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Amanda Shires: A Texas Prodigy Steps Out


Don't let the soft, sultry singing voice and the elfin red boots fool you. At a recent Amanda Shires gig in New York City, as she performed a quiet song from her third album, "Down Fell the Doves" (due Tuesday), the bellowing of a drunk threatened to do her in.

"What country is that language [from]?" the petite singer shot back when he barked incoherently at her between songs. He was quiet after that and before...

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