East Texas singer songwriter, Shelley Anderson came from a musical family one of eight kids and has been singing and performing for as long as she can remember. But not until 1996, did Shelley begin writing her own lyrics and composing. "You start to write when there's more to say and the music out there isn't saying it," explains Shelley.

In 1999, the music album entitled, Just Like A Ball was created. This was Shelley Anderson's first published project in Houston,Texas which was the result of parents and teachers asking for the songs that Shelley had specifically written for her music classes. An unusual album not only because of its original music, but this singer songwriter intended to write songs that would allow children to learn advanced concepts through music. Every word, line, and stanza is rich with information and purpose yet preserves the main ingredient : easy to learn and easy to sing.

More requests produced yet another similar project with similar objectives, Music For Busy Hands And Feet. Shelley Anderson created this album for the youngest of audiences, birth to 4 years. These songs are anything but lullabies for sleepyheads!  A Christmas Howdy! was a natural expectation of parents and teachers then followed a collection of Christian inspirational songs for young children entitled, I Believe.  This album is a personal favorite of Shelley Anderson because she especially wrote some of the songs for children who needed help and encouragement at the time. Shelley was able to personally witness the help it brought.

Recently in 2006, Shelley Anderson had the opportunity to sing and perform her rodeo wranglin songs at the largest livestock show and rodeo of its kind in the United States, The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, at Rodeo University in the Reliant Center. Shelley's rodeo songs received an overwhelmingly positive response.  She will be returning to Houston in 2007 to entertain again. She expects to complete this album adding new song titles January, 2007.

As with all of her music, Shelley Anderson’s rodeo wranglin songs are as fresh and original as they are entertaining and informative. Inspired by long established rodeo traditions, this singer songwriter writes rodeo songs that all ages can enjoy that capture the true wranglin spirit. Shelley's songs are all about rodeo drama, dreams, heartache, winning and losing, all real life experiences of the working rodeo cowboy and cowgirl.   Cowboys and cowgirls who love what they do, give it their all, all year long.

Experiencing life in the country is a large part of Shelley's background. Even as a young girl, she remembers countless cowgirl rides on the family pony, Pepper, imagining herself exploring the west on her family's 5 acre farm.  She grew up listening to many wonderful stories about family and relatives and life as they knew it on the farm with horses and livestock all cherished memories.

Shelley Anderson will tell you that there's no better place to write songs on her acoustic guitar than at the small Texas ranch house on 26 acres that she and her husband own in the deep Pineywoods of East Texas.