Lou Reid & Carolina

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Lou Reid & Carolina is the quartet led by the former lead singer of the Seldom Scene. The sound is very similar to the highly melodic, folkish new-grass approach of the Scene, but the presence of soprano Gena Britt as a lead and harmony singer gives a much different feel to the harmonies. The emphasis is definitely on the rich blend of the vocals, not the quite-respectable-yet- understated picking. Ronnie Bowman, one of the hottest singers in bluegrass today, helps out his old friends by writing or co-writing three of the dozen songs, and adds low harmonies to one of them, "Feeling Like I Do," a broken-hearted ballad that features Britt at her best. Reid shows off his handsome tenor on Carl Jackson's lively road song, "Long Lonesome Highway." --Geoffrey Himes

Lou Reid & Carolina,Lou Reid & Carolina,Rebel Records,Bluegrass,Country,Pop

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Lou Reid & Carolina Lou Reid & Carolina Manufacturer: Rebel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: In the Blue Room Blue Heartache Time It's Gettin' Better All the Time A Little Girl... A Big Four-Lane ASIN: B00000029C Release Date: 1996-08-27

Tracks:

1. Blue Kentucky Wind
2. Last Road Going Home
3. Stompin' Ground
4. Feeling Like I Do
5. God Loves His Children
6. My Heart's Goin' Under (For The Last Time)
7. Jenny Lynn
8. Handsome Molly
9. I'd Miss You
10. Her Memory's Bound To Ride
11. Hangin' On
12. Long Lonesome Highway

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Lou Reid & Carolina is the quartet led by the former lead singer of the Seldom Scene. The sound is very similar to the highly melodic, folkish new-grass approach of the Scene, but the presence of soprano Gena Britt as a lead and harmony singer gives a much different feel to the harmonies. The emphasis is definitely on the rich blend of the vocals, not the quite-respectable-yet- understated picking. Ronnie Bowman, one of the hottest singers in bluegrass today, helps out his old friends by writing or co-writing three of the dozen songs, and adds low harmonies to one of them, "Feeling Like I Do," a broken-hearted ballad that features Britt at her best. Reid shows off his handsome tenor on Carl Jackson's lively road song, "Long Lonesome Highway." --Geoffrey Himes

Average customer rating: Time is the best song about aging that I've ever heard Contemporary bluegrass with tender sentiments, lilting melodies, and gentle rhythms

Time Lou Reid , and Carolina Manufacturer: Lonesome Day ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Red Letter Day It's Gettin' Better All the Time On the Rise Always Never Enough One Dime at a Time ASIN: B000AP2ZYO Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

1. My Dying Day
2. Brighter Shade Of Blue
3. Time
4. Forever Ain't No Trouble Now
5. Tennessee Backroads
6. The Mountain Way
7. My Whole World (In His Hands)
8. Carolina Morning Memory
9. Before Your First Tear Hits The Ground
10. Ain't No Way Of Knowin'
11. Heart Of Glass
12. Mist Of Memory
13. Out Of Here

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Time is the best song about aging that I've ever heard.......2007-03-31

Much of this album is good, but maybe not better than a lot of others, either of Lou Reid and Carolina's or of other people. But that one song, the title track, gives my 5-star rating to the whole shebang. The song is full of clever word-play, but is also the most poignant, sad and totally valid depiction of how an older person feels about time. I'm over sixty now, and time is different than it once was - and this song catches it. It starts out "When I was young, I dreamed of being older. Now that I'm older, I dream of being young," and goes on in parallel thoughts turned inside out like that. It is almost depressing beyond toleration - but it's so right-on, it both saddens and comforts my aging mind. This feeling I have is normal. "Each day you add a number to the things I'll never be." Zing. "When I was young, the road went on forever, but now that I'm older, I see it isn't so. Once I took my time - now time is taking me."

Contemporary bluegrass with tender sentiments, lilting melodies, and gentle rhythms.......2005-10-25

Playing Time - 44:25 -- Lou Reid sings about livin' the mountain way, but he also clearly shows how to play the mountain way too. With a fresh body of bluegrass material from excellent songwriters, Reid and Carolina show us why they're a notch above the rest of the pack. On "Time," he puts added emphasis on beautiful, life-affirming tales, courtesy of such songsmiths as Mike Evans, David Carroll, John Cadley, Shawn Camp, Mark Brinkman, Teddy Cosby, and others. A song like Ray Edwards/Terry Foust's "Carolina Morning Memory" captures much of the feeling and reason for the band's name in the first place. Carolina moon, Carolina rain, Carolina morning, and Carolina memories are all embodiments of this band's bluegrass. Reid's voice, as fine and steady as always, is centerstage most of the time, but Christy Reid and Kevin Richardson also get a chance to shine with some lead vocals on "Before Your First Tear Hits the Ground" and "Forever Ain't No Trouble Now," respectively. With a bit more tempo and some twin fiddles in a piece like "Forever Ain't No Trouble Now," Lou Reid and Carolina's music would hit me in the gut with an impact like the first time I heard Bill Monroe's. An uptempo song like "Tennessee Backroads" would have a little more bluegrass gusto by simply bringing the instrumental breaks, especially guitar and mandolin, front and center into our speakers. Their clean breaks deserve to be heard loudly, crisply and clearly.

Lou was born on a North Carolina tobacco farm and grew up around music. His impressive bluegrass experience includes stints with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Ricky Skaggs, Seldom Scene, and Longview. Also from North Carolina, Christy Reid's grandfather was a fiddle champion at the first Union Grove Fiddler's Convention, and her cousin (Kent Dowell) played with the Country Gentlemen.. Her previous bands have included Grass Vibrations, 220 Connection, and Southern Drive (a 2000 International Pizza Hut Showdown winner). Christy and Lou married in Florida on 04/12/04. Banjo-player Trevor Watson contributes a hard-driving style to the Carolina sound. His mother and father both played bluegrass, and Trevor was picking by age eight. Trevor won first place in the "bluegrass banjo" contest at the Galax Old-time Fiddler's Convention. His former bands include Blue Night, Foxfire Unlimited (Bluegrass Band contest winners at the 1988 Galax Fiddlers' Convention), and with the cast of The Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach. Guitarist Kevin Richardson has been playing since age 5. He's won many ribbons in Fiddler's Competitions across the Southeast. Last but not least, Joe Hannabach plays bass for Carolina. As a band, Carolina received the "Emerging Artist of the Year" Award at IBMA's 1994 World of Bluegrass Awards in Owensboro, KY.

On "Time," instrumental guests include Jerry Douglas, Ron Stewart, and Randy Kohrs. Some vocal guests include Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill on the title cut, along with Harold Nixon on acoustic bass. A Buck Owens/Red Simpson song, "Heart of Glass" also includes James Mitchell's high strung guitar and Chris Wood's snare drum in the mix. The credits say it's also known as a "slap guitar" for the bluegrass purists. The songs give us imagery with plenty of comforting warmth. The band's contemporary bluegrass has tender sentiments, lilting melodies, and gentle rhythms. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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Carolina Moon Terry Baucom & Carolina Lou Reid Manufacturer: Rebel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue Heartache ASIN: B00000028G Release Date: 1994-08-24

Tracks:

1. I Call Your Name
2. Carolina Moon
3. There Ain't Nothin' In It for Me
4. The Last To Know
5. Last Train
6. Kneel Down And Pray Up
7. My Heart Never Lies
8. Cold Sheets Of Rain
9. Knockin' On Your Door
10. Big Mon
11. Dixie, I Love You
12. My Little Girl In Tennessee

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Carolina, I'm Coming Home Lou Reid & Carolina Manufacturer: LRC Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue Heartache Time ASIN: B0000Y8HTC Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

1. Do I Still Have A Chance
2. Carolina, I'm Coming Home
3. Kiss and Tell
4. Your Love Is Like A Flower
5. Pathway of Teardrops
6. Missionary Good Book Man
7. The Lonely Daneer
8. Wrath of God
9. Too Hard to Regret
10. You Matter That Much To Me
11. Bluff City
12. Uphill Climb
13. My Remains

Album Description

Lou Reid and Caroline have released 4 CD's prior to this 5th release. It is a mixture of contemporary and traditional bluegrass music. Most of this album is filled with original songs by different writers.

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When It Rains Lou Reid Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000006MRP Release Date: 1993-10-21

Tracks:

1. Ain't It Funny
2. Cry, Cry, Darlin'
3. The Hand Of The Higher Power
4. You Better Hold On To Your Heart
5. Red, White & Blue
6. When It Rains
7. Callin' Your Name
8. Mom's Old Picture Book
9. One Track Man
10. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
11. The First Step To Heaven
12. Nobody's Love Is Like Mine

Average customer rating: GREAT NEWER BLUEGRASS!

Blue Heartache Lou Reid & Carolina Manufacturer: Rebel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Carolina, I'm Coming Home Carolina Moon Lou Reid & Carolina It's Gettin' Better All the Time ASIN: B00004U0S4 Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

1. Blue Heartache
2. I Stood & Watched You Go
3. Letter From My Darlin'
4. Living In Our Country World
5. Helen
6. Out On The Highway
7. Grass Lover
8. Take This Hammer
9. Memories Don't Die
10. Ain't Nobody Gonna Tie Me Down
11. The Hobo Song
12. I've Been Over You Before

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GREAT NEWER BLUEGRASS!.......2002-06-23

THE SONG "GRASS LOVER"[a song about growing up listening to bluegrass music, NOT about "illicit grass"] ROCKS, (FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD). THE REST OF THE SONGS ARE GOOD ALSO.

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Carolina Im Coming Home ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTAZ6A Release Date: 2004-02-03

Music Album:

1. Love Album/Housing Project [Import]
2. Love Collection
3. Millennium Collection [Import]
4. No Stranger to a Tele
5. Out of the Loop
6. Ozark Mountain Daredevils/It'll Shine When It Shines [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
7. Patricia Vonne
8. Pieces of the Sky
9. Plays Guitar
10. Pure Country [Soundtrack]

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