Susanna’s Kitchen will present music legend Shake Russell at the United Methodist Church on July 16.
For more than 50 years, Texas singer-songwriter Shake Russell, has been entertaining audiences throughout the region and all over the United States with his unique Americana style of folk rock.
Weaving sophisticated harmonies through his songs and drawing from various genres, Shake created a style of folk-rock that is uniquely his own.
A prolific songwriter, Shake has written or co-written hundreds of melodies. Shake’s songs and albums have frequented the Billboard charts, with many including “You’ve Got a Lover” (Ricky Skaggs); “Deep in the West” (Waylon Jennings/Jessi Colter); “Put Yourself in My Shoes,” “One More Payment,” “Our Kind of Love,” “You Don’t Need Me Now,” (Clint Black); “You Wouldn’t Know Me” (Miranda Lambert); “The Dare of an Angel” (Jerry Jeff Walker); “The Girl Just Loves to Dance” (Gary P Nunn); and “Temper Temper,”(BW Stevenson).
Miranda Lambert’s recording of “You Wouldn’t Know Me” went Platinum on her 2018 release of “The Weight of these Wings.”
Shake is a two-time recipient of BMI MILLIONAIRE AWARD and a four-time recipient of BMI Writers Award. He won the 2013 Texas Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 2004 and 2008 and achieved the “Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Music Association.
In 2016 Shake was inducted by the Austin Songwriters Association into “Music Legends Hall of Fame.”
Shake has released 30 albums during his career. His latest CD, “Chasing the Song” is a collection of original compositions that showcase the singer-songwriter’s extraordinary talents. From his 1978 album “Songs on the Radio” to the 2018 “Chasing the Song,” Shake’s music is a testament to the reasons he is widely celebrated as a Texas Music Legend.
Shake Russell’s performance is part of Susanna’s Kitchen Coffeehouse Concert Series at the Wimberley United Methodist Church located at the corner of RR12 and CR1492. Tickets are $25. Cash or check only. Doors open at 7 and the concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tamales, pizza, pie, coffee and soft drinks are available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the Barnabas Connection, Bright Beginnings Preschool scholarships and other nonprofits. For more information go to wimberleyumc.org.
