the weight on me

Never enough

I've seen the people
As they walk down the street
Smiling and looking so free
As I stand on the corner
With a tear in my eye
Wondering how it would be
If I'd never asked for what I could not have
Always living for things out of reach
Never enough
Forever unsatisfied
Missing a piece of my soul
Never enough
Forever unanswered
Like a prayer that never gets told

Fall away troubles, dreams and desires
And let me escape from myself
If I'd never asked for what I could not have
I could live just like everyone else

Never enough
Forever unsatisfied
Missing a piece of my soul
Never enough
Forever unanswered
Like a prayer that never gets told

Fall away troubles, dreams and desires
And let me escape from myself

I'm coming home

I've been hearing stories
Ever since I've been gone
Heard all about your women
Women, wine and song
Did you think I wouldn't find you out?
Did you think I wouldn't know?
Let's skip the inquisition
Consider this your eviction
I'm coming home

I've been hearing rumors
I gave you the benefit of the doubt
Ever since the day I took you in
I should have kicked you out
You've been living off my money
And I bet you ain't alone
It's been going on too long
I better find you gone
When I get home

I'm comin' home to quit ya
So don't let that back door hit ya when ya go
I'm heading down the interstate
Taking back my real estate
I'm coming home
I'm coming home

When you said you loved me
I should of known what you meant
I guess you loved me just enough
To let me pay the rent
Since you've been livin' off me
You've been livin' high
Now I think it's way past time
To leave you high and dry

Let's skip the inquisition
Consider this your eviction
I'm coming home

It's been going on too long
I better find you gone when I get home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home

Fast Lane Addiction

Do me

I hate forever, stereo types
All american boys and the simple life
I'm a sinner, Mother Mary I ain't
I hate roses, apologies
And the bullshit that happens down on one knee
We're all sinners, we're no saints

I'm not looking for an angel
I don't believe in miracles
I don't need to be the queen of all fables
I'm just a girl

Do me, do me right
That's what a girl wants, that's what a girl likes
Take it, take it, take it like a man
Hold me, hold me tight
When we make love, when we fuss and fight
Take it, take it, take it like a man

Be my weakness, make me strong
Take a stand and right me when I'm wrong
Hold me but not too tight
Shelter me and give me space
Put me in the mood and in my place
Hold me but let me fly

Little Things

You kill me softly with suicide eyes
Make me lose sight of all my foolish pride
I get mad, confused
I should leave but I don't want to
I miss the way you say my name
I miss the way you say my name

It's the little things that make me feel like a woman
Drive me wild and always keep me comin'
Back for more, there's never enough
It's the little things that keep me in love with you

To tell the truth the way you do the things you do
I swear I feel like a queen
And I realize now that there's so much more to life than just the finer things
Don't ever go away and don't ever change
Don't ever go away and don't ever change

It's the little things that make me feel like a woman
Drive me wild and always keep me comin'
Back for more, there's never enough
It's the little things that keep me in love with you

The way you smile when you turn on the light
The way you say you need to see my eyes
The way you ask me to tell you all of my dreams
That's what I like, that's all I really need

It's the little things that make me feel like a woman
Drive me wild and always keep me comin'
Back for more, there's never enough
It's the little things that keep me in love with you

Tangled

These days I'm tired of crying
These days I'm tired of trying
Can you see the way I'm feeling
Can you see I'm tired of healing

Oh, no, my ship is sinking
Lately, see, I've been thinking
You're no good, no good for me
Let me let go, set me free

I'm tangled, tangled in the web you weave
Your poison leaves me bitter but tastes so sweet
Your sad eyes make it hard, so hard to leave
I'm tangled Let me let go, set me free

Spinning wheels and wasted tears
Perfect pictures torn and smeared
Sun is setting on a field of dreams
On the fence and in between

Oh, no, my ship is sinking
Lately, see, I've been thinking
You're no good, no good for me
Let me let go, set me free

I'm tangled, tangled in the web you weave
Your poison leaves me bitter but tastes so sweet
Your sad eyes make it hard, so hard to leave
I'm tangled Let me let go, set me free

Stone Cold Bitch

I'm not the lady in white, not the girl next door
I'm a late night fix, I'm a borderline whore
I'm not your Sunday school, not your mother's dream
I'm the fuel for the fire, I'm the gasoline

You think you bring me down
You think you make me blue
You think you got me good
But the joke's on you

I'm a stone cold bitch
Long gone when the money's all spent
I'm a stone cold bitch
I'm the girl who came and went
I can be anything and whatever you want me to be
I can be anything and whatever
But when I'm gone I won't be sorry
I won't be sorry

I'm not forever or after, not your thick and thin
I'm the bottom of the bag, I'm the ultimate sin
I'm not for better or worse, not the golden rule
I'm the cross you bare, I'm the fool in you
You think you stole my heart
You think that I'm in deep
You think you got me good
But I refuse to bleed

I'm a stone cold bitch
Long gone when the money's all spent
I'm a stone cold bitch
I'm the girl who came and went
I can be anything and whatever you want me to be
I can be anything and whatever
But when I'm gone I won't be sorry
I won't be sorry

Feel no shame
Feel no pain
Feel no shame

I'm a stone cold bitch
Long gone when the money's all spent
I'm a stone cold bitch
I'm the girl who came and went
I can be anything and whatever you want me to be
I can be anything and whatever
But when I'm gone I won't be sorry
I won't be sorry

Sex Type Thing

You can't give me everything I need
But I like the way you do it when you make my love bleed
I start to quiver and get all warm inside
Feel no shame, I feel no guilt, feel no need to hide

Sex type thing
With you and me
No love, no hate, somewhere in between
Sex type thing
All we'll ever be
All you want is all I need so I'll tell 'em when they ask me
It's a sex type thing

Slit restrictions, violate with passion
Is all I need, nothing more I'm asking
Please always checking me, baby what's going on
Taking care of my business, you can mind your own

You can use me all you want
We're singing the same tune
All you want from me baby
Is all I want from you

Sex type thing
With you and me
No love, no hate, somewhere in between
Sex type thing
All we'll ever be
All you want is all I need so I'll tell 'em when they ask me
It's a sex type thing