They released three well-received singles, most notably 'Good Goodbye,' but they weren't able to break her nationally.

Dawn signed with Warner Brothers Records in 1991. The television exposure led to her first major recording contract. I did! I'll always be grateful to Ralph and the show,' she noted. 'I didn't even know he had a morning show because I didn't get up that early! But I did about three shows and he asked if I'd like to be a regular. 'Ralph (Emery) liked me enough to call me at work the next day and ask if I'd come and sing on his morning show,' Dawn states. Finally, I quit leaving! We were married six months after we met and we're still together 15 years later!' Dawn's first major break was on TNN's Nashville Now. I'd come to Nashville, he'd put me back on the plane. I started visiting Kenny in Nashville and he'd put me back on the plane. I knew I had found my so-called 'knight in shining armor' from the first moment I saw him. I was playing in the Sahara Lounge with my band and he was playing the showroom with Mel Tillis. 'It wasn't the music that brought me to Nashville. Dreams again are what led her to Nashville in 1987. It proved to be a great education and experience.' Those dreams led her to fronting her own band and touring the West and Midwest.

But they were undoubtedly my biggest fans and they did everything they knew to do in order to help me achieve a dream I so desperately wanted. 'Looking back, now with a child of my own, I know that had to be one of the hardest things they ever did. 'I wasn't quite 18 yet, so my mom and dad had to sign a little piece of paper saying I wasn't a runaway and I wasn't being held captive,' she recalls with a laugh. 'I left home fresh out of school and was lucky enough to get a band gig on the road,' she says. Winning more contests she moved on to the local club scene in Minnesota, and when the time seemed right she made her move out on her own. 'I couldn't figure out how my voice was getting so loud.' She shook off her nerves, though, started singing again and won the contest. 'I stopped in the middle of the song,' she recalls. It was the first time she ever stood before a microphone. Deciding to try her luck in public, she sang 'Satin Sheets' in a talent contest in Grand Forks, North Dakota VFW hall at age 14. Listening to her parents' collection of classic country music, Dawn formed her own ideals of what truly is country music. Her heart was raised on greats such as George Jones, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzel, Connie Smith and Dolly Parton. No labels to say 'it's too country,' 'this is the right song,' or 'no not that one.' This album is strictly hers and it is the best body of work to come out of Nashville, independent or label produced, in recent years. this is the album she has always wanted to make. It's pure country with truth, honesty and emotion pouring out of every note. The 2002 release of Dawn Sears signifies a talent that is comfortable in her own skin. From heartbreaking ballads to uplifting songs of love and faith, she has the genius of some of Nashville's most noteworthy writers. Dawn's songwriting comes from places in the heart and soul that only true talents arise from.

No mixing of the vocals or Protools required here. A vocal beauty and powerful clarity that sounds as good on the stage as it does in the studio. To be blunt, this singer and songwriter is blessed with talent - Dawn Sears is talent defined. When speaking of a songwriter, we tend to view the song as a way of telling a story or making us feel something extraordinary. When speaking of a singer, we tend to believe talent happens on the stage and in the studio in the delivery of a song. Webster's defines talent as the natural endowments of a person or as a special creative or artistic aptitude. Webster's defines talent as the natural endowments of a person or as a s… Read Full Bio ↴ Talent.

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