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After years of personal struggles, Grammy winner Shelby Lynne thought her recording career may be over. But with the help of some friends, the singer-songwriter released her new album, "Consequences of the Crown," earlier this year, which is her 17th studio album.Lynne's breakout album "I am Shelby Lynne" came after a difficult decision to leave Nashville 25 years ago.Personal strugglesLynne, now 56, was 19 when she signed a record deal in Nashville.
Her first single was a duet with George Jones.Despite that early success, Lynne's private life was weighed down by a secret and family tragedy.Coming up in Nashville in the late 1980s, Lynne had to hide the fact that she was gay.
She also kept her family history in the shadows.In 1986, she lost both her parents when her father shot and killed her mother and then turned the gun on himself.
The only constant and way to cope for Lynne was music."I think that's why I would turn mean as hell … just protect, protect, protect.I didn't know what trauma was, or PTSD.
I just knew I had to sing," Lynne said.Frustrated with Nashville, Lynne moved to California and changed genres.It worked.
In 2000, she made the album that still defines her."I Am Shelby Lynne," widely considered a soul-pop masterpiece, helped her win a Grammy for best new artist. Lynne says music "saved me a hundred times," but she struggled with commercial success, sobriety and the legacy of her parents.
"I mean, now I'm at peace with it, because I love them and it allows me to miss them," she said."It took me just like a gong in the head going, you know, they did the best they could.
They did."Return to NashvilleWhen Lynne left Nashville, she wasn't planning on coming back.However, after years of living in California, she quietly returned to the South in 2018."To be quite honest, I didn't know if Nashville was mad at me," she said.It's in Nashville where Lynne confronted sobriety and accepted help from friends, somet...