Waiting for Francis

Reviewer: Robanie Doss
listen all the livelong day! Greyhounds prove that classically trained doesn't necessarily translate into classical dud. "Waiting for Francis," their debut cd, can easily accompany all things pleasant in life...

Product Description
Waiting for Francis is the debut album from the LA based quartet Greyhounds. The album is primarily instrumental except for three songs, which feature the vocals of guitarist Andrew Trube. Keyboardist Anthony Farrell’s tasteful Hammond and Rhodes playing compliment the funky old school grooves and jazz/funk improvisations. Influences range from Herbie Hancock to Medeski, Martin & Wood to The Brand New Heavies. Sure to get your head bobbin’ and booty movin’, this album goes perfect with a cold brew at your Sunday afternoon barbecue.

Waiting for Francis,Greyhounds

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One Star, At Last: A Selection of Carols of Our Time Manufacturer: Signum UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by MacMillan | MacMillan, James | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maxwell Davies, Peter | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tavener | Tavener, John Kenneth | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge Remember Bethlehem: Carols for A New Millennium Eternal Rest - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale Fantasia on Christmas Carols/ The First Nowell/ On Christmas Night Mass for Christmas Morning ASIN: B000BM3MK2 Release Date: 2005-11-29

Average customer rating: John McCormack - Rare Recordings 1904-1942

John McCormack Rare Recordings 1904-42 Manufacturer: Symposium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Moore | Moore, Thomas | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000007N8N Release Date: 1998-05-26

Tracks:

1. The Green Isle Of Erin
2. Killarney
3. The Minstrel Boy
4. Come Back To Erin
5. The Dear Little Shamrock
6. Pianto Del Core
7. Voi Dormite, Signora
8. Ideale
9. Les Pecheurs De Perles: Del Tempio Limitar
10. Semele: O Sleep! Why Dost Thou Leave Me
11. Atalanta: Care Selve, Ombre Beate
12. Christus Am Olberge: Jehova Hear Oh Hear Me...Oh My Heart Is Sore
13. Christus Am Olberge: Jehova, Du Mein Vater
14. Tristan Und Isolde: O Konig, Das Kann Ich Dir Nicht Sagen
15. Waiting For You
16. Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
17. Just For Today
18. An Ireland Beauty
19. That Tumble Down Shack In Athlone
20. The Snowy Breasted Pearl
21. On Wings Of Song
22. Garden Where The Praties Grow
23. Annie Laurie
24. Kathleen Mavourneen

Customer Reviews:

John McCormack - Rare Recordings 1904-1942.......2003-02-15

This CD was most welcome to my collection. I have a fair number of McCormack originals, mostly from 1910 - 1927. It is especially interesting to be able to hear the extremes, beginning and end. McCormack was probably THE singer of his age in that he sang well, everything from Sonny Boy to Il Mio Tesoro. One critic wrote that he never stooped to material that was beneath him, but raised it to his level. It was interesting to me that he did not spring from his singing master's loin, fully developed, but spent seven years as a professional singer developing his skills. We see his promising beginning with the 1904 sessions. If I have a complaint about the set, it is with these transfers. Paul Wolf, in his John McCormack Home Page, discusses the debate between playing the G.T.&T. records at 72 or 76.6 rpm. I would guess that this set uses the slower speed. If this is so, Mr. Worth is indeed right. They sound too slow, almost to the point of slurred speach. Unfortunately, these are the only first recordings which I have been able to find on the market. The rest of the collection is fine and includes many rarities, including unissued test pressings from McCormack's personal collection. As he aged, his voice diminished while his skill as a singer increased. Even at the end of his career, he did not make a bad record. Despite my complaint, I would not deny myself this album, nor should anyone who wants to hear the beginning and conclusion of an incredible career.

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Les Chemins de L'Amour Manufacturer: Musica Viva ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Koechlin, Charles | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004YWQQ Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. Les Chemins De L'Amour
2. Je Te Veux
3. Si Tu Le Veux
4. Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes
5. Parlez-Moi D'Amour
6. Hymne A L'Amour
7. T'Es Beau, Tu Sais
8. La Vie En Rose
9. Improvisation in c, No.15: Hommage
10. I Extrait De Banalites: Hotel
11. Beau Soir
12. Ne Me Quitte Pas
13. Improvisation in a, No.13
14. Je Ne T'Aime Pas
15. I Extrait De Marie Galante: J' Attends Un Navire
16. J'Ai Deux Amours (Mon Pays Et Paris)

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Liberty Greyhounds Manufacturer: Jet Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000OV4ULA

Product Description

11-track CD on Jet Music, 2003.

Average customer rating: Cool groovin' "A Family Honored." I can't wait to hear more from this band! These guys need props!

Waiting for Francis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000053HY7 Release Date: 2000-07-01

Tracks:

1. Camero Jones
2. Sunday Afternoon
3. I Like
4. Friction
5. Booty
6. Robotic
7. Fiddlers Elbow
8. Na Na
9. Gold Medal

Album Description

Waiting for Francis is the debut album from the LA based quartet Greyhounds. The album is primarily instrumental except for three songs, which feature the vocals of guitarist Andrew Trube. Keyboardist Anthony Farrell's tasteful Hammond and Rhodes playing compliment the funky old school grooves and jazz/funk improvisations. Influences range from Herbie Hancock to Medeski, Martin & Wood to The Brand New Heavies. Sure to get your head bobbin' and booty movin', this album goes perfect with a cold brew at your Sunday afternoon barbecue.

Customer Reviews:

Cool groovin'.......2004-02-25

I heard these guys in the back of a coffee shop in Lawrence, KS back in 2000. Small group - myself and a handful of others. It was incredible. Very clean, funky grooves goin on with these guys. They are all very talented of course, but of sharp memory to me is the keyboardist who has mad skills (but unfortunately he doesn't break out on the CD quite like he did live) and the bassist who keeps the bottom end lively and moving - always bumping along somehwere funky.

This disc is perfect for chillin' and working around the house, for a gathering of friends around dinner, driving music... Pick it up and you it will leave you anxious for more. I always play this one straight through - no need to skip anything in here.

Looking for the next release...

"A Family Honored.".......2001-06-14

I am Tobi, grandchild of the Camaro Jones of which the Greyhounds speak in their CD's first track. Their homage to my grandfather brought tears of joy to my eyes because they captured his true spirit. I went right outside, got in one of his vintage camaros and drove quite quickly down the mountains that surround our estate. I ended up at Grandfather's nursing home where I let him listen to the tune. He approved, indeed he did. There is speculation within the family that "Booty," another track, was written about my white footed cat Bootie, with whom young Anthony Farrell would play when he visited me after summer camp. Thanks for the props, guys. I'll be at your show!

I can't wait to hear more from this band!.......2001-05-27

This first album demonstrates great potential I am particularly impressed by the keyboardist, Anthony Farrell, who plays with passion, wit, and spirit. I've heard these guys in concert, and they're a delight! Get back to the studio, Greyhounds; your fans are waiting!!!

These guys need props!.......2001-05-19

The first time I met these guys in St. Louis I had just missed their set at the Galaxy, but they were totally cool to hang out with. I listened to this CD the next day and was so upset that I missed their show! The Greyhounds are one of the smartest groups out there, throwing down the funk, but keeping it simple. My favorites: "Friction," the "Aeroplane"-sounding "I Like," and especially the slow-jam "Booty."

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