Dawn Sears

Dawn Sears
Born	East Grand Forks
Nationality	United States of America
Genres	country music
Instruments	voice

Dawn Sears
Born	(1961-12-07)December 7, 1961 Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
Died	December 11, 2014(2014-12-11) (aged 53) Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Ameripolitan, Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1990–2014
Labels	Warner Bros., Decca Nashville
Formerly of	The Time Jumpers
Website	www.dawnsears.com

Dawn Sears (December 7, 1961 – December 11, 2014) was an American country music artist. In addition to her work as a backing vocalist in Vince Gill's band, she recorded four solo studio albums, of which two were released on major labels. She had one single that charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Biography

Dawn Marie Skari was born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. She began her career in 1990 with the album What a Woman Wants to Hear on Warner Bros. Records. The album produced two minor singles. Because of her debut album's poor performance, Sears had decided to leave the country music scene. However, she later received a call from Vince Gill, who had asked her to join his road band as a harmony vocalist. According to information provided by Thomas "Duke" Miller, a TV/movie/celebrity expert, Sears was also known for her song "Another Dream Away", which became a theme song for the newer "Bandit" movies starring Brian Bloom. The movies were a reissue to cash in on the "Smokey And The Bandit" franchise.

In addition to singing harmony on Gill's 1992 album I Still Believe in You, Sears provided duet vocals on the track "An Out of Control Raging Fire" on Tracy Byrd's 1994 debut album. In 1994, she was signed as the first act on Decca Records' newly revived country music branch. She made appearances on several of Gill's albums, including his 2003 album Next Big Thing. Sears also performed with The Time Jumpers.

In February 2012, Sears was diagnosed with lung cancer, which was diagnosed as Stage 3B in March 2013. She died in Gallatin, Tennessee on December 11, 2014, aged 53. Sears was married to Kenny Sears (a Time Jumpers bandmate), and had a daughter, Tess.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
What a Woman Wants to Hear	Release date: October 15, 1991 Label: Warner Bros.
Nothin' but Good	Release date: August 30, 1994 Label: Decca Nashville
Dawn Sears	Release date: 2002 Label: self-released
A Christmas Dawn	Release date: 2002 Label: self-released

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
		US Country	CAN Country
1990	"San Antone"	—	—	Non-album single
1991	"Good Goodbye"	—	77	What a Woman Wants to Hear
1992	"Tell Me I'm Crazy"	—	—
1994	"Runaway Train"	62	71	Nothin' but Good
	"Nothin' but Good"	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1990	"San Antone"
1991	"Good Goodbye"	Jim May
1994	"Runaway Train"	Steven Goldmann
	"Nothin' but Good"	Michael Salomon