SHAUN MURPHY info

Very talented vocalist, her real name is Sheryl Murphy, but she has used different names along her career (mostly Shaun Murphy, but also: Stoney, Stoney Murphy, Shaun Mariani, etc.). She started in a band called Feminine Touch (yes, an all-girls band), joining the band Wilson Mower Pursuit in 1969:

Stoney Murphy (vocals)
Paul Koschtial (guitar)
Rick Stahl (guitar)
Jo Bedo (bass)
Steve Boughton (drums)

Meat Loaf (vocals)
Stoney (vocals)

In 1995, she joins as a full fledged member of Little Feat, replacing their latest singer, Craig Fuller, who left the band in 1993:

Shaun Murphy (vocals)
Paul Barrere (guitar, vocals)
Fred Tackett (guitar)
Bill Payne (keyboards, vocals)
Kenny Gradney (bass)
Sam Clayton (percussion)
Richie Hayward (drums)

Bob Seger (vocals, guitar)
Tim Mitchell (guitar)
Mark Chatfield (guitar)
Chris Campbell (bass)
Craig Frost (keyboards)
Bill Payne (keyboards)
Tim Cashion (keyboards)
Alto Reed (sax)
Kenny Aaronoff (drums)
Shaun Murphy (backing vocals)
Laura Creamer (backing vocals)
Karen Newman (backing vocals)

Along her career, she has also toured with Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Michael Bolton, Eddie Money, Bruce Hornsby.

Albums as Stoney & Meatloaf:

• Stoney and Meatloaf (1971)

• Behind the sun (Mar 85, with Chris Stainton, Marcy Levy, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Jamie Oldaker, Peter Robinson)
• Crossroads (Apr 88, 4CD boxset, with Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Albert Lee, Dave Mason, Gary Brooker, Ric Grech, Marcy Levy, Dave Markee, Brian Auger, Hughie Flint, Jamie Oldaker, Henry Spinetti, Chris Stainton)

• Let it roll (Jul 88)
• Representing the mambo (1990)
• Shake me up (Sep 91)
• Best of Little Feat: As time goes by (Feb 94) (compilation)

• Ain't had enough fun (Apr 95)
• Live from Neon Park (Jun 96) (2CD live)
• Under the radar (Jun 98)

• Coz Rock'n'Roll (Coz rock'n'roll, 1981)
• Look (Look again, 1982)
• Bob Seger (Beautiful loser, 1975)

• Dinosaurs (Big songs, 1992)
• Look (Look again, 1982)
• John Hiatt (Perfectly good guitar, 1993)

• Bob Seger (Nine tonight, 1981)
• Look (Look again, 1982)
• Rockets (Live, 1983)
• Bob Seger (The distance, 1983, with Davey Johnstone, Laura Creamer)
• Bob Seger (Like a rock, 1986, with Dann Huff, Rick Vito, Ernie Watts, Laura Creamer)
• Jimmy Barnes (Freight train heart, 1987)
• Michael Bolton (The hunger, 1987)
• Bruce Hornsby (A night on the town, 1990, with Laura Creamer)
• Darden Smith (Trouble no more, 1990, with Laura Creamer)
• Michael Bolton (Time, love and tenderness, Apr 91, with Michael Landau, Laura Creamer)
• Bob Seger (The fire inside, 1991, with Rick Vito, Dann Huff, Joe Walsh, Laura Creamer)
• Alice Cooper (Hey stoopid, Jul 91, with Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani)
• Fighter (Fight the drum: let your freedom ring, 1993)
• Maria Muldaur (Meet me at midnite, Aug 94, with Tommy Eyre, Rick Vito, Tony Braunagel)
• Stanley Thomas Keiser (Secret island, 1995, with Alphonso Johnson, Laura Creamer)
• Bob Seger (It's a mystery, Oct 95, with Rick Vito, Laura Creamer, )
• A La Carte Brass & Percussion (Go-go & gumbo, satchmo 'n soul, Oct 97)
• Coco Montoya (Just let go, Sep 97)
• VV.AA. (Rock and roll doctor: a tribute to Lowell George, Mar 98, with Mick Weaver, David Lindley)
• John Hiatt (The best of John Hiatt, Aug 98, with Paul Carrack, Ian McLagan, Mike Landau, Pat Donaldson) (compilation)
• Alice Cooper (The life & crimes of Alice Cooper, 1999, 4CD boxset. Shaun appears in two songs from Hey stoopid album)
• Phil Collins
• Glenn Frey
• Moody Blues

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