Album Notes

Amanda grew up with music in her blood. Her parents toured throughout the North Texas region when Amanda was a child, in the Easy Feeling band, but they could never convince Amanda to sing in front of a crowd. So Amanda spent most of her days in Edgewood, Texas chasing a golf ball instead of her dreams of pursuing a career as a singer/songwriter. Coming to a crossroad two days after graduating from Texas A&M University in Commerce with a degree in Kinesiology, Amanda dove into the TX/Red Dirt music scene, and hasn’t looked back. Having long broken out of her shyness, Amanda began writing her own songs and started learning to play the guitar, with a little direction from her dad.

Take a little bit of traditional country, mix it with a whole lot of rock ‘n roll and top it off with some blues and you’ve got a taste of Amanda Graves. Known for her powerful, make-you-stop-in-your-tracks vocals, in-your-face attitude, and edgy personality; Amanda is definitely not your average female singer. She doesn’t hold anything back when she sings and you can feel it in every song. Her influences range from Merle Haggard, Mike McClure, Reckless Kelly, and Alice in Chains to Gene Watson, Micky and the Motorcars and Stone Temple Pilots.

Amanda’s new CD, Nobody’s Fool, is just a small sampling of her talent. She co-wrote 8 of the 11 tracks with her best friend, Georgia Klioris and her dad, Jimmy Graves. Hoping to carve her name in the TX/Red Dirt music circuit, Amanda is currently teamed up with Cari Smith, a great singer/songwriter/guitarist in her own right and they are touring throughout Texas.