LISTEN
SHARI SWEET
SWEET
SONGWRITER
SONGWRITER
SONGWRITER
SONGWRITER
SONGWRITER
Trust the song it knows what it wants and cramming an idea down its throat which doesn't belong is like putting on a pair of wet skinny jeans. It can be done, but why?
PLAYER
SONGWRITER
PLAYER
Playing live is an honor. From the moment I plug in til I wave goodbye I belong to everyone in the venue. Performing raw, from laughter to fears is the unspoken permission to bring all of who they are and belong.
PRODUCER
SONGWRITER
PLAYER
To be a great producer you must have an epic engineer and create a safe place for the players and writers ideas to unfold. Make records people want to listen to.
AUTHOR
STORYTELLER
STORYTELLER
Writers write.
Butterflies fly.
Sleep when you're tired.
Lift as you climb.
STORYTELLER
STORYTELLER
STORYTELLER
I practice a story 100 times before its told.Stories require twists animation, suspense, beginnings, middles, ends, timelines, places and fleshed out characters.I record the first telling. Is it worthy, strong, humorous or meaningful?
NO DUMB LUCK - A Bio
- Shari didn't just fall out of the sky. Her debut performance at age 16 was at The Bluebird Cafe the premier songwriter's venue in Nashville TN. Her musical bar was set high and became dearest friends with the finest players in the country. Surrounding herself with super human talent she learned and grew. These monsters of the music world's respect was earned proving they believed in Shari even when she didn't.
- Her records were recorded by them then and all are featured on Shari's new albums "SWEET ON THE RECORD" and "CLIMB" Produced and released in 2024 and 2025 on Apple and all streaming sites.
- In 1994 her band Stone Garden was signed to Appaloosa Records. Stone Garden, and at times, just Shari toured opening for national acts such as The Indigo Girls and Jeff Buckley. Endorsed by Gibson Guitars and other gear companies Sweet played coast to coast. From the WHISKEY A GO GO and The Troubadour Lounge to the Living Room and Knitting Factory in NYC.
- In 1998 she was in talks with Monument Records and her future with the label when her mother died at age 57.
- Shari wrote and produced "Believe" in 2002 with the A Team then walked away from music for 10 years. She asked for a divorce and picked up her guitar. Writing two albums in three months "Angels & Lies" and "Ruff"
- For ten years her focus was on making a lot of money. She got her Class A CDL and joined the Teamsters union. Driving exclusively for motion pictures she accomplished what she set out to do and retired back to Nashville.
- When Covid hit she began writing and narrating a story series she named Telling Tiny Tall Tales. She submitted one just to see if she was kidding herself. She got the attention of an editor who actually read then published it. With his encouragement she wrote and submitted her stories. Each published thus becoming a published author.
- In 2022 she had written enough music for 5 records. Finally in 2024 she produced and released 2 albums on Apple Music "SWEET ON THE RECORD" and "CLIMB" Shari said, "2024 was for making records, 2025 is going live. I'm taking the music to the people, meeting them where they are."
- In early spring 2025 she set out with her new band LOCAL HONEY to Santa Fe and beyond. Her shows promoted as concerts flipped a switch shining light on a joy she believed would never return. The night of the first concert Shari is overheard talking with a band mate, a source who wishes to remain anonymous, she whispered modestly, "The crowd was totally with us. Every song, joke, singing along shit they refused to let us leave the stage. I think we nailed it." Indeed. LOCAL HONEY begins their Desert Tour in NM September through the winter of 2025.
LOCAL HONEY
Why HONEY SWEET?
- LOCAL HONEY led by Sweet is a five piece rock band. 30 years playing live Shari says, "I have and will never name my bands The Shari Sweet Band. It sounds fake and I've defended my family's last name since I was able to speak. Pure hell. I'm not putting anyone through that unnecessary bullshit that daily I set fire to my time above my grave explaining to strangers Sweet isn't fake, made up or a stage name damn it. My grandpa was Sweet, my daddy was Sweet my mama too was Sweet. Sweet is my last name. We good?
- I'm Shari Sweet in the band LOCAL HONEY, rattling walls and gettin folks singing along."
- Shari has the songs and an uncanny ability to silence a room, Even the bartenders, listening motionless to hear her sing about her dad. LOCAL HONEY is captivating. They're pros, hilarious, insanely talented and completely connected to the crowd and to each other. It's impossible not to move to their groove. LOCAL HONEY'S sound is American Radio if that were such a genre. They are honest, raw, and contagious killing Sweet's original songs and slaying the timeless classics we love. This is Shari Sweet's LOCAL HONEY.
- LISTEN LINK
- https://www.reverbnation.com/sharisweet?profile_view_source=header_icon_nav
2025 RELEASES AVAILABLE ON APPLE MUSIC
WHO'S ON THE RECORD
RHODES
SHOENFELD
BUKOVAC
FICHTER
HOUSER
SWEET
BUCHANAN
KILLIUS
HARRELL
SANTOS
NAGY
WHY?