![]() When his 2000 CD Beneath the Velvet Sun failed to measure up, he was let go from his contract with Columbia Records and moved on to form a side project with like-minded singer/songwriters Pete Droge and Mathew Sweet called the Thorns. Though he’s been writing and recording his songs since 1989, Mullins is most famous for his ubiquitous 1998 single, “Lullaby” - about a girl burnt out on Hollywood - which peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 tracks chart, and #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The 2008 follow up, Honeydew, found the Georgia native returning to his roots recorded in Atlanta and featuring a guest appearance from Georgia blues legend Francine Reed and songwriting rife with Georgia influences. ![]() 2006s 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor is heavily in debt to the city of New Orleans and the famed studio much of it was recorded in prior to being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. A sense of place has been inherent in the songwriting of troubadour Shawn Mullins’s most recent recordings.
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