A Soft Place To Fall by lorrdarlin

lorrdarlin - A Soft Place To Fall

lorrdarlin

May 05, 2025 08:58pm

<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUoJMc54mF-QDg_Y9VriR3NjFgGY5DloMoiQ&s" alt="Allison Moorer - Allison Moorer added a new photo.">Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">country</a> singer-songwriter. She signed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Nashville" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">MCA Nashville</a> in 1997 and made her debut on the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Country_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Country Chart</a> with the release of her debut single, "A Soft Place to Fall", which she co-wrote with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwil_Owen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gwil Owen</a>. The song was featured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Robert Redford</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horse_Whisperer_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Horse Whisperer</a> and was nominated for an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a> in 1999. Moorer performed at the Oscars ceremony the same year. She has made ten albums and her songs have been recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisha_Yearwood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Trisha Yearwood</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kenny Chesney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Miranda Lambert</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Earle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Steve Earle</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Carll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hayes Carll</a>.Early life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allison_Moorer&action=edit&section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]Moorer was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mobile, Alabama</a> on June 21, 1972.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Moorer#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> She was raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankville,_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Frankville, Alabama</a>, and later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroeville,_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Monroeville, Alabama</a>, after the deaths of her parents. Growing up, Moorer and her sister also lived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jackson, Alabama</a> at various times.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Moorer#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> Music was an important part of the Moorer family. Moorer's father was a heavy drinker who abused his wife. In 1985, her mother fled with the two girls to nearby Mobile, but her father soon discovered their whereabouts. In 1986, when Moorer was 14 and her older sister Shelby (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Lynne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Shelby Lynne</a>) was 17, he shot and killed his wife before taking his own life.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Moorer#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> Moorer graduated from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_South_Alabama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">University of South Alabama</a> in Mobile in June 1993 and then moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, without even collecting her diploma to join her sister, singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne, who lived there and had already released three albums. Moorer began singing backgrounds in Lynne's band full time and toured extensively with her.