Artist description Affectionately renamed “Sister Sunshine” and “Led Head” by those whom she has embraced as “family” over the years, Lydia will go to great lengths to illustrate a point. “I read an interview with Bob Marley once,” she says, “in ‘Rolling Stone’ or something…He said his music was ‘something really serious. Not entertainment. You entertain people who are satisfied,’ he pointed out, ‘Hungry people can’t be entertained - - - or people who are afraid. You can’t entertain a man who has no food.’” In keeping with this philosophy, Lydia suggests that she is not an entertainer. “Sister Sunshine,” or “Led Head” (whichever you prefer) is a minister of music. “The purpose of my material is to soothe and heal hurting souls,” she states, “to commiserate, identify. To say ‘I have walked in shoes very much like yours. I care.’”

Music Style Country/Folk/Blues

Musical Influences Janis Joplin, Olivia Newton – John, Bob Marley, Ernie Smith, and John Denver, as well as Neil Young, Alanis Morrisette, and local South Florida artists such as Billy White, Amy Carol Webb and a band called B.O.B.

Similar Artists Stevie Nicks, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez

Artist History A thirtysomething mother of five, Lydia Glider – Shelley has been writing songs for over two decades, and has won awards for some of her other writing, beginning as early as first grade. Beginning at the age of 15, she played as a street musician, and has only begun to play “plugged in” within the last several years, primarily around the Hollywood, Florida area.

Group Members Lydia Glider - Shelley

Instruments Guitar, Vocals

Location Hollywood, Florida - USA

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