http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/03/shelby_lynne_brings_revelation.html
"I never have more fun than when I play a show with just me and a guitar," she said during telephone interview last week. "Playing with a band is great, too, when everyone is hooked into each other, but there's something about a solo shown that's very intimate, kind of like a date."
comes out good, I'll keep going. It gave me a lot of confidence."
She added that she didn't let "not being the best musician in the world" affect the songs negatively, but rather used it as an opportunity to let the songs shine on their own, without a lot of fancy trappings.
"This situation was pretty limited as far as the licks I could play," she said. "But I've played with some of the best players in the world, and sometimes they play too good, you know? Sometimes you want to tell them, 'play a little less good on that part.' So I just tried to complement each song the best I could with playing that doesn't get in the way."
