For the “SHARE Live!” performance, we bring the presentation TO YOU or your organization, by representing the album with songwriters and artists who were involved with the original SHARE project. The music from the SHARE CD is performed by three-five artists, is about 45 minutes in length, and is moderated by an Emcee from SHARE. The performance closes with the hit single When Love Rules The World.

 
The show follows the same general recovery outline as the CD- what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now. This is an acoustic show, accompanied only by guitars, and maybe one keyboard. We are not able to bring any of the major names from the album without a large budget and a lot of lead time. Instead, we bring some of the lesser known, but equally talented artists like Ashley Cleveland, Michael Peterson, Marshall Chapman, Billy Yates, or Lisa Brokop. SHARE has done a short version of this presentation on The Grand Ole Opry, at CADCA’s Drug Free Kids Dinner in Washington DC, and for the Association for Community Health Initiatives conference in Nashville. It has been wonderfully received, with a couple of standing ovations!

 
We need to have our costs covered for transportation, hotels, meals, and a small honorarium for the performers. SHARE is happy to work with organizations to provide an event that will fit within your budget.

 
Here are bios of some of the artists:

Ashley Cleveland is a Contemporary Christian artist with albums on Atlantic and 204 Records. She has won Grammys and Dove awards, and travels all over the country playing in clubs and churches. She will sing her wonderful arrangement of Neil Young’s The Needle and the Damage Done and also participate in the singing of When Love Rules The World.

Marshall Chapman (www.tallgirl.com) was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is a rocker/singer/songwriter and now author. Her first book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, was a 2004 Southern Book Critics Circle Award and SEBA Book Award finalist. She has released ten critically acclaimed albums, and her songs have been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Jimmy Buffett, Dion, Wynonna, Russ Taff, Olivia Newton-John, and Irma Thomas. She lives in Nashville with her husband.

Billy Yates, from Doniphan Missouri, is an acclaimed songwriter and performer. He had one hit Flowers from his own Almo Sounds album in 1997, and also wrote the classic Choices, a hit for George Jones in 1999. He might sing Choices and also participate in the singing of When Love Rules The World.

Tom Douglas is one of the writers of When Love Rules The World. He has also written the hits Little Rock for Collin Raye, Love’s the Only House for Martina McBride and Grown Men Don’t Cry for Tim McGraw. He will sing and play lead piano on When Love Rules The World.

Blair Daley has written three top 5 hits for John Michael Montgomery- Angel In My Eyes, How Was I To Know and Hold On To Me. He is one of the writers of When Love Rules The World and will play guitar and sing on the song.

Kent Blazy has written many #1 songs for Garth Brooks including Ain’t Going Down ‘Til the Sun Comes Up, If Tomorrow Never Comes, She’s Gonna Make It, It’s Midnight Cinderella, and Beer Run, a George Jones duet with Garth Brooks. He is one of the writers of When Love Rules The World and will play guitar and sing on the song.

Michael Peterson is a recording artist on AGR/ Universal. He's had hits on the radio including Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie and the number one  song, From Here to Eternity.  He was the top selling new male country artist in 1997 and 1998. Michael's song When The Bartender Cries is on our album, and he is also the writer of another song on the SHARE CD, Travis Tritt's No More Looking Over My Shoulder.