Shawn Camp

1. Fallin' Never Felt So Good

2. Confessin' My Love

3. K-I-S-S-I-N-G

4. I'm Not Just Passin' Through

5. Man, What a Woman

6. Speakin' of the Angel

7. Bound to Cry

8. One of Them Days

9. Turn Loose of My Pride

10. Little Bit of Love

Shawn Camp,Shawn Camp,Warner Bros / Wea,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Neo-Traditionalist Country

Average customer rating: Martina's why I bought it Why are so many "inspired by" recordings not truly inspired by the source material? Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy! Inspirational and beautiful AMAZING CD!!

Amazing Grace: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture Manufacturer: Sparrow ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Amazing Grace (Original Score) Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery Glory Revealed: The Word Of God in Worship Real Christianity Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce ASIN: B000LW7UUK Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

1. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - Chris Tomlin
2. It Is Well - Jeremy Camp
3. All Creatures Of Our God And King - Bethany Dillon
4. Holy, Holy, Holy - Steven Curtis Chapman
5. Fairest Lord Jesus - Natalie Grant
6. I Need Thee Every Hour - Jars Of Clay
7. Just As I Am - Nichole Nordeman
8. Were You There? - Smokie Norful
9. Rock Of Ages - David Crowder
10. My Jesus, I Love Thee/'Tis So Sweet - Bart Millard
11. Nearer My God To Thee - Kierra 'Kiki' Sheard
12. Great Is Thy Faithfulness - Avalon
13. How Great Thou Art - Martina McBride

Customer Reviews:

Martina's why I bought it.......2007-05-14

And her rendition of "How Great Thou Art" is worth the price of the CD to me. I have mixed feelings about the rest of it. I didn't care much for most of the male voices. While they are sensitive and thoughtful and generally reverent, which I do appreciate, I still prefer more traditional, resonant, powerful male voices, such as Alan Jackson's on his gospel CD. I will listen to this one occasionally, if only to hear Martina, but Precious Memories is still my favorite.

Why are so many "inspired by" recordings not truly inspired by the source material?.......2007-04-07

I wonder why so many "inspired by" recordings are not produced in response to the material that supposedly serves as the basis for their inspiration. In the case of movies, why not let the artists view the film prior to its release, and let them craft songs built around scenes, themes or the ideas presented. There may be some reason why this isn't done--it may be hard to write enough original songs, or maybe it's difficult to let the artists see a film prior to its release. If the problem is the latter, why couldn't those contributing songs be given something in written form? It may not be as inspiring, but it at least provides a starting point for creating a song.

This is not to knock Music Inspired by the Motion Picture Amazing Grace. It's a fine collection of hymns by a variety of talented artists. It seems a shame though that only the song "Amazing Grace" performed by Chris Tomlin has any direct connection with the movie. John Newton, the author of the hymn, had a relationship with the key figure in the film, William Wilberforce.

Tomlin does what many of the artists do with these hymns, and a little more. In addition to a different arrangement, he takes the risk of adding some new verses to a classic song, and pulls it off admirably. Nichole Nordeman does the same with equally impressive results on "Just As I Am." Tomlin's subdued playing and instrumentation reinvents and adds a touch of grace to one of the most popular songs of all time.

Jeremy Camp's strong masculine voice is the perfect complement for music that thunders around the verses of "It Is Well." It's a strong performance augmented by the background vocals of his wife Adie.

This is one of several remarkable duets, the next featuring Shawn McDonald & Bethany Dillon on "All Creatures of Our God & King." It starts off with an ethereal vibe but the vocals get a little cluttered with the programming that ends the song. Another song that suffers from programming is "Fairest Lord Jesus" by Natalie Grant.

It's a challenge for artists to take such familiar songs and make them sound fresh. For the most part, these interpretations succeed in making these hymns sound new. The best results here are the songs that are acoustic and less complicated like the title song.

Another brilliant example is "Rock of Ages" by David Crowder & Marty Stuart. It begins and ends with a delightful acoustic instrumental that sounds like some wonderful Christmas recording. David Crowder continues to record impressive music.

The medley "My Jesus I Love Thee / `Tis So Sweet" by Bart Millard (of Mercy Me) starts and ends with the sounds of an accordion. The music is a relaxed blend of contemporary and pop sounds. Though the title of the song does not show this as a duet, the voice of Derek Webb is unmistakable. He is a great addition to one of the best songs on the recording.

A light country version of "How Great Thou Art" by Martina McBride is also excellent and closes the recording.

Two black gospel songs are included, but with orchestration and more production, they don't fit as well with the many songs that lean toward acoustic pop or rock. They are well done and they do add variety, but like the songs that make use of programming, they feel a little out of place.

This is a strong collection of hymns done in a contemporary style. It won't appeal as much to those who favor more traditional renderings.

Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!.......2007-04-06

With the exception of the first and last tracks ("Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art"), I would have to say that the balance of the songs on this CD are limp and unenthusiastic....better to go right to iTunes or some other music download site and just get those two tracks!!

I think the CD was made with good intent, but unless you want something to fall asleep to, this album doesn't seem to reflect any of the joy or enthusiasm that I associate with Christian music or Christianity itself. Perhaps it was just that the songs were sung "quietly", but I did not find them to be infused with much in the way of "inspiration", and I got none from listening to them.......

Far better, I think, to go buy something like the soundtrack to the actual movie "Amazing Grace", which contains beautiful and atmospheric compositions, and which deserves to be nominated for an Academy award....

Another option would be to buy the soundrack to either of the "Sister Act" movies (in addition to my suggestion in the preceding paragraph), they are much more lively, joyful, celebratory and creative than this!

Any of those options will leave you more uplifted and inspired than this CD left me...I absolutely LOVED "Amazing Grace", and would strongly urge anyone looking for a GOOD movie to see the film that "inspired the music" on this CD.

Seeing the actual film will leave you feeling inspired and hopeful; that good men can still accomplish great things, no matter how many people are on the "other side" of what they are working against!!

[Hint: I understand that that WONDERFUL rendition of "Amazing Grace" with the bagpipes, drums and other instruments that plays at the end of the movie is available on iTunes as a "bonus track", and it is DEFINITELY NOT TO BE MISSED!!!]

Inspirational and beautiful.......2007-03-29

I bought this CD after hearing the updated version of Amazing Grace, the title and theme song for the movie. WOW - I was so impressed that a classic hymn could be modernized without losing it's impace and simplicity. I had doubts about the rest of the songs, but was soooo wrong - happily!) All the songs on this CD are beautiful - classic hymns, updated beautifully. Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful.

AMAZING CD!! .......2007-03-27

Great traditional songs I know by artists I love!! Only downfall is the original version of "Amazing Grace" isnt on the CD, only Chris Tomlin's amazing version..

Average customer rating: shawn camps music

Shawn Camp Shawn Camp Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at the Station Inn Ken Mellons Shane Minor Days Gone By Calm Before the Storm ASIN: B000002MNK Release Date: 1993-10-26

Tracks:

1. Fallin' Never Felt So Good
2. Confessin' My Love
3. K-I-S-S-I-N-G
4. I'm Not Just Passin' Through
5. Man, What a Woman
6. Speakin' of the Angel
7. Bound to Cry
8. One of Them Days
9. Turn Loose of My Pride
10. Little Bit of Love

Customer Reviews:

shawn camps music.......2004-08-17

loved this album!! heard it for the first time in '93. bought it and really enjoyed the difference in his music! compared to other country artists.

Average customer rating: Outstanding! Another winner from this Nashville songwriter Impressive statement that Camp can do it all...w/ some real keepers among the songs

Fireball Shawn Camp Manufacturer: Thirty Tigers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Live at the Station Inn Shawn Camp Back to the Well This World We Live In Whiskey or God ASIN: B000ENUKOY Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

1. Fireball
2. Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me
3. Love Crazy
4. The Way It Is
5. Fallin' For You
6. Waitin' For The Day To Break
7. Hotwired
8. Beagle Hound
9. Would You Go With Me
10. Love Ain't Leavin'
11. Nothin' To Do With You
12. Just As Dead Today
13. Drank

Amazon.com

Aside from his prodigious talents as a hot-picking multi-instrumentalist and affecting vocalist, Shawn Camp is the very model of the Americana artist: a musician who so subtly blends bluegrass, country, folk, blues, and new acoustic music that he is able to fit into--or transcend--any of those categories at will. And as a songwriter whose fans include bluegrass royalty Ralph Stanley and Del McCoury, with such mainstream artists as Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, and Josh Turner taking his songs up the charts (Turner features this album's grassy "Would You Go With Me" on his sophomore CD), the Arkansas native crafts new tunes with roots that go so deep into the genre they might be mistaken for classics. Here, the title song, as well as "Love Crazy," "Fallin' for You," and "Nothin' to Do With You," explore the head-swirling pain and passion that come with emotional heart trouble, while "Drank" and "Just as Dead Today" turn on smart, backwoods humor. And there are surprises: "Waitin' for the Day to Break" recalls Johnny Cash in his American Recordings period. Alternately sweet ("Love Ain't Leavin'") and sardonic ("Hotwired"), this album reaffirms Camp's place as one of modern country's most authentic, if underrated, creative practitioners. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding!.......2006-08-12

Like John Fogarty's "Blue Moon Swamp" six or seven years ago and Los Lonely Boys' eponymous first CD of a few years back, Shawn Camp's "Fireball" simply dominated my summer of "06. This is music you just can't get tired of. I know this review is a bit late, but "Fireball" was in my changer rotation on a recent roadtrip and I was reminded that I owed Mr. Camp a tip of my hat. Country music doesn't get any better.

Another winner from this Nashville songwriter.......2006-03-31

Fame may have eluded Shawn Camp as a performer, but he's been quite successful as a Top 40 songwriter and Back Forty twangster... (His debut album from the early 1990s sank like a stone, but it's also pretty good & well worth searching for...) This is his third album in the last few years and like the others, it's a canny mix of unapologetic Nashville formula and true-blue twang. Whether you're coming at this from the hit-oriented mainstream or the alt-Americana side of the street, this disc is sure to set your toes tapping... Recommended! [©2006 joesixpack at slipcue dot com]

Impressive statement that Camp can do it all...w/ some real keepers among the songs.......2006-03-26

Playing Time - 42:40 -- Shawn Camp has exceptional talent as musician, singer and songwriter. He's been chasing after widespread mainstream success for quite some time, although he has been able to build a legion of dedicated fans in both the country and bluegrass communities. His songs have been covered by many luminaries from both genres -- Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn. Camp's solo debut on the Reprise label occurred in 1993, but creative differences brought work on his second album to an abrupt halt. So he focused on songwriting and penned hits for Garth Brooks in 1997 ("Two Pina Coladas") and Brooks & Dunn in 1998 ("How Long Gone"). He's also co-penned numbers with Guy Clark, as well as with Jim Lauderdale (like "Forever Ain't No Trouble Now" that was on the 2002 Grammy award-winning Jim Lauderdale-Ralph Stanley album, "Lost In The Lonesome Pines.") Shawn Camp's own 2001 "Lucky Silver Dollar" album (on his own Skeeterbit Records) was a strong project but suffered from lack of exposure. Then, some bluegrass shows were recorded and released as "Live At The Station Inn," in 2002 on John Prine's Oh Boy Records.

On "Fireball," Camp's songs were written with some of his best friends - Mark D. Sanders, John Scott Sherrill, Billy Burnette, Phillip White, Pat McLaughlin, Earl Bud Lee, Paul Kennerly. Camp, the first class multi-instrumentalist, has a preference for guitars, but he also offers up some tasty fiddle and mandolin. On the album closer, "Drank," Camp is credited from guitars, bass, fiddle, dobro, horn sounds and whistlin'. Camp's broad musical interests have him equally comfortable singing a tender ballad ("Love Ain't Leavin'") as he is pickin' the bluegrassy "Would You Go With Me" or rockin' "Fireball." It's an impressive statement that Camp can do it all, and there are some real keepers from the song collection on this high voltage CD. The indefatigable Shawn Camp's musical demeanor is one full of wry-witted attitude. "Fireball" shows that he continues to grow, to create, and to entertain. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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The Bluegrass Elvises, Vol. 1 Billy Burnette , and Shawn Camp Manufacturer: Thirty Tigers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000SQKZ8S Release Date: 2007-08-07

Tracks:

1. 2007: A Bluegrass Oddity (:28)
2. Don't Be Cruel (2:26)
3. All Shook Up (2:21)
4. Little Sister (3:18)
5. Jailhouse Rock (4:24)
6. Good Rockin' Tonight (2:16)
7. Burnin' Love (4:19)
8. Are You Lonesome Tonight (2:59)
9. A Big Hunk O' Love (2:11)
10. Mystery Train (2:30)
11. That's Alright Mama (2:44)
12. Hound Dog (2:41)
13. Blue Suede Shoes (2:59)

Album Description

On July 6, 1954, in a 30 x 18 foot recording studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, TN., a 19-year old hopeful with the unlikely name of Elvis Presley grabbed an acoustic guitar and dared to do the unthinkable. With a doghouse bass and a primitive electric guitar egging him on, he put a gnawing scrub rhythm to Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky," changing Monroe's elegant waltz to a 4/4 rockabilly tune, and charging both forms with the slurred vibrato that would become his signature. "Fine, man! Hell, that's different," Sun Studio owner Sam Phillips famously remarked. "That's a pop song now, nearly `bout!"

What had started as a parody became the B-side of Presley's first single. But in the fall of 1956, when Elvis played Monroe's 1947 classic on his only appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, he approached the Father of Bluegrass backstage in his dressing room and apologized.

"I thought he had a beautiful voice," Monroe recalled in the `80s, speaking in his brittle husk of a tenor. "I told him, "Well, if it give you your start, it's all right with me." But it also made Monroe re-think his own composition, and the elder musician later re-recorded the song, shoving the tempo up into overdrive and showcasing a syncopated mandolin break as a hallmark of the bluegrass idiom.

Rules, it seems, are made to be broken. Which brings us to the Bluegrass Elvises, aka bluegrass/country singer Shawn Camp and rockabilly/country performer Billy Burnette, who spent nearly a decade with Fleetwood Mac and now tours frequently with John Fogerty. Shawn is ying to Billy's yang. And both men are steeped in the snaky soul of the Tennessee-Arkansas mythology of the `50s, born of the spirit of Elvis.

Billy, whose father Dorsey and uncle Johnny Burnette used to kick a young Elvis out of their rehearsals in the laundry room at the Lauderdale Courts housing project, had so many connections to Presley--with Crown Electric and Humes High figuring prominently in their shared stories--that they felt like kin.

"They were all good buddies, they all knew the same people, [guitarist] Scotty Moore and [bass player] Bill Black," Billy says. "Elvis used to call the house a lot." Things were happening so fast in the early `50s--when Billy and his cousin, Rocky, were born three weeks apart, their dads named their new "rockabilly" style after them--that at first it was hard to tell which Memphis practitioner would get famous first. Billy, with a pair of black sideburns in his future, would meet them all, including Elvis on a downtown Memphis street during his "Teddy Bear" era.

Two hundred miles over in Arkansas, Shawn would grow up grooving on his parents' Sun singles, his fascination eventually leading to a peanut butter and banana-fed addiction. In years to come, Presley fervor would take such a firm grip on his psyche that he would get, as Elvis might put it, "real, real gone." He'd make all the pilgrimages--stopping at Graceland every time he went through Memphis, even seeking out the forgotten grave of Elvis's paternal grandfather in Louisville. The cab of his truck became a cocoon, a nesting room spun from the sounds of the Sirius Elvis channel. And when he put his mind to it, he could imitate Elvis's Whitehaven-via-Tupelo drawl so perfectly as to maybe even fool mama Gladys.

Fate has a way of bringing such people together, of course. Labelmates at Warner Bros. in the early `90s, Billy and Shawn eventually joined to play a little music together, and to write more than 100 songs, including Alan's Jackson's "Burnin' the Honky Tonks Down" and Del McCoury's "My Love Will Not Change."

Then, in 2003, as on that seminal day at Sun in 1954, genius raged. Shawn, mindful that country music was at the heart of such early Elvis offerings as "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" and "I Forgot to Remember to Forget," made a furtive notation on a piece of paper...something about doing an album of Elvis songs high-lonesome style. A few weeks later, he and Billy were at the Nashville studio of Cowboy Jack Clement - the famed engineer who watched it all go down at Sun and has the scratches Elvis made on his guitar to prove it - when producer David Ferguson walked in and off-handedly suggested they cut a bluegrass Elvis record. "It all came together right then," Shawn remembers. "And a month later we started cutting on this thing."

First session: January 8, Elvis's birthday, at Ferguson's tiny Naughty Pines studio. With Dave Talbot on banjo and Terry Eldridge thumping bass--Aubrey Haynie would later replace Shawn's own fiddle parts--they kicked into "Good Rockin' Tonight," "Mystery Train," and "A Big Hunk O' Love." Even they were surprised with what they had. When they played back the `grassy yipping on "Good Rockin' Tonight," a delightfully eerie sound that threatened to reach into the stratosphere, everybody's hair stood on end.

The melding of bluegrass and rockabilly turned out to be such an organic synthesis that it went down smooth and easy, Billy's rocking, back-alley swagger twining with Shawn's joyous, hillbilly tenor in a sweet siren call of seduction: "She said, `Meet me in a hurry out behind the barn'/Don't you worry baby I'll do you no harm.'" At the end, it's easy to imagine the ghost of Bill Monroe crowing, "That's different! That's a bluegrass song now, nearly `bout!"

Still, the album languished for several years, until Shawn mentioned it to Tamara Saviano, the Grammy winning founder of American Roots Publishing. Saviano enthusiastically sanctioned the project, and a second session was quickly underway, this time at the Butcher Shoppe with sidemen Scott Vestal (banjo), Chris Henry (mandolin), Aubrey Haynie (fiddle) and Mike Bub (bass). As before, the vibe in the studio was blue suede bliss, beginning with the 28-second intro, "2007: A Bluegrass Oddity," a brilliant, if hilarious take on "Also Sprach Zarathustra," the Richard Strauss tone poem widely known from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Oddyssey," and which Presley used to open his shows in the `70s.

"We're not making fun of either bluegrass or Elvis, but we laughed a lot on this record, hearing some of the classic Elvis licks done in a bluegrass fashion," Billy says, recalling the fiddle flourishes on "Little Sister," the mandolin fills on "Hound Dog," and the banjo zings on "A Big Hunk O' Love." (The latter rendition was inspired as much by Bonnie Raitt's version as Presley's.) Most of the songs have been totally recast, "Don't Be Cruel" standing as one of the few songs that retain the original tempo. For "Blue Suede Shoes," the two pulled nuances from Bill Monroe's "Heavy Traffic Ahead," and added jazz, western-swing, and jump blues stylings.

Other surprises abound: Shawn's masterful and heartfelt recitation on "Are You Lonesome Tonight," where Haynie lays down a mournful twin-fiddle effect; Billy's switchblade sharp vocal on "Jailhouse Rock," perhaps the first understandable reading of the lyrics; and the inclusion of original verses of "Hound Dog" that Elvis chose not to record.

"I did the Elvis version up front, and then at the end I did the Big Mama Thornton lyric, but a little bit from the male perspective," Shawn says of the latter song. "And I used her attack, the way she emphasized specific words."

The project was so inventively fun that everyone stayed behind long after the sessions had ended. "I'll tell you," Shawn recalls, "it's rare that you work on a record and even at the mix stage, listen back and enjoy it so much that you're almost dancing around. And everybody in the studio was doing it. It all just fell into place. Maybe that was the spirit of Elvis, coming back and guiding us along."

Billy got a stronger jolt from the blue when his cell phone rang and the caller I.D. spelled out Graceland. "That was so cool! Elvis on the line!" It turned out to be an invitation from [Elvis cronie and DJ] George Klein to appear on a radio show. But Billy and Shawn often ponder what Elvis would be like today if he had lived. The two wrote a song about it, which they may include on a second volume. Which seems sorely needed. After they finished volume one, Billy realized, "God, we forgot to do `Blue Moon of Kentucky!'"

Chances are, Elvis will haunt them until they make it right. The polite Mr. Presley will want to repay Bill Monroe for the favor of a song that started it all. Thirty years after his death, Elvis is still influencing a broad spectrum of genres, even as he once borrowed from them.

--Alanna Nash Louisville, KY - May 9, 2007

Average customer rating: Shawn Camp CD "Live at the Station Inn" Angel on the Mesa extraordinary singer, solid picker, and creative songwriter

Live at the Station Inn Shawn Camp Manufacturer: Oh Boy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shawn Camp East to West She Waits for Night A Little Girl... A Big Four-Lane Highway of Dreams ASIN: B0002T2QW4 Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

1. Travelin' Teardrop Blues (Intro)
2. Travelin' Teardrop Blues
3. Redbird
4. Forever Ain't No Trouble Now
5. Dear Departed
6. Ain't No Way Of Knowin'
7. Sis Draper
8. Magnolia Wind
9. Soldiers Joy 1864
10. The Guilt Was Gone
11. The Tune Of The Twenty Dollar Bill
12. My Love Will Not Change

Customer Reviews:

Shawn Camp CD "Live at the Station Inn".......2007-01-09

This has become one of my all time favorites. I love the variety of songs and Camp's outstanding voice. He is at the top of my great bluegrass artist list.

Angel on the Mesa.......2005-07-03

Shawn Camp has written #1 tunes for Garth Brooks (Two Pina Coladas) & Brooks & Dunn (How Long Gone). On his latest set on John Prine's Oh Boy Records, his bluegrass is fresh and the band sparkles. A particular favorite is "Magnolia Wind" that sounds like an excellent companion piece to Gram Parsons' "Hickory Wind." "The Guilt Was Gone" is a strong country toe tapper about a man giving into desire that was co-written with Guy Clark with Stuart Duncan's fiddle sparkling like a firecracker on the 4th of July. "Travelin' Teardrop Blues" co-written with Jim Lauderdale boasts some fine banjo picking by Dave Talbot on an excellent song, "Angel wakes up on the mesa, In the mirror makes her face up with the paint of some red warrior in her eyes; In the dark behind the curtain on a bed of lust I loved her; While she slept, I left a tear to say goodbye." I've got to admit that being the squeamish type, "Soldiers Joy 1864" about a guy losing his leg leaves me a bit lightheaded. "Redbird" is a delightful bluegrass track by Camp & Lauderdale. The set concludes with the hoe-down "My Love Will Not Change," "The seasons come & the seasons go & the reasons you left, I guess I'll never know; There will be others, yes, I know it's true, but they won't do you like I did for you." "Live At the Station Inn" is a great set with excellent acoustics from this live performance. Enjoy!

extraordinary singer, solid picker, and creative songwriter .......2004-11-02

Time - 46:22 -- Shawn Camp is an extraordinary singer, solid picker, and creative songwriter whose guitar and vocals are on the leading edge of what some might consider an urban/folk dimension of current bluegrass. About forty years earlier, back in the mid-60s, it was guys like Peter Rowan, Lamar Grier, Richard Greene and Gene Lowinger who showed another side of bluegrass. Some called them citybillies. While Shawn Camp is from Arkansas, he's following in the footsteps of others who have infused bluegrass with folk, new acoustic, blues, honky tonk or even roots rock inspirations. Respect for Shawn and his songs have led to covers of them by Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Patty Loveless, Randy Travis, and many others.

Live at the Station Inn is an exciting journey through twelve songs co-written by Camp. Many are sung solo without vocal harmonies, but fiddler Stuart Duncan and mandolinist Mike Compton add vocal parts on a few of them like "Forever Ain't No Trouble Now." On the introduction to "Travelin' Teardrop Blues," you'll hear the murmurs of the audience talking in the background. On the last measure of "Redbird," you'll hear Dave Talbot's banjo string bust. A few cuts (like "Dear Departed") don't have the mandolin quite loud enough in the mix. All in all, these idiosyncracies that come with a live recording just add to the magic of the moment. "Sis Draper" and "My Love will not Change" receive particularly enthusiastic responses from the audience. Other musicians assisting at the two Nashville shows from which the album's tracks were captured include Dave Roe (bass), Buck Baxter (high strung guitar), Scott Vestal (banjo), and Dennis Crouch (bass).

Shawn Camp is a regular at the Station Inn, a small club where he hung out nearly every night to pick or listen during his first eight years in Nashville. There he made many connections and launched a successful career in music. Camp still has a deep appreciation for traditional music, but he's also appealing to a wide, young demographic audience. Three cuts co-authored with Guy Clark are based on old fiddle tunes. "Sis Draper," tells the story of a female Arkansawyer with her fiddle and special touch on the instrument. "Magnolia Wind" is a lyrical and heartfelt love song for a fiddler, while "Soldier's Joy 1864," is a tale of being shot and calling for some of that soldier's joy for comfort. Camp doesn't race through his songs, but rather he soulfully renders evocative numbers like "The Guilt Was Gone" (written with Paul Craft) and one of his favorites, "The Tune of a Twenty Dollar Bill" (written with Mark D. Sanders). I wish that this live set would've included another of Shawn's own personal favorites, "The Grandpa That I Know."

Shawn Camp once said that he always has songs in his head, whether he's awake or asleep. Because of his constant engagement in writing songs, he's been called an "organic" songwriter. Camp is also not afraid to take a few risks with his music, an important lesson that he learned from legendary music producer Cowboy Jack Clement. Future projects from Camp may surprise us because he seems equally comfortable with bluegrass or electric music. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

Average customer rating: Not Bad A Modern Classic a trully talented songwriter and singer Well-crafted new country

Lucky Silver Dollar Shawn Camp Manufacturer: Skeeterbit ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shawn Camp Live at the Station Inn ASIN: B00005MANV Release Date: 2001-08-07

Tracks:

1. Baby's Gone Home To Mama
2. How Long Gone
3. Walkin' The Line
4. Middle Of Nowhere
5. Tune Of The Twenty Dollar Bill
6. Lost At Sea
7. That Ol' Love Thing
8. I Feel More Like I Do Right Now
9. Let's Talk About This
10. I Ain't The Hero
11. Can't Have One Without The Other
12. Been There Done That
13. Fallen Star Saloon
14. Off To Join The World

Customer Reviews:

Not Bad.......2002-06-10

I bought Shawn's first CD and was blown away. Song after song he hit very high standards consistently. I was hoping for more of the same but unfortunately, in my opinion, I did not find it.

This CD does have some good songs with How Long Gone, That Ol' Love Thing, I Ain't The Hero and Can't Have One Without The Other. But I felt let down in between these high points.

Perhaps my expectations where too high or my taste may have changed some since his first CD, which I still love. In either case, I felt a bit left down. However, this is a solid project that is in the "New Country" style and many folks should enjoy it very much.

If you are a country fan, you will find something on this project to enjoy very much. It will be worth your while to give it a listen.

A Modern Classic.......2002-04-12

I am a huge fan who cannot fathom why great talents like Shawn Camp go unnoticed. This album was the best country album I heard last year. This album comes closer to his live sound so much more so than his first album. See him live if you can and spread the word. But definately buy this album you won't regret it.

a trully talented songwriter and singer.......2002-01-15

i remember buying the first album by shawn a few years ago and he has come back really strong with this second album, every track has a unique sound and that just adds to its appeal. a very worthwhile buy for any country fans.

Well-crafted new country.......2001-11-27

I sure do appreciate a writer who knows how to craft a good song, and this fella has got the goods. One of the legions of songwriters who feed the Nashville machine, Camp has provided hits for the likes of Garth Brooks, John Anderson and Randy Travis, and even made a record or two himself, back in the early '90s. He tilts towards the traditional end of the spectrum, and is a soulful, appealing vocalist, working in a fairly alt-y, old-school style. The whole record is pretty good, but one song, "Tune Of The Twenty Dollar Bill," stands out as a real gem. A compact little story-song (of courtship back in the good old days), this is a catchy, thoroughly enjoyable, tune, and really quite memorable. Well worth checking out.

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Songs from Camp Shawn Smith ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTKV82 Release Date: 2005-12-20

Tracks:

1. Ah La La La
2. His Banner Over Me Is Love
3. He's Alive
4. I Believe
5. King of Kings
6. Tuna Omba
7. They'll Know We Are Christians/Awesome God
8. Father, I Adore You
9. Alleluia
10. Sanctuary
11. Blessed Be
12. I Will Call
13. Spirit of the Living God
14. Jesus Loves Me
15. One Name
16. Seek Ye First
17. Humble Thyself
18. Up Above My Head
19. Hello
20. Amen

Average customer rating: I Want Moore Moore & Moore are #1 Give me MOORE! Give me MOORE!

Million Roses Moore & Moore Manufacturer: DOV ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005KG4S Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

1. Let's Forget While The Forgetting's Good
2. Snow White Is Blue
3. Wings
4. Million Roses (with The Jordanaires)
5. I Don't Have The Heart
6. Working On You (with Jerry Reed)
7. His Song
8. Lie, Lie Again
9. There's Enough Of Me To Go Around (with Shawn Camp)
10. Sister, My Sister
11. Bill, You're Still The One (with Bill Anderson)
12. Ring Around Rosie's Finger
13. I Love It When A Man Does That
14. Almost Doesn't Count
15. I Just Know (with The Jordanaires)
16. Wish You Were Here

Customer Reviews:

I Want Moore.......2001-07-10

This is a great album! The harmony of these two girls is better than any I have heard. It sounds like they have fun with their music. I like all of the songs but my favorite is "I Love It When A Man Does That". My husband thinks "I Just Know" is the best. Why hasn't a major record label picked these girls up?

Moore & Moore are #1.......2001-06-27

Million Roses is the follow-up to Master Of My Own Destiny, and well worth the wait! This CD has 16 songs, 1 better than the next!!! The Highlight of the CD is the live version of "Wish You Were Here" which was co-written by Debbie Moore, Bill Anderson (reunited here, singing on the song Bill, You're Still The One) and Skip Ewing. If you've only heard Mark Wills' version of Wish You Were Here, you haven't really heard the song yet!!! Almost Doesn't Count is one of the best songs I've heard in years. One of the most touching songs is Sister, My Sister, written by Debbie for Carrie (YES, they are twins!) Anyone who was ever a child could probably relate to the song Ring Around Rosie's Finger. Debbie and Carrie (or is it Carrie and Debbie?) have a harmony that cannot be found elsewhere in Country Music, and they really shine on Snow White Is Blue, His Song, and the title song Million Roses. And, if this isn't enough to convince you, Moore & Moore even have duets with Jerry Reed, the Jordanaires and Shawn Camp!!! Another Home Run for Moore and Moore!

Give me MOORE!.......2001-06-25

As a Moore & Moore fan for many years, I have been anxiously awaiting the follow up to their last album, "Master of My Own Destiny". "Million Roses" has been well worth the wait. Packed with 16 songs,this collection showcases the tight sibling harmonies that I love along with top-notch songwriting from Debbie & Carrie. Along with the title cut, other standouts include "Wings", "Ring Around Rosie's Finger", "Almost Doesn't Count", "His Song", "I Just Know" and Moore & Moore's cover of the Mark Wills hit, written by Debbie Moore, "Wish You Were Here". This album showcases the talented singing and songwriting of one of the best duos in country music! I am listening to the album as I write this and find that I love ALL these songs. Right now "I Don't Have The Heart" is playing... this album rocks!

Give me MOORE!.......2001-06-25

As a Moore & Moore fan for many years, I have been anxiously awaiting the follow up to their last album, "Master of My Own Destiny". "Million Roses" has been well worth the wait. Packed with 16 songs,this collection showcases the tight sibling harmonies that I love along with top-notch songwriting from Debbie & Carrie. Along with the title cut, other standouts include "Wings", "Ring Around Rosie's Finger", "Almost Doesn't Count", "His Song", "I Just Know" and Moore & Moore's cover of the Mark Wills hit, written by Debbie Moore, "Wish You Were Here". This album showcases the talented singing and songwriting of one of the best duos in country music! I am listening to the album as I write this and find that I love ALL these songs. Right now "I Don't Have The Heart" is playing... this album rocks!

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More Songs from Camp Shawn Smith ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTKYJS Release Date: 2005-12-20

Tracks:

1. Gospel Light
2. Psalm 150
3. Be Still
4. Gonna Dance
5. Lord, I Lift Your Name on High
6. Peace Like a River
7. This Is the Day
8. I Just Wanna Be a Sheep
9. Vandhanaloo Yeahsue
10. Sanctuary/We Exalt Thee
11. You Are My All in All
12. Father, I Adore You
13. Do Lord
14. Rise and Shine
15. Hallelujah/Praise Ye the Lord
16. Halle, Halle, Hallelujah
17. Ain't No Rock
18. Soon and Very Soon
19. Jesus, Remember Me
20. Lord, Be Glorified
21. Light of the World

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Night of Joy Avalon, Rebecca St. James, Starfield, Jeremy Camp, Bethany Dillon, Sanctus Real, Shawn McDonald, Delirious?, Chris Tomlin, Hawk Nelson, Skillet, Jump 5 Manufacturer: EMI CMG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000PUQ54A

Product Description

Full length audio CD. Please see cover art for track listing.

Music Album:

1. Shenandoah
2. Silent Wings
3. Simplest Plans
4. Sing Great Country Hits
5. Sing The Hits Of Patsy Cline Revisited (Karaoke)
6. Sings & Plays Dobro
7. Sings The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers
8. Snakey
9. Somebody Like That
10. Story of Coutry Music- Sweet Am [Import]

Music Album