Since the 1960’s, the small Northwest Alabama town of Muscle Shoals has been one of music’s most mystique locales in the south, producing a swampy R&B-infused vibe of rock n’ roll dubbed the Muscle Shoals sound. That’s exactly where Montgomery, Alabama native, and 27 year-old country-soul-rock singer-songwriter Cameron DuBois has spent a good portion of her time, after initially developing her songwriting craft in Nashville. However, the multi-talented independent young country songstress continues to journey to the muddy banks of the Tennessee River in North Alabama, much like legendary musicians Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and The Rolling Stones did, searching for that avant-garde version of their original sound. 

“I’m a country girl at heart, but I also have an appreciation for Soul and R&B music,” Cameron admits. “I have always been a fan of the earthy rhythm that came out of Muscle Shoals in the 60s and 70s and its impact on modern music.”

As testament to Cameron’s powerhouse talents as a writer, since 2018, she’s been collaborating - and creating the perfect country/rock/soul hybrid sound – at Muscle Shoals’ Wishbone Studios with two of the industry’s top songwriters and producers, Michael Curtis (Randy Travis, Fleetwood Mac, Blake Shelton) and Cindy Walker. Cameron recorded all the demos and tracked vocals there for her series of singles and her debut EP. The instrumental tracks were recorded at Ricky Skaggs’ studio just outside of Nashville. 

“I’ve always considered myself a reserved kind of person, and as an artist I’ve spent the past few years growing, developing and figuring out who I want to be,” Cameron explained. “Working with Michael and Cindy has made me much more confident in all aspects and I am very excited about these new songs and the opportunity to share them with people.” 

Cameron released a total of five songs, including three she penned with Curtis and Walker. Most prominent among these is the very personal, country flavored “The Home Place,” which she wrote as a Christmas present to her grandmother. It’s about a historic house and property that’s been in her family since 1908. Cameron’s grandmother and two sisters have recently sold the house which was the inspiration for the song. 

“I grew up a child of the new generation of country music, but I also loved pop, rock and R&B and have always incorporated all of those styles into my live performances,” Cameron says. “This soulful country blend we’re creating truly captures who I am as an artist sonically, while the songs perfectly reflect what I was going through in my life as we wrote them – and the overall message I want to get across. Michael and Cindy are great at helping bring out my authenticity. He knows how to take my words, stories and raw emotion and put them into powerful rhymes, and she is amazing with melodies. It’s so inspiring to work with writers who are so in sync with me.” 

In addition, over the past few years, Cameron has been performing regular local and regional gigs, showcasing a mix of originals and country and R&B covers everywhere from BB King’s in Montgomery, The Exchange at the Renaissance Hotel, The Alley, the Double Branch in Troy, Alabama and regional touring through Georgia, South Carolina, and Wyoming. She has sung the national anthem to open the 2016 Toadlick Music Festival in Dothan, Alabama, and sang a gospel song as the opener for the band Alabama’s gospel show, which they put on for their fans in Fort Payne.

Then in 2017, during an informal after-hours performer’s circle at a Nashville competition sponsored by NACMAI (North American Country Music Association International), Cameron’s performance of Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” got the attention of Bernard Porter, Co-Founder of a leading artist development company, PCG Artist Development. After attending one of his seminars, she joined PCG to further develop her multitude of natural musical talents with top music industry mentors. Joining the Emerging Artists program that year, Cameron has since been writing with hit songwriters like Britton Cameron, and Jimmy Thrasher. 

2018 and 2019 were breakout years for Cameron where she continued to build momentum as a solo singer-songwriter, releasing several songs which showed her versatility as a recording artist. Her reminiscent ode about her childhood upbringings on “The Home Place” premiered in May, followed by a July release of the more upbeat and sassy rock number “Lipstick & Chrome,” and then in December she released the piano ballad “Never Love Me Back,” about love and heartache. 

Cameron has also shared the stage and opened for a variety of past and present country music icons, including Dylan Scott, Luke Combs, Neal McCoy, Thompson Square, Easton Corbin, Andy Griggs, the Josh Abbott Band, and John Michael Montgomery.

2020 brought about many challenges for musicians and artists everywhere in the age of COVID-19, but Cameron continued moving herself forward as a singer-songwriter. In May she released the uplifting, and praiseful “Peace,” something she describes as “country goes to church.” In October she once again revealed her authentic blend of country, rock and soul musical roots with the up-tempo “Bridges,” a song which was exclusively premiered by the Montgomery Advertiser, along with the video exclusively premiering on The Country Network, and The Heartland Network to country music fans across the United States. 

“The backbone of the story in ‘Bridges’ is that we all sometimes burn bridges in life,” Cameron said. “However, if we pay attention to those mistakes and learn from them, it can light our path to the future.”

In 2021 Cameron charted her first Top 20 song at country radio with her soulful “Modern Day Wonder Woman,” along with launching her very own charity golf event called Cameron DuBois’ Par-Tee Down Classic, where she raised $15,000 for the Montgomery Area Down Syndrome Outreach Group.