Eryn Shewell

Eryn Shewell is an American selftaught jazz and blues guitarist and vocalist from Jackson, New Jersey, whose influences range from Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, Eva Cassidy, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Al Green through Bobby Blue Bland. A BELK southern musician showcase winner, antime Asbury Park Music Award Nominee andtime winner, has developed a reputation as one of the premier up and coming voices on the scene today. Eryn has performed her unique blend of blues rooted americana infused with a taste of years gone by all over the east coast and beyond. Known as the Jewel of New Jersey Eryns incredible vocals have the capability to give even the most hardened critic chills. She has recorded and shared the stage with artists such as Gregg Allman, Don McClean, Gin Blossoms, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Little River Band, Walter Wolfman Washington, Marsha Ball, Eric Lindell, Sonny Landreth, Steve Ferrone, Bernard Purdy, and many more. Shewells parents were both singers and her

Eryn Shewell was born on June 26, 1984 in Washington D.C. to a family of Dutch, German, and English ancestry. She is the daughter of Larry Shewell of Takoma Park, MD and Dawn Jennings of Freehold, NJ. Granddaughter to William and Martha Shewell on her fathers side and William and Jane Jennings on her mothers side. Her paternal grandfather, William Shewell, was an artist for the US Navy as well as a police officer in Maryland. Her Maternal grandfather, William Jennings was a multiinstrumentalist and introduced Eryn to the guitar at a young age. Eryn has two siblings, a brother, William Shewell and a sister, Jordan VanArsdale.

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