Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956)[1] is an American singer-songwriter. While she has been a solo recording artist for decades, she is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home".
Shawn Colvin
Shawna Lee Colvin
January 10, 1956
Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.
Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.
- Singer
- musician
- songwriter
- Vocals
- guitar
1973–present
Early life[edit]
Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and spent her youth in Carbondale, Illinois, and London, Ontario, Canada.[2] She is the second of four children.[3] She learned to play guitar at the age of 10[2] and grew up listening to her father's collection of music, which included artists such as Pete Seeger and the Kingston Trio.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Colvin has been married twice, first to Simon Tassano in 1993 whom she divorced in 1995, and to photographer Mario Erwin, whom she married in 1997 and divorced in 2002. She gave birth to a daughter in July 1998.[21]
Colvin has taken part in several triathlons.[22]
Colvin says she has struggled on and off with depression, alcoholism, and anxiety. She wrote about these struggles in her 2012 memoir Diamond in the Rough, published by HarperCollins.[23]
