Emily Robison

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Emily Robison
March 2010 in Austin, Texas

Emily Robison , b. Erwin (born August 16, 1972 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts ) is an American songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist.

Robison is a founding and current member of the country band Dixie Chicks . She plays the banjo , dobro , guitar , bass , mandolin , accordion and sitar .

Life

Emily is the daughter of Barbara Trask and Paul Erwin . She grew up in Addison, Texas , a suburb of Dallas. She has two older sisters, Julia, born in 1967, and Martie , born in 1969.

In May 1999, Emily married country singer Charlie Robison . In the time before this marriage, she wrote the very romantic hit "Cowboy Take Me Away" for him. She has three children and after nine years of marriage, she divorced in August 2008.

Early career

Dixie Chicks 2006 in Austin (Texas)

Emily began playing the violin at the age of seven and learned the banjo at the age of ten. She later learned all the stringed instruments she could get hold of, and finally the accordion.

From 1984 to 1989 she played with her sister Martie, a classmate and Sharon Gilchrist in the teenage bluegrass group called "Blue Night Express", which they founded. After Martie, she graduated from Greenhill School (in Addison, Texas). Even after graduation, during her studies, she remained active in the group.

In 1989, after making guest appearances at bluegrass festivals and street music with the previous group, she founded the alternative country band Dixie Chicks with her sister Martie, guitarist Robin Lynn Macy and bassist Laura Lynch .

In her career so far with the Dixie Chicks she has limited herself to singing as a background singer, but on her latest album "Court Yard Hounds", together with her sister Martie, she has taken on the role of lead singer.

Dixie Chicks

Awards

  • 2007: Five Grammys with the Dixie Chicks
Other awards:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Internet Movie Database (accessed October 30, 2012)
  2. ↑ Nina Malkin A Little About Emily , Dixie Chicks Henhouse (English; accessed October 30, 2012).

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personal data
SURNAME Robison, Emily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erwin, Emily (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsfield , Massachusetts