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LYN CALLAHAN Originally from Connecticut, I've been surrounded by music all my life. At the age of 3, I was taking tap dancing lessons and dancing on stage at the local theater. School activities involved choir and chorus. I appeared on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour at the age of 10, playing the accordian. My family spent summers in Maine. They were full of music; many family members played guitar, and sing alongs were the daily evening entertainment. When I was 10 I received my first guitar, bought by my grandmother. I grew up hearing the songs of Kitty Wells, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, what we call Classic Country today. During my teen years, I sang with a local country band at coffee houses that were so popular in the 60's. After marrying young, and a subsequent divorce, I worked as a nurse to raise my children. As a busy, working Mom, my focus was on my three children, so my guitar sat idle for quite a few years. My little brood, grew up and gave to me three darling grand children, Katie, Sam, & Maddy. A new grandson is on the way in March. Then in 1998 when I arrived in Texas, I heard those old country songs being played at a Jam and I was hooked. From that day on it was non-stop Jams and my love of singing was alive again. I have performed many times at the South Texas Opry in Corpus Christi, TX, and other local Texas Opry's. While residing in Florida in 2006...I started frequenting the local Opry's. A summer of Bluegrass Festivals in Maine in 2007 introduced me to Bluegrass music. Back in Florida, after being heard at a local Bluegrass Jam, I was asked to join a new forming band "Cross Country" as lead female singer. The band played at dances and parties in central Florida, playing Country, Pop and Bluegrass. In February 2009 I will be part of the opening show for Nashville Recording Artist Terry Smith who wrote "Far Side Banks of Jordan". So how did a girl from Maine wind up in Arkansas..?? Love always wins......and in the summer of 2008, I married my love, Pat Callahan, from Mountain Home. We love this area and are making it our home. We also love dancing, & one fur baby, a 13 year old yorkie, named Jazz. I look forward to many years of good country music here at the Monday Night Jamboree. When I look out into the audience and see people clapping and smiling, I know I'm where I'm supposed to be, doing what I love.......singing. |
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Blue Kentucky Girl by Lyn Callahan |
