Like another, equally ambitious, slightly more famous Louisiana girl named Britney, Amanda Shaw has been in the spotlights most of her life. She began playing violin at four and at seven, she was the youngest soloist to ever perform with the Baton Rouge Symphony. At eight, she discovered Cajun music and in 1999, she made the first of her televised appearances on The Rosie O’Donnell Show. As an 11-year-old in 2002, she stole t...