SHEL is an American folk-pop band from Fort Collins, Colorado. The band is … Read Full Bio ↴SHEL is an American folk-pop band from Fort Collins, Colorado. The band is composed of the four Holbrook sisters, where SHEL is an acronym for their names, Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza.
The sisters are classically-trained musicians. Emerging from the artist colony of Fort Collins on the Eastern slope of Colorado, SHEL is sophisticated and youthful, emotional and lighthearted, classic and eccentric. SHEL's engaging live show is marked with a prodigy's creativity and a veteran's instinct for entertaining. At every performance, SHEL delights audiences with their unique songwriting style and fresh, new sound.
"SHEL has delivered one of the most impressive debuts of the year..." Chris Douridas, KCRW, Los Angeles
"These girls are sooooo amazing... the Sky's the Limit!" Chris Conn, Conman Radio/Dial Global
"SHEL performs with the precision of a heat seeking missile." Paul Kennerley, Award-winning Songwriter
Sarah, 19 (Violin, Bass) - Immensely gifted as a violinist and vocalist, Sarah also shines with her bass chops. Highly creative, Sarah's diverse artistic talents have lead her to be the primary designer of SHEL's original graphics and videography. She is also the undisputed ambassador of fun at every show.
Hannah, 22 (Piano, Keyboards) An award-winning young composer and pianist, Hannah also sings and helps arrange SHEL's unique vocal harmonies. Hannah has been studying at Colorado State University for the past three years where she's concentrated on piano performance and composition.
Eva, 20 (Mandolin, Electric Mandolin, Cello) Lead vocalist and one of the band's primary writers, Eva's passion and talent for playing both acoustic and electric mandolin has received widespread recognition. Involved in every phase of arranging and production, Eva records much of the band's tracks in their home studio.
Liza, 16 (Drums, Percussion) - Liza's natural polyrhythmic ability was spotted at an early age. Not only is she the drummer for the band, Liza is equally proficient on the Djembe and Roland Hand Sonic drum. Her creative approach to percussion enables her to create the unique rhythm patterns that help define SHEL's music.
The group glides effortlessly atop the lilting, sublime voices of the Holbrook sisters, Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza. But Shel's appeal goes way beyond the vocals. These gals are exceptional musicians as well, with each member playing an array of instruments including violin, electric bass, piano, mandolin to drums. The sisters, which got their start backing their singer-songwriter dad Andrew, have already attracted the attention of soundtrack supervisor extraordinaire, Chris Douridas from KCRW, who listed their six-song EP, Try To Scream, as "one of the most impressive debuts of the year." Couldn't agree more.
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/08/tip_sheet_meet_shel_your_new_f.php#more
The sisters are classically-trained musicians. Emerging from the artist colony of Fort Collins on the Eastern slope of Colorado, SHEL is sophisticated and youthful, emotional and lighthearted, classic and eccentric. SHEL's engaging live show is marked with a prodigy's creativity and a veteran's instinct for entertaining. At every performance, SHEL delights audiences with their unique songwriting style and fresh, new sound.
"SHEL has delivered one of the most impressive debuts of the year..." Chris Douridas, KCRW, Los Angeles
"These girls are sooooo amazing... the Sky's the Limit!" Chris Conn, Conman Radio/Dial Global
"SHEL performs with the precision of a heat seeking missile." Paul Kennerley, Award-winning Songwriter
Sarah, 19 (Violin, Bass) - Immensely gifted as a violinist and vocalist, Sarah also shines with her bass chops. Highly creative, Sarah's diverse artistic talents have lead her to be the primary designer of SHEL's original graphics and videography. She is also the undisputed ambassador of fun at every show.
Hannah, 22 (Piano, Keyboards) An award-winning young composer and pianist, Hannah also sings and helps arrange SHEL's unique vocal harmonies. Hannah has been studying at Colorado State University for the past three years where she's concentrated on piano performance and composition.
Eva, 20 (Mandolin, Electric Mandolin, Cello) Lead vocalist and one of the band's primary writers, Eva's passion and talent for playing both acoustic and electric mandolin has received widespread recognition. Involved in every phase of arranging and production, Eva records much of the band's tracks in their home studio.
Liza, 16 (Drums, Percussion) - Liza's natural polyrhythmic ability was spotted at an early age. Not only is she the drummer for the band, Liza is equally proficient on the Djembe and Roland Hand Sonic drum. Her creative approach to percussion enables her to create the unique rhythm patterns that help define SHEL's music.
The group glides effortlessly atop the lilting, sublime voices of the Holbrook sisters, Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza. But Shel's appeal goes way beyond the vocals. These gals are exceptional musicians as well, with each member playing an array of instruments including violin, electric bass, piano, mandolin to drums. The sisters, which got their start backing their singer-songwriter dad Andrew, have already attracted the attention of soundtrack supervisor extraordinaire, Chris Douridas from KCRW, who listed their six-song EP, Try To Scream, as "one of the most impressive debuts of the year." Couldn't agree more.
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/08/tip_sheet_meet_shel_your_new_f.php#more
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SHEL Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by SHEL:
Alternate Universe I'll create an alternate universe inside my mind Where all t…
Blue on Black Night falls, I'm alone Skin chilled to the bone You turned a…
Blue Skies Blue skies Smiling on me Nothing, but blue skies Do I see B…
Bring Me Home From the dreams that light our future To the past…
Crazy Crazy I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy Crazy for fe…
Enter Sandman Say your prayers little one Don't forget my son To include e…
Freckles Smile like an apple pie Set your straw hat on my…
Hold On I've been listenin' to the silence Hoping that the time wou…
I Know I watch your life through a stain glass window A shimmering…
I Was Born a Dreamer All dreams start out small Sometimes you don't know they're …
Is the Doctor in Today Hello, is the doctor in today Would you tell him that…
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Jolly Old Saint Nicholas Lean your ear this way Don't you te…
Let Me Do You don't need a day when skies are blue You want…
Like Minded Fool Go tell my friends I fell again They'll lift me up…
Lost as Anyone What does this fool know anyway No crystal ball behind the…
Lost At Sea Love like a music box lost at sea Sing sweet melodies…
Paint My Life Is this my real life, or some wounded fool's fantasy I…
Rainbow Rainbow I wanna feel your color surrounding me I wanna kno…
Rooftop If you're listening Please pretend the words are clear Step …
Run 2.0 My fears try to follow me But they're caught among…
Sleigh Ride Just hear those sleigh bells jingling Ring ting tingling too…
Somewhere Only We Know I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like…
Stronger Than My Fears All my fears are running wild Dragging me mile after mile Th…
The Battle Of Evermore The Queen of Light took her bow, and then she…
The Man Who Was The Circus My world is turning grey My life is slipping away The man…
The Wise Old Owl Too many complicated Questions come from unequated Lover's v…
Toyland Toyland, toyland Little girl and boy land Once you dwell wit…
Vinyl Memories My mind is just a turntable, dusty vinyl memories, The recor…
Wayfaring Stranger I am just a poor wayfaring stranger Wandering through this w…
When The Dragon Came Down Lay your head down Close your eyes Sleeping on a golden bed …
When The Sky Fell When love becomes the one thing you can't trust The stars…
Wild Child I'm gonna race my heart a hundred miles I'm gonna wake…
Would I Would I take this road If it never led back…
You Could Be My Baby If you know the sound Then play the record backwards now If…
Zoo When I found you, I like the way that you…
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sonya griffy
I just got my first shell less egg today. They just started laying. So thank you for sharing.
Nidal Shehadeh
one of the problems that I had in Southwest Florida was snakes , I used to see documentaries about snakes swallowing whole eggs then regurgitating the shell Unbroken , what I think happens is the acid inside the snake stomach somehow modifies the eggshell calcium from a heart substance to a leather like substance and probably squeeze the egg until it ruptures , inside of the egg would be sucked out like a vacuum with one punch hole in the egg ,
that being said I'm having soft-shell problem with my ducks in which one duck is laying soft-shelled eggs where ever she feels like without nesting , sometimes there is a gray spot inside the eggyolk
which I'm not sure what does it mean at this time .
thaboomer53
On the floor of my hens house, I threw some oyster shell, and crushed concrete mixture, from my drive way. I have never had a problem with soft shells. Plus, I let them out to roam free in my fenced back yard. This helps on the feed bill. if they are eating there, they aren't eating feed in the pen.
Taura Cook
Glad I came across this because I have 4 hens 1 hen lays great eggs and we have gotten 3 eggs with rubber shells like the video she just started laying so hopefully these will harden up and get better I also put calcium in for them we will see how the next shells come
LOA
I have had chickens for many decades. I learned a lot from family and friends and their flock experiences. I have always fed back the used shells to my hens. An accidental drop and crack in the chicken yard is too precious a resource to waste.
Here’s some ideas
DO set aside shells from used eggs. Wait until the are dry and they will easily crumble.
DO feedback eggs which will not pass your perfection test. Maybe it got cracked in the chicken yard, is soft shelled, a bit dirtier than you want to handle.
AVOID feeding back anything which visually resembles an egg.
Chickens are very intelligent and they look closely at most things.If the little feathered ones can distinguish features of an egg, you may be teaching yours to eat eggs from the laying boxes.
When feeding back whole eggs, I beat the egg shell and all until it’s soup, fold in some regular feed and serve as a treat!
I hope this is helpful!
Annie Jefferson
My new hens did this for weeks. freaky. gave calcium and cut back on table scraps. it finally stopped. plus 100 degree heat didn't help. after trapping 4 skunks. a possum and a racoon helped tremendously.
Harvey Harriss
We recently got 5 point of lay chickens and one of them started laying a few days ago she payed two eggs and the third one was shell less I hope it's like you said where she will be back to normal after a few days as her systems havnt stared working fully yet
Pepper and Pine
Great video! Thanks for sharing. So much I didn't know about chickens & eggs. So I suppose the egg taste the same if it's shell-less?
-Hana
Sumaira Naz
I need your opinion about a similar problem. I bought a hen in Nov-2014. I guess she is about 2-3 years old. She was laying before I bought it and continues to lay till now. She had an accident about 2 months ago which temporarily affected her foot only. She decreased the quantity of the maximum amount of food after that accident but always ate regularly. Egg size and routine never changed so her weight decreased. Now she is laying shell-less eggs since last three days which break when she lays. She never even tried to taste her egg so I think that the membrane breaks naturally. She ALWAYS lays such eggs on unexpected timings and continues to sit in the nest on her regular egg timing each day without laying any sort of egg (not broody for sure). Today she looked very sick before laying egg and uninterested in eating but after laying shell-less egg, her behavior and eating was perfectly normal.
There is another thing about her that I want to tell you. She was living very happily after that accident in the coop with another hen and one rooster. Both were dominant over her. Then I bought two more hens two weeks ago. She suppressed new girls; in-fact she is very cruel with them. I have two nests but all like to go in the same nest. Few days ago when she came to lay in her nest she found the other older hen in the nest. She did not even sit in the nest due to jealousy/anger! The very next day she found the new hen in the bed-room near nesting box when she came to lay. I am sure from her "expressions" that she has realized that the new girl has laid her first egg in the same nest so again she did not like to sit in the nest. She laid on the 3rd day and may be on the 4th, 5th,6th day. But now she is laying shell-less eggs since last 3 days on unusual time due to stress??? Her sitting in the nest on the usual expected time indicates that relevant hormones are ok.
Hannah-Maria Chisholm
Sumaira Naz this is my favourite comment on YouTube