Carolina

1. Carolina

2. Chega No Suingue

3. Mangueira

4. Penquines E Pitbull

5. Tu Queria

6. O Samba Tai

7. Hagua

8. Samba Que Nem Rita a Dora

9. Mada

10. Funk Baby

11. Em Nagoya Eu VI Eriko

12. De Alegria Rajou O Dia

Carolina,Seu Jorge,Mr. Bongo,Brazilian,Brazilian Pop,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Music

Jazz

Music

jazz

music

Average customer rating: fabulous!!! Just buy it already! Wonderful discovery Truly Good Old Timey Music MMMMMMMMMMMM Chocolate! Old Time Music was made to be made by young people

Dona Got a Ramblin Mind Carolina Chocolate Drops Manufacturer: Music Maker ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Waterloo, Tennessee 900 Miles Long Steel Rail Song of the Traveling Daughter Shaken by a Low Sound ASIN: B000H5U6M0 Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

1. Starry Crown
2. Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
3. Rickett's Hornpipe
4. Ol' Corn Likker
5. Little Sadie
6. Little Margaret
7. Dixie
8. Black Annie
9. Tom Dula
10. George Buck
11. Old Cat Died
12. Another Man Done Gone
13. Black-Eye D Daisy
14. Short Life Of Trouble
15. Sally Ann
16. Sourwood Mountain

Album Description

AS HEARD ON NPR!

"Even though the music's being played right in front of you, you expect to hear crackles and hisses as if the sounds were being torn from a salvaged 78." - Independent Weekly

Terrific renditions of old-time classics from the Carolina Chocolate Drops as they reclaim their African American NC Piedmont string band musical traditions! This young group is the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in decades, and have grabbed the attention of folks like Taj Mahal, Mike Seeger, Alice Gerrard, and John Sebastian.

Customer Reviews:

fabulous!!! Just buy it already!.......2007-07-14

This is a wonderful CD i saw them at the live Preformance they did for NPR. This CD is not to be missed!. the music surpasses generations and just is fun and lively to listen to and it is a must to see them in person if at all possible they have such energy and presence on stage and that comes through on the CD as well. After i saw them preform i bought 3 coppies on this CD one for my parents, one for my boyfried and one for me :) i played it for my parents and asked if they liked it and said how could you not like it! i can't say enough good things about the CD or the group, so just buy the CD already.

Wonderful discovery.......2007-06-30

I listened to Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion" this past week, and was bowled over by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. I've replayed their segments on the Internet several times since then and I just keep getting more enthusiastic about them.

I haven't heard their CD, but based upon what I've heard on PHC, it's going to be a "must buy."

I was fortunate enough to hear John Hartford, who died a few years ago, live in concert about 10 years or so ago, and I remember one of his stock lines, after playing a lot of his newer -- or unfamiliar -- stuff, he told about a young woman who walked up to the stage after they were about to begin the second half of their program and said "Could y'all play something we know so we can tell if you're any good or not?"

Hartford's tongue was firmly in cheek, of course, but I can't imagine anyone having heard what I did from the Carolina Chocolate Drops would dare assume that they had anything to prove.

Truly Good Old Timey Music.......2007-03-24

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are something of a throwback. This recording could have been made 75 years ago. All we're missing are the pops and scratches. A great listen and true to the genre.

My favorite track is "Dixie." CCD have chosen to record a song that we often associate with the Civil War and the Confederacy. There is a just enough of an improvisational feel to this track that you forget the negative undertones this song sometimes evokes. Very nicely done.

A nice mix of instrumental and vocal cuts.

MMMMMMMMMMMM Chocolate!.......2007-03-16

I was introduced to the Carolina Chocolate Drops by NPR. They were interviewed and played live on air. I went right away to Amazon to order this cd. I appreciate the great service and received my cds ( I purchased one for myself and one to share with my brother) in a week.

There is no better music to sit around a bonfire to enjoy. That is if you can fight the urge to dance! I am going to see them perform tonight for the first time and I can hardly wait!

Old Time Music was made to be made by young people.......2006-11-18

Too much of the vision of Old Time Music, Black or white, is a misimpression set by the old veterans of the 1920s and 1930s music who were brought back to public attention in the late 1950s and 1960s as sixty, seventy, and even eighty-year olds. The idea of an old time musician was of a wizened old white man, playing music sometimes masterfully, sometimes in manner that reflected their age and distance from playing in a living tradition. In those years young old time musicians (remembering myself as a teenager now) affected the manners of the ancient, in an attempt to be "old timey." Sometimes, as I remember us back in the day, one would be afraid if we late teens on the band stand would keel over and die.

The Dock Boggs, Tom Ashleys, Roscoe Holcombs, and Maybelle Carters of the 1960s were paying music they played when they were hot young people, playing for other young people, playing music of the kind that wild folk who got in trouble, got wild, and played music for people to dance, party, and seek affection to.

My own generation is now reaching the age of the old performers we rediscovered in the 1960s. That and miseducation make too many of our performances even senile, museum piece replications with an educational purpose, rather than good music.

Such is not the case here. You may find this the kind of music to be played to wake the dead or even enliven old farts like me
.
The Carolina Chocolate drops reverse this trend.It's a good point and word for the wise that the drops indicate each one's age in the liner notes. It is not that they are African Americans playing string band music, but it is that their approach is of young people, thorough musicians, but young people playing this music the way it was intended to be played, as exciting, not always perfect, music to evoke fun, dancing, impure thoughts, and throwing your body and soul into joy.

The band's strength is the great fiddling of Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson. Of course, that fiddling works best with the expert support from the guitar, banjo (tenor, five, and six-string),jug, drum, and general exhortation of musical savant and songster Dom Flemmons. Anyone interested in good old time rhythm banjo and guitar (the most neglected thing in the world of old time music) needs to study this CD.

The music isn't always over technical or overly masterful, but it is much more musical, dancing, bouncing, swinging and fun then a lot of recordings I have of more skilled fiddlers. It is really real. It makes even senile seat addicts like me know one is isn't alive if one does not dance and dance to music like this.

This is why I like the band pieces on this CD much better than the solo pieces, because I think they have a loseness and joy which a number of bands that have been together longer don't keep or find difficulty in achieving. Lets hope that they don't lose this as they become more practiced.

My personal favorites are the pieces that seem to be influenced by their collaboration with African American Heritage fiddler Joe Thompson of Mebane North Carolina. These include Dona Got a Ramblin Mind, Ol Corn Likker, Black Annie, Georgie Buck, and Black Eyed Daisy. I also am fond of their version of Sourwood Mountain, since that song has been done to death as a public school and camp song and by folkies who know nothing about old time music. They infuse the song with a lot of fun excitement and danciability that makes it a lot of fun.

If you can't get enough from the clips here, they are played regularly on the Old Time Music radio program on live 365 Internet radio. Listening to that will get you to buy this CD.

However, anyone with ears should buy this CD. If you dont have the money, get a job. If you cannot get that job, you may have to steal one, because you need it.

Average customer rating: Old Time Music You will feel so much better The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun! Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)! Priceless anthology

Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Pink Anderson , Gid Tanner , Gus Cannon , Emmett Miller , Charlie Poole , Dallas String Band , Grant Brothers , Uncle Dave Macon , Beans Hambone , Clarence Ashley , Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers , Gwen Foster , and Carolina Tar Heels Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of American Primitive, Vol. 2 American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36) Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931 Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922 ASIN: B000B5KRNO Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
2. Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
3. Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
4. Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
5. Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
6. Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
7. Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
8. The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
9. Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
10. The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
11. Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
12. Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
13. A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
14. Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
15. Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
16. Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
17. C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
18. My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
19. Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
20. Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
21. G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
22. Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
23. Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
24. He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks

Tracks:

1. Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
2. Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
3. It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers
4. Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
5. Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
6. Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
7. Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
8. I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
9. Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
10. Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
11. Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
12. Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
13. Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
14. Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
15. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
16. The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
17. Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
18. Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
19. Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
20. Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
21. I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
22. Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
23. The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
24. Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Album Description

Earning Their White Stripes. "But what I'm listening to most of the time at present is an album called Good For What Ails You, which is an album of songs that people used to listen to at medicine shows all over the States. It's quite an interesting album and I think that people would be well advised to pick it up." Jack White - Sunday Mail (Australia) Dec 18, 2005

Five Stars. Groundbreaking. "Fans of Nick Tosches' Where Dead Voices Gather will lap up this extraordinary snapshot of an America that is still shrouded in shadow. Good For What Ails You supplants the Harry Smith collections by surveying the people's music of the day, some of which sounds like nothing you have heard before." Jon Savage - MOJO Dec 2005

Before motion pictures, before radio, before television, the traveling Medicine Shows brought entertainment to America! Flamboyant pitch doctors roamed the land, hawking their tonics, elixirs, and miracle cures, and with them came a host of singers, dancers, comedians, banjo pickers, blues shouters, jug blowers, string ticklers, and minstrel men. The shows died out by mid-20th century, but not before a handful of seasoned veterans left their musical legacy on phonograph records. Here are classic performances by such colorful names as Pink Anderson, Daddy Stovepipe, Gid Tanner, Blind Sammie, Bogus Ben Covington, Fiddlin' John Carson, Banjo Joe, Shorty Godwin, Beans Hambone, Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers, the Three Tobacco Tags, and many more!

Two-CD Set / 48 Songs Digitally Remastered / Over 2 Hours of Music / Six-Panel Digipak with 72-page Full Color Booklet

A Profusely Illustrated History of the Medicine Shows, many Rare Photographs and Firsthand Accounts never before published, plus full discography and song descriptions.

Customer Reviews:

Old Time Music.......2007-05-13

This gave us 50 tracks of original music. Along with it you get a nice booklet that tells the history of the medicine shows and individual descriptions of each track and it's performers.

You will feel so much better.......2007-01-25

You just can't imagine what the life of a performer on the road in the 20, 30's (or earlier) must have been like. The ups of course was the freedom, and the fun at times. The downs include never knowing what was around the corner, the cold (or heat), some of the boarding houses I would imagine would have been dreadful amongst many others.

But at least we can listen to the music. I've only received this the other day and I've not taken it out of the player, it goes to work with me and takes me home again, it plays in the background when I'm busy about the house. Yes some of the sound quality is hissy, but they are old recordings and besides I would rather hear it like that, it adds to the feel. These are happy songs, even when they are talking about slashing someones throat. If you looking at this you obviously have an interest in this style of music and you would be doing yourself a favour by purchasing this wonderful collection. You get 2 CD's and a wonderful booklet that tells you a little history of the genre and pictures of some the the performers on the CD's as well as a little history on each of the songs.

The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun!.......2006-10-23

Step right up..ladies and gentlemen...Are you feeling blah listening to those same old CD's you've had for the last several years? Does today's music leave you cold? Well, you've come to the right place. Restore your enthusiasm...bring back the fun, with 50 recordings from the golden age of medicine shows. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Many of these fine artists are obscure names to most people of this generation...but alas...like an old ancient Indian cure...this box set will bring you back to life. Yes friends and neighbors...it also comes with a beautiful full-color booklet with all the songs, dates and stories of old. Uh..excuse me son, don't crowd the stage. IT'S A PANACEA FOR ALL BORING AILMENTS! Yes and considering how old these gems are (1925-36) they are all in remarkable shape...and your sense of humor will be too. So pick one up today. It;s more fun than a brand new Victrola!

Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)!.......2006-08-28

'Good For What Ails You' is a great set of cd's with old songs that were sung at old medicine shows. I remember some of those songs from records and radio programs from my childhood - songs that I had totally forgotten!

I lent the cd's to my father, and they brought back fond memories of his childhood in western OK when the medicine shows would come to town and set up on the square. Everyone would attend the "show" and listen to the music, sales pitches, and go home with something! He truly enjoyed the cd's, also.

Even if medicine shows are new to you, the music is worth the time to listen. Lot's of fun, interesting lyrics, and you might even hear something that has come back again!?

Priceless anthology.......2006-07-05

This element of American history should never be forgotten, and this anthology ensures that it won't. The accompanying booklet is a textbook of fascinating anecdotes and photographs, and it even includes a small, helpful insert of "spelling errata" to guide the reader through the language of the time. The music itself transports the listener to a time that seems like ancient history, populated by snake oil salesmen who employed fast-picking, fast-talking one-man bands to make their product more appealing to the desperately poor. But this collection also reminds us that times haven't changed all that much since those days of the Great Depression. After all, when was the last time you heard a trendy, catchy song in a commercial trying to sell you something as basic as toothpaste?

Average customer rating: The Bottom Line... Oldie but a Goodie Tell It To The Devil MTB's Artistic Comeback Continues Commercial peak; artistic valley

Carolina Dreams The Marshall Tucker Band , and Marshall Tucker Band Manufacturer: Shout Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Searchin' For A Rainbow The Marshall Tucker Band Where We All Belong A New Life Long Hard Ride ASIN: B00020SHFS Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Fly Like An Eagle
2. Heard It In A Love Song
3. I Should Have Never Started Lovin' You
4. Life In A Song
5. Desert Skies
6. Never Trust A Stranger
7. Tell It To The Devil
8. Silverado (Live Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

The Bottom Line..........2007-04-01

All the finest ingredients of rock, country, blues, and jazz blended into a down-home gumbo as only The (original) Marshall Tucker Band could do it! The remastered series sounds superb audibly, and the packaging is beautifully restored- complete with historic photos and interesting liner notes. The Marshall Tucker Band remastered recordings of the original band- "Self Titled" through "Tenth"- are well worth the investment.

Oldie but a Goodie.......2007-03-08

Just couldn't get the song "Heard It In A Love Song" out of my head so had to buy this.

The band excells in this album-my favorite is the flute player. I had the pleasure of hearing them live and they were rockin'.

Tell It To The Devil.......2006-10-14

This is such a great MTB album. They were a great band and this really highlights how good they were. Even though there are only 7 tracks (a bonus track not counted) they were all great. Not a very long album but most of their albums were like this so there is no difference. I like all the songs here. Fly Like An Eagle is one of my favorites. MTB rocks so go get this album.

MTB's Artistic Comeback Continues.......2005-04-19

The Marshall Tucker Band continue their artistic comeback (following the mediocre SEARCHIN' FOR A RAINBOW) with CAROLINA DREAMS. Most of the songs are great, and even with a few clunkers present, I would have no qualms about asking a pretty girl for a dance to this one, even if she wasn't part of the "in crowd." If you love the Allman Brothers Band, the Outlaws, or Lynyrd Skynyrd, you'll love this one.

Commercial peak; artistic valley.......2004-09-21

This appears to be such a great album, with its handsome cover and clever title. I bought the Marshall Tucker albums back in seventies on LP's and always thought that Caroline Dreams was one of the best, until I really listened to it. Carefully listening to this one, and comparing it to others, it is one of Marshall Tucker's weaker efforts.

Like most Marshall Tucker albums, the original album was fairly short at 37 minutes. This new release includes a bonus track, a 4 minute live version of Silverado, so this CD is 41 minutes long. When you have a CD that is that short, every track had better be great.

There are only two really great songs, Heard it in A Love Song and Never Trust a Stranger. Desert Skies and Fly Like an Eagle are merely just good songs. Tell It To the Devil and Life in a Song are only fair. The one long number, I Should Have Never Started Loving You, is repititious and just grates on too long. It would have been much better cut in half (and I love long songs).

It is good to see that the whole Marshall Tucker catalog is being remastered and re-issued. The first CD releases, the sound was flat. And then, they were completely unavailable for some time.

About a year or so ago, someone was selling all of Marshall Tucker's master tapes on ebay. They had the masters to all the studio recordings plus hundreds of hours of live material. But, they did not own the lisence to this material, so you couldn't produce to the material until you worked out a lisencing agreement.

The group's bassist, Tommy Caldwell, died in 1980. The group broke up in 1983, with the leader, Toy Caldwell, going off an doing a solo act for some time. He died in 1993. The lead singer, Doug Gray, created a whole new Marshall Tucker Band, that played country and gospel music. I did not like what I have heard from the new band.

Average customer rating: Carolina! Take me to Brazil Fresh, upbeat, and a little funky Get your hands on this somehow.... Great Singer Great Album

Carolina Seu Jorge Manufacturer: Mr Bongo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Cru The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Ana and Jorge Favela Chic Postonove 3 ASIN: B000063CLM Release Date: 2005-03-10

Tracks:

1. Carolina
2. Chega No Suingue
3. Mangueira
4. Penquines E Pitbull
5. Tu Queria
6. O Samba Tai
7. Hagua
8. Samba Que Nem Rita a Dora
9. Mada
10. Funk Baby
11. Em Nagoya Eu VI Eriko
12. De Alegria Rajou O Dia

Album Details

Debut Album from the Samba Funk's New Comer, Seu Jorge. 'carolina' Has Been Named Album of the Year in Brazil for 2002. Co-produced with Mario Caldato Producer of Hip-hop Groups Like the Beastie Boys and Brazilian Band Planet Hemp. Seu Jorge is One of the Many Artists Featured in the Wonderful Compilation 'favela Chic' (210423).

Customer Reviews:

Carolina!.......2007-01-24

It is truly a unique experience when you simply discover by chance a new artist or album that immediately hits you were you live and instantly fall in love with. Well for me Seu Jorge's debut solo album Carolina was just such an experience. I discovered it by chance simply browsing through the Brazilian CD section in Tower Records in NYC. At first the album's cover art (great) drew me in -- Seu Jorge holding a Siamese cat in a very interesting way! Luckily one could audition this featured display CD with nearby headphones and I gave it a listen. Wow. As the opening guitar and bass notes on the 1st track (Carolina) came on, I was hooked almost instantly on Seu Jorge's deep, sauve, expressive voice. This well produced album has groovy modern yet classically Brazilian melodies, rythyms, and arangements. As I skipped forward to the next track I heard, then the next, I liked each new cut I heard. I kept looking for a "bad" song but no, almost every new track I played sounded good to me which as you know is bloody rare. There are a half a dozen superb songs here. There may be a few cuts on "Carolina" I don't like as much as others but basically the entire album is great! This album quickly became one of my favorite recordings in my entire collection, as well it might become yours. My favorite tracks are: Carolina, Chega No Suinge, Mada, Manguiera, Te Queiria. Seu Jorge is a a fantastic new artist on the Brazilian scene who you owe it to yourself to discover.POSTSCRIPT: I had the chance to see Seu Jorge perform LIVE at a free outdoor concert in NYC's Central Park (Summer '06). Super cool Jorge was simply fantastic and rocked the house. He had a few thousand people on their feet dancing for about 2 hours. Great show!

Take me to Brazil.......2006-11-16

When I first heard Seu Jorge in 2005, I was stunned by how suave he was. When I purchased CRU, I loved it so much I couldn't stop listening to it. When I saw him perform live in June 2006, and he did songs from Carolina I had not heard before, I knew I must have it. Now, most days, I listen to Carolina an CRU non-stop. In Chicago, Seu Jorge is THE man!

Fresh, upbeat, and a little funky.......2006-09-13

I received Seu Jorge's debut album Carolina in the mail today and have been jammin' to the toe-tappin' rhythm and Jorge's raw yet sweet voice. I don't understand Portuguese, and you don't have to either in order to appreciate this great, must-have album. After all, it was Brazil's Album of the Year in 2002.

Mangueira is real funky, full of great samba sound. Put this album on with a few friends, mix up some tropical cocktails and savor one of Brazil's finest.

Get your hands on this somehow...........2005-03-01

First off, "Carolina" is a really cool, fresh sound.

If you're like me, you came to find Seu Jorge on the Life Aquatic movie. Life Aquatic featured him in a slower, stripped-down acoustic format.

"Carolina", however, features upbeat, moving, happy songs. Lots of very danceable songs. He has such a great voice that you forget that it's all sung in Portuguese.

If you search around hard enough, you can probably find it somewhere else cheaper though. It's worth the import price though.

It's definitely highly recommended for fans of samba, world music, and just different/unique/cool music in general.

Great Singer Great Album.......2004-02-26

I couldn't agree more with Amazon reviewer "Violetta". This is a great album by a very talented man. I found out about this album after seeing the movie that Seu Jorge starred in "Cidade de Deus" ("City of God" - where he played "Mané Galinha" aka "Handsome Ned"). After seeing the movie I bought the soundtrack which he sung the title song to ("Convite Para Vida"). I was so impressed that I thought I would give his album a try and it was well worth it! All his songs are funky and upbeat and very reminiscent of the funk/soul inspired sound of the 70's, with of course a modern twist to it. All the meanwhile he still stays true to his samba roots and is very proud to be Brazilian and showcases this well in his music. The title song "Carolina" is truly addictive! I can't stop playing it.

Average customer rating: PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY & HATE DO NOT CONSTITUTE A "REVIEW" An opposing point of view Embarrassingly bad music for people with embarrassingly bad taste Something to Shag about, Yeah Baby!

Original Carolina Beach Music : Dance The Night... Various Artists Manufacturer: Emn Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music | Ambient | Dance Pop | Disco | Drum & Bass | Electronica | Freestyle | Techno-House | Trance | Trip Hop General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Beach Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Jump Blues | Blues | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Oldies General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Original Carolina Beach Music : Live It Up 25 Beach Music Classics Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy Again Beach Music Sound: Sand In My Shoes: 25 More Classic Hits Original Carolina Beach Music : Always Be My Girl ASIN: B00000IIY8 Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. Dance The Night Away - Billy Scott & The Prophets
2. So Fine - The Rhythm Brothers
3. Baby Work Out - The Band of Oz
4. Bowlegged Woman - The Poor Souls
5. I Ain't Drunk - Billy Scott & The Prophets
6. Safronia B - The Fanyastic Shakers
7. Who Do You Luv - Cream Of Soul
8. Givin' It Up For Your Love - Fat Ammon's Band
9. Walkin' The Chalkline - The Poor Souls
10. You're Driving Me Crazy - The Catalinas

Album Description

"Dance The Night Away" contains some of the best Shag and Beach Music found today. Yeah Baby, Shagadelic. This is music for the Beach Music lover and the Shagger. The Beach Music recording artist on this CD are the real thing. From The Heart of Beach Music country. Filled with jump blues Beach & Shag favs that will get anyone on their feet. A must for any Beach Music fan. Collect all 10 of the original Carolina Beach Music CD series.

Customer Reviews:

PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY & HATE DO NOT CONSTITUTE A "REVIEW".......2006-08-29

Mark Welsh`s prejudiced, bigoted & hateful comments about the Shag dance and Beach Music were bad enough but attacking the finest, happiest group of people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing is totally untruthful and grossly innacurate. I`m surprised Amazon allowed this hate spew to be published. I`m sure if it was directed at the liberal left, the people of the West Coast or the Northeast and NOT Southern culture, the dance & Southern people,it would have been censored.Even his innaccurate, ridiculous description of the dance leads me to believe he never actually saw it or is blind.The CD is fine, excellent sound quality & a very good representation of the local sound of the Southeast which is Beach Music.There is NOTHING like it ANYWHERE in this country.It`s been a living, breathing entity for 60 years.Thank You!

An opposing point of view.......2006-05-24

Mr Welsh's dislike for Beach Music is obvious, but his dislike for the people of North and South Carolina is also obvious, in a forum where it should not be. He has chosen to express that dislike by submitting "reviews" of several Carolina Beach Music CDs. However, what he offers as reviews of multiple CDs are mostly word for word copies of the same hate speech. Given his lack of substantive comments, a reasonably critical reader is wholly justified in doubting that Mr. Welsh actually listened to the music. He simply cut and pasted his disdain for the people of the Carolinas into each submission. Im sorry Mr. Welsh harbors such scorn for people like me, but since he feels comfortable using his "review" to denigrate the people of the Southeast, I feel compelled to use this forum to offer another point of view.

If Mr. Welsh is going to pose as a writer he should familiarize himself with the terms he uses. He states, "in the majority of the known universe, the term "shag" refers to the sex act the ironic thing is that "shag" refers to something altogether different in the... southeastern US (and thank God, nowhere else)..." A quick look at the dictionary and one can find several meanings for the term "shag," one of which is a kind of dance. Its not just the Carolinians who use "shag" to mean a dance, There is also a dance called the St Louis Shag and another called the Collegiate Shag. Apparently, Mr. Welsh's "known universe" is rather small.

One of the few truths that can be found in Mr. Welsh's diatribe is that many of the bands that play beach music are local. I don't believe it is unfair to loosely classify Carolina Beach Music as folk music and the bands Folk bands. What he cannot understand is that some of these bands are local institutions. Singers and musicians may come and go, but the band lives on for decades. For example, three of the current members of the Band of Oz had yet to be born when the band was formed, but they have stepped into the shoes of those who went before. When they move on, God willing, others will take their place, and the band and their music will endure. I find it fascinating to see little children, teenagers, young adults, the parents, and grandparents of the young adults all together singing along with The Chairmen of the Board. How many bands can claim that kind of multigenerational following? Beach bands often sing of happy times at real places, which are known and visited by the people in the audience. Some of the music is intended for and enjoyed by audiences outside the Southeast. However, It is not surprising, that someone from the west coast will not have the same appreciation for a song entitled "Carolina Girls" as will Carolinians. In Mr. Welsh's small mind, that makes it inferior.

But speaking of West Coasters, Mr. Welsh probably doesn't know that California's state dance is the West Coast Swing, which is done to the same music as the Carolina Shag - Different songs, different lyrics but the same strong downbeat and the same smooth character. It's just beach music with a different name.

Frankly, I doubt that Mr. Welsh has seen much Carolina Shag, because his description of the dance is far from accurate. He describes the Carolina Shag as a Lindy done at warp speed. That statement is simply a lie. Other than being a couple's dance, The Carolina Shag bears little resemblance to the Lindy. I have spent many summers shagging at the Ocean Drive section of North Myrtle Beach, SC, the undisputed birthplace of the Carolina Shag. While there are some shaggers who can put on a dazzling display of footwork, the overwhelming majority of us dance at a moderate pace, often slower than that preferred East Coast Swing dancers. The uninitiated need only listen to the tempo of the music to get a feel of how fast the dance is done. The dancers' goal is to be as smooth as buttered glass as they transition seamlessly between steps. Mr. Welsh simply doesn't know what he is talking about.

Unfortunately, the 1989 film entitled, Shag the Movie, did a poor job portraying what shag dancing is. There are some video clips on the Web that do a better job of showcasing the dance, but one has to visit the Grand Strand to appreciate fully the relaxed and friendly flavor of shag dancing culture. I hope many of you will ignore Mr. Welsh's immature, hateful ranting and visit the Carolina coast this summer. You are all welcome. We'll sing you a song and teach you to dance. Don't forget your sansabelt pants ;-)

Embarrassingly bad music for people with embarrassingly bad taste.......2006-02-28

This is "Carolina Beach Music", music so awful that outside of the the two Carolinas, Georgia, maybe Virginia, no one knows what it is or could stand to listen for long. While in the majority of the known universe, the term "shag" refers to the sex act, the ironic thing is that "shag" refers to something altogether different in the Bible-Belt extremist conservative southeastern US (and thank God, nowhere else), that being a sped-up swing dance done to mostly really bad local R&B music performed by really talentless groups of the region. That is the garbage you will hear in this compilation.

While the word "shag" speaks to the sex act, the shag dance is definitely a mood-killer for any normal human being. You've got to see it done to see what a total sexual turn-off this dance is - it's about as sexy as a Texas two-step, yet an entire culture of mediocrity that only exists in the south Atlantic has grown up around this effeminate, laughable Lindy done at warp-speed. It's definitely more embarrassing to witness when performed by a male of the species, but is still pathetic when done by anything with two legs.

Notwithstanding their on-stage outfits of the period, the Beach Boys music of their golden days in the 1960's had much too much class and sophistication to qualify as beach music (plus, you can't shag dance to it), but those unsuspecting people who move to the southeast from other parts of the US or world always assume that is what is meant by "beach music". Maybe that is true in the universe at large, but not in the southeast. Although the great songs of the Drifters and many classic Motown songs have been unfortunately labeled as "beach music" by those involved in the culture, "Carolina Beach Music", more specifically, is much more often than not simply embarrassingly awful music written and performed by bands from the Carolinas, usually aging white men wearing Sansabelt pants and Hawaiian shirts. The Band of Oz, the Embers, the Poor Souls, the Catalinas, the Fantastic Shakers, are but a few of the local bands that make tons of money in the southeast and that could not get arrested off of their home turf. The popularity of this garbage being confined to the Carolinas says alot about the taste of the residents of those two states.

Something to Shag about, Yeah Baby!.......2000-06-23

The Title says alot about this CD, "Dance The Night Away" by Billy Scott & The Prophets. Dancing and Beach Music go hand in hand and this piece is one to dance with. Tracks like "So Fine", " Baby Work Out", "Bowlegged Woman" and You're Driving Me Crazy" are some real finds for the Beach Music fan. Why this genre of music has not yet gained national attention is a mystery to me. Beach Music as it is called in the Southeast, is not at all like the West coast sound of the Beach Boys but yet a real soulful, good time sound that lets you just be yourself. "Dance the Night Away" is a great CD to have in your Beach muisc collection.

Average customer rating: Waste of money With laid-back textures, John sings about life in a tender, kind & empathetic way

Slidin' Home John Starling and Carolina Star Manufacturer: Rebel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Quartet Long Time Gone Waitin' on a Southern Train A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Lefty's Old Guitar ASIN: B000MGVBQY Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

1. Waitin' For A Train
2. Cold Hard Business
3. South Riding Tango
4. In My Hour Of Darkness
5. The Riverboat Song
6. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
7. Those Two Blue Eyes
8. Willin'
9. Irish Spring
10. Prayer For My Friends

Amazon.com

It's hard to imagine music more relaxed than that made by singer John Starling and a pair of fellow Seldom Scene alums, guitarist Mike Auldridge and bassist Tom Gray. The reunion finds them working in comfortable musical territory, with guest harmonies provided by friends such as Jon Randall (on Jimmie Rodgers's "Waiting for a Train") and Emmylou Harris (on "In My Hour of Darkness," perhaps her finest collaboration with the late Gram Parsons). Except for a pair of instrumentals ("South Riding Tango" and Ricky Skaggs's "Irish Spring"), the understated, conversational vocals of Starling provide the focus, with highlights ranging from a revival of "They'll Never Take Her Love from Me," a country classic by Hank Williams, to a slower and effectively plaintive rendition of "Willin'," the stoned trucker's anthem by Little Feat's Lowell George. One caveat: the ten tracks span about 32 minutes, which would be on the short side even for a vinyl LP. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Waste of money.......2007-06-13

Artists who choose to alter the lyrics and the tune of a Jimmie Rodgers song and alter the tune of a Hank Williams song are doing a great disservice to those of us who pursue these great treasures.

I wasted my money on this one, it's gonna gather dust.

With laid-back textures, John sings about life in a tender, kind & empathetic way.......2007-02-20

Playing Time - 33:06 -- It seems appropriate that John Starling, originally from Alabama, begins his first new album in more than a decade with another southerner's hit, "Waiting for a Train," from Jimmie Rodgers. While Starling doesn't include the characteristic singing brakeman's yodel, he does impart his own remarkably distinctive voice to plenty of relaxed country hits with lilting melodies and thought-provoking lyrics. With a heart full of emotion, Starling milks the lyrics of their lament, love and hope.

John's lead vocals and rhythm guitar grace all the tracks, as do Mike Auldridge's resophonic guitar and Tom Gray's bass. Friends for years, all three have the Seldom Scene connection. John left that seminal group in 1988 to concentrate full-time on his medical practice, before rejoining the band as its guitarist and lead singer for a second time from 1992-94. Starling's debut solo release (Waitin' on a Southern Train) showed his eclectic tastes for bluegrass, honky tonk, and classic country. He also put out highly-acclaimed albums in 1987 (Spring Training) and in 1990 (Long Time Gone).

Now retired, John invited some of his best musical friends to collaborate on "Slidin' Home." You may recall that Starling directed the award-winning "Trio" album with Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. In a minor role, Emmylou sings with John on a song she co-wrote with Gram Parsons, "In My Hour of Darkness." I'm sure that John sees some of himself and can personally relate to lines like "But he was just a country boy, his simple tunes confess. And the music he had in him, so very few possess."

Other choices he made for this album tap the reservoirs of some crafty and profound writers. I've heard Missy Raines and Jim Hurst sing a beautiful "Cold Hard Business" (on their "Synergy" album), but Starling's rendition is done with Jon Randall. An oft-covered song of passion, Leon's Payne "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me" takes a great deal of courage to present. My goodness, Starling still manages to impart his seductive charm to the song sung by the likes of Hank Williams, George Jones, Marty Robbins, Emmylou Harris, and Waylon Jennings. I never tire of a good hard-hitting familiar favorite, and it has been ten years since Waylon did it. At ten cuts spanning 33 minutes, the album is just a tad short.

Interspersed between the mellow offerings are a couple tuneful instrumentals, "South Riding Tango" and "Irish Spring." Both feature the hot licks of two guests on the album -- Jimmy Gaudreau (mandolin) and Rickie Simpkins (fiddle). For added embellishment to some selection, other guest musicians include Jon Randall, Kent Ippolito, Jay Starling, Pete Wasner, and Larry Stephenson. Auldridge also lays in some tracks of Weissenborn guitar or lap steel. For example, the former instrument is used to impart bluesy twang to "Those Two Blue Eyes," a song we may best remember as a driving bluegrass number that Keith Whitley released on the Rebel label about 1972. The lap steel and piano perfectly voice their genial moods in Lowell George's "Willin'," a favorite song of John's (and recorded by Linda Rondstadt). The sleepy score of a truck driver heading home declares a strong sentiment - "Had my head stove in, but I'm still on my feet, and I'm still willin'."

John Starling closes "Slidin' Home" with one of his most tender sentiments that epitomizes the entire project. The sweet and endearing tune, "Prayer For My Friends," comes from award-winning Tennessee songwriters Jeff Barbra and Sarah Pirkle. John acknowledges the wonderful people on whom he depends. "Our pathways are different but I love them no less ... I'm so grateful for the people I have in my life, they help me to do what is right ... In my heart here tonight, they're dear to my heart for all time ..." John's new album has laid-back textures, and he sings about life in a tender, kind and empathetic way. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now, Roseburg, OR.)

Average customer rating: Wonderful harmonies, and songs that make you wanna...mmm! Great New Group! Great Album Very VERY Bad Songs + Exceptional Vocals/Harmonies= So-So CD Fair Weather Predicted for Carolina Rain's Equity Debut

Weather the Storm Carolina Rain Manufacturer: Equity Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Countrified Waitin' in the Country Mountains Enjoy The Ride Taylor Swift ASIN: B000GY72UG Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Carolina Rain
2. Get Outta My Way
3. Isn't She
4. Dealin'
5. I Ain't Scared
6. How It Should Be
7. All Before the Sun Goes Down
8. Someone's Child
9. That's Alright with Me
10. Man I've Been Looking For
11. Sweet Virginia Kiss
12. Who Needs the Sun

Product Description

CAROLINA RAIN

GET OUTTA MY WAY

ISN’T SHE

DEALIN’

I AIN’T SCARED

HOW IT SHOULD BE

ALL BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN

SOMEONE’S CHILD

THAT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME

THE MAN I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR

SWEET VIRGINIA KISS

WHO NEEDS THE SUN


Format: CD

Amazon.com

This harmony-laden trio's debut on Clint Black's label offers further evidence that there's a direct line from the country-rock and soft-rock of the early 1970s to today's contemporary country music. The album evokes memories of the Eagles, Firefall, even Bread, though some of the material from primary singer-songwriter Rhean Boyer has more thematic depth than the musical breeziness might suggest. "Dealin'" should strike a responsive chord with anyone struggling through tough times, while the utopian "How It Should Be," the fatalistic "All Before the Sun Goes Down," and the empathetic "Someone's Child" all have a spiritual resonance. On the lighter side, "Get Outta My Way," the first single, is a novelty honky-tonk hook-up song (and the only one not written by the band), and romantic fluff such as "Isn't She," "I Ain't Scared," and "That's Alright with Me" sound like the soundtrack to an imaginary chick flick. The kickoff track that gives the band its name sets some sort of record, with five songwriters sharing credit. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful harmonies, and songs that make you wanna...mmm!.......2007-06-18

I listen to all kinds of music and especially tons of "modern" country. This is one of the very best CD's that I have heard in the last year, of ANY genre. Completely listenable, over and over again for days on end. The smooth, flawless harmonies just make you feel wonderful and you find yourself singing back the songs in no time. Their singles, "I Ain't Scared," "Get Outta My Way" and "Isn't She" are here, as well as excellent tunes like "Dealin'," "How It Should Be," "All Before The Sun Goes Down," and "That's Alright with Me," any one of which could be a strong single. There's not a weak tune in the bunch. Outstanding from start to end.
I've had the CD for about 6 months, and I swear I have played it close to 200 times. And I'm looking forward to the next 200 plays.
The amazing thing is, they are just as good performing live, if not better. And you could not ask for a nicer group of people. They LOVE their fans.
These guys DESERVE major success and a big breakout like their Equity labelmates Little Big Town.

Great New Group!.......2007-05-23

This is a great debut from a group that will likely be around for a while. The song "Carolina Rain" is one of my favorite songs for the melody and the picture the words paint. "Dealin" is a song that everyone can relate to about those days when you feel like you're just getting by. The radio releases (so far) are as different as night and day. "Isn't She" is slow, sweet, and nostalgic about the aftermath of a break up, while "Get Outta My Way" is a rowdy upbeat song about getting rid of your wingman at the bar so you can hook up. "Sweet Virginia Kiss" reminds you a young love and has a great beat. The rest of the songs each have their own character and you can listen to the CD straight through.

This is a perfect CD for a long walk, a boat ride, or a drive through the mountains.

Great Album.......2007-04-21

Being a professional musician I listened closely to all of the songs on this CD and I personally think this is one of the best country CD's I've heard in years. I hope the record company will support these guys. I think all of the songs are very well written. Better than most of the junk coming out of Nashville now. The three part harmony is second to none. Reminds me of Restless Heart, Eagles etc. The music is so good, mixing, steel, banjo, guitar, and mandolin at just the right levels. One of the best mixes I've heard in along time. Buy this CD and turn it up loud. It's great.

Very VERY Bad Songs + Exceptional Vocals/Harmonies= So-So CD.......2007-03-18

Let me start out with the Good on this CD and Carolina Rain.

Best Song: I Ain't Scared (Love that song to death)

Other winners: Isn't She and Get Outta My Way, but thats about it..

I bought this CD becasue I enjoyed "Isn't She" and Outta My Way (especially Isn't She) and because this group has some of the best male trio vocals around. However, I had a very strong feeling that the songs may be more on the poor side (don't ask me why, I just did) and it appears I was right.

The song selection and writing on this CD is really poor. They are very, very, very bland and extremely boring. Most songs are very slow, and just drag along with very little melody. Now, I don't mind listening to this CD, but don't enjoy it very much either. I mean, I can listen to the songs but not really love what i'm hearing.

This group, however, has so much obvious talent. Their vocals are way better than average. And the singles they have chosen to release are very good, but don't buy the album based on those songs. Listen to clips first or listen to a friends, or buy one used. I belive the majority of the songs won't be accepted well by music listeners

They are definetely a group to at least check out and watch for in the future. Hopefully, the songs will improve greatly with their next album. They are wasting their talent by singing songs so poor IMO.

Fair Weather Predicted for Carolina Rain's Equity Debut.......2006-09-19

Prime Cuts: Isn't She, Dealin', Get Outta My Way

Good things come to those who wait. After a handful of misfired singles, all of which have had lukewarm responses from radio hitherto, Carolina Rain has finally braved through the weather with this debut on Clint Black's enterprising label Equity Records. Clear skies seem to be on the horizon as their brand new single "Get Outta My Way" is zooming up the upper echelon of the Billboard chart. Thanks are in order to the trio's Eagles-like breezy yet resonant soft-rock tunes and their southern rustic-sounding harmonies. Named after the first song they ever wrote (which is the opening track on this disc), Carolina Rain consists of Rhean Boyer, Jeremy Baxter and Marvin Evatt. Unlike other country groups that are heavily parturient by their lead singer, democracy seems to be the group's mantra. Each member actually is musically inclined: not only does each member play on the CD, but also 11 out of the 12 cuts are in-house compositions. Vocally, lead singer Boyer's sturdy tenor and the trio's congruous harmonies present a prismatic of emotions that fills the subtle nuances of each song with heart as well as depth.

Producer Clint Black's knack for songs with melodic flare is on display in penning the lead single "Get Outta My Way" (the only song not written by the boys). A cute pick-up song with a funky kick, "Get Outta My Way" rocks with a youthful abandon. The trio's originals are by no means inferior, in fact, "Isn't She," a mid-pacer, has a seductive melody engulfing a romantic valentine that goes beyond the caricature of those superficial "I-love-you" paeans. "I Ain't Sacred," a gritty propulsive number, ought to have female fans swooning with the protagonist finally willing to forgo his roving single life for marriage. Still within the ballpark of romance is the Lonestar-esque ballad "Who Needs the Sun." "Who Needs the Sun" brings out the warmth in Boyer's voice; just listening might give you a tan.

As message songs are currently in vogue (a la Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel" and Diamond Rio's "God Only Cries"), these lads do move out of their carrel to tackle such a genre on a number of selections. Though the forlorn ballad "Somebody's Child" finds some fiddles sharing in the song's desperate cry for the homeless, the track sounds more obligatory than authentic. Much better, though not revolutionary, is the wistful utopian seeking "How Should It Be." Like an empathetic friend, "Dealin'," a song dealing with the angst of life's tribulations, offers a shoulder of comfort with its easily warmed up sing-along melody.

If there are any quibbles, it resides in the production. Perhaps due to his lack of experience at the helm, Black approaches each of these 12 cuts with a monolithic 70s soft-rock style on all the cuts. Perhaps, a little variegation especially with the uptempoes would have created a more sustaining listening experience. Nevertheless, as a whole, with their acumen for songs with a sturdy melodic flair and songs that explore the various facets of life, Carolina Rain is the badly needed elixir to modern music's relentless loop of repetitive and superficial furor. Poised for great things to come, based on this debut, fine weather is indeed ahead for these guys.

Average customer rating: What's the word? More jazz-oriented than their previous albums Not flashy but solid have you heard the "word".. You Gotta Get

From South Africa to South Carolina Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Manufacturer: Tvt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Old School | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Poetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The First Minute of a New Day Winter in America It's Your World Pieces of a Man Reflections ASIN: B000005ZCZ Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

1. Johannesburg
2. A Toast To The People
3. The Summer Of '42
4. Beginnings (The First Minute Of A New Day)
5. South Carolina (Barnwell)
6. Essex
7. Fell Together
8. A Lovely Day (Bonus Tracks)
9. Johannesburg (Live From Scott-Heron: Black Wax)
10. South Carolina (Barnwell) (Live From The No Nukes Concert At Madison Square Garden)
11. Save The Children (Live From Blues Alley, Washington D.C.)
12. Let Me See Your I.D. (From Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid)

Amazon.com

Gil-Scott Heron pulled few punches on this powerful 1975 release, his second effort with the Midnight Band. The jazz here ("Summer of '42," "Essex") is hard, flint-edged stuff, dipped in funk and Latin percussion. The ballads ("Beginnings," "A Lovely Day") are pretty, and the lyrics (especially on "A Toast to the People") are potent. The Clash's Mick Jones, a fan of Scott-Heron's, once told Rolling Stone that "people would rather dance than fight wars," but "Johannesburg" and the nuclear-power-protesting "South Carolina (Barnwell)" prove you can do both at the same time. Bonus tracks include live versions of the latter as well as the in-your-face anthem "Let Me See Your I.D." from the 1985 Sun City project. --Michael Ruby

Customer Reviews:

What's the word?.......2006-02-15

The mid 1970s was an extraordinary period for Gil Scott-Heron, peaking in my assessment with "From South Africa to South Carolina". Having established his reputation as politically aggressive and relevent on his Flying Dutchman recordings and cooled off on "Winter in America", Scott-Heron and musical partner Brian Jackson assembled "The Midnight Band" for "The First Minute of the New Day". The band stayed intact for "From South Africa to South Carolina", and the strength of familiarity shows.

Perhaps the most notable is the ability for the three vocalists-- Scott-Heron, Jackson and Victor Brown, to harmonize together. Two and three part harmonies rise and fall together, with Scott-Heron's baritone, Brown's high tenor, and Jackson somewhere in between blending into a fantastic mix. Below then, Jackson leads the band from the piano, joined by reedman Bilal Sunni Ali, bassist Danny Bowens, drummer Bob Adams and percussionists Charlie Saunders, Barnett Williams, and Adenola. On 'First Minute', it felt like Bownes was the dominant voice, head and shoulders the most unique and sticking out-- now the band works together in a stronger fashion and provides a superb framework, performing ably in jazz, blues, funk and rock forms.

Scott-Heron again tackles a number of topics in various atmospheres, from the then under-documented apartheid in South Africa (the superb funk of "Johannesburg") to toxic waste ("South Carolina"), from optimistic laments ("Beginnings", with an absolutely stunning three part harmony) to a touch of pure hopefulness (the simply fantastic "A Lovely Day").

The reissue augments the recording with a trio of live tracks-- fantastic readings of "South Carolina", "Johannesburg" and "Save the Children" (from "Pieces of a Man", several years earlier) and the anti-apartheid benefit piece "Let Me See Your I.D.", featuring Scott-Heron prominently amid a number of rappers and the trumpet of Miles Davis. The recording is also remastered and sounds fantastic.

This may be the best of Scott-Heron's catalog-- it all came together, the political vibe, the funky jazz aesthetic, they don't really get better than this. Hihgly recommended.

More jazz-oriented than their previous albums .......2006-01-02

1976's From South Africa to South Carolina shows Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson continuing to stir the pot musically. There is a heavier jazz influence this time around as Jackson's piano work plays a more prominent role. Whether it's Victor Brown adding his soaring vocals to "A Toast to the People" or Scott-Heron providing his moving baritone on the gentle "A Lovely Day", Jackson always provides the perfect accompaniment. This trend continues on the subdued "Beginnings (The First Minute of a New Day)" and "Fell Together", which both feature Jackson on flute. Although Scott-Heron has no spoken word performance, his political awareness remains intact on the R&B hit "Johannesburg" and the funky "South Carolina (Barnwell)" which attacks the social issues of apartheid and nuclear waste respectively. "Essex" is the most experimental track as it bounces from free form jazz ala John Coltrane to a slow R&B before returning to its original theme and then slowly fading out. The best track here is the hard funk of "Summer of `42", which features great vocal interplay from Scott-Heron and Brown as well as a memorable electric piano line similar to Stevie Wonder's work at the time. The live bonus tracks include a jazzier take on "South Carolina (Barnwell)" from the No Nukes concert featuring great sax work from Bilal Sunni Ali, a spirited performance of "Johannesburg", and a touching version of "Save the Children." The final bonus track, "Let Me See Your ID", complete with its old school rappers and production, has not aged well and sounds out of place. While not as enduring as The First Minute of a New Day or the live album It's Your World, From South Africa to South Carolina is another strong release from Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson.

Not flashy but solid.......2003-12-06

Despite the '70s crowd-pleasing, anti-apartheid anthem, "Johannesburg", this album remains a bit of an obscurity in the discography of Gil Scott-Heron.

Gil hit a nerve with street-inspired poetry and powerful rhythms that presaged rap on tunes like "Whitey on the Moon", "Brother", "The Bottle", and of course, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," which has become not only widely sampled, but even -- undeservedly -- reduced to something of a cliche. "South Africa to South Carolina" displays Gil's and Brian Jackson's lyrical side with ideas and rhythms more subtle than "Johannesburg."

The strong lyricism is best illustrated by "Beginnings" and, especially, the disarming "A Lovely Day," which recalls, for me, the beautiful "Very Precious Time" from the great "Winter in America." Both of the tunes make me think of the "Doonesbury" line in which Mark, the hard-core ideologist, confesses, "Even revolutionaries like chocolate chip cookies." The revolutionary on this album shows his chocolate chip cookie side with "A Lovely Day," a song that this writer turned to often back in the day for solace during dark times.

A bit of a hodge-podge in styles, and in some ways much a product of its times, this album may not be of use for all, but I still consider it a strong piece of work from a very important American artist whose name and contributions to the current scene should be kept alive.

have you heard the "word".........2002-08-08

..well, unfortunate, as of 2002, GSH was encarcerated,little publicized, of course-and another "voice of dissent" stilled.(temporarily, one hopes..)

This cd release of his 2nd recording for Arista Records is very interesting, as it contains a nice 50/50 split of his Electric piano/African percussions driven jazz influences of his Flying Dutchman/Strata East recordings and the more "funky" and groove oriented things that followed.

For me, the passion , both in GSH words, and his alternate firey rasp to gentle crooning in his vocals (although on this cd, nice lead and background vocals are also provided by bandmembers,with some intriguing harmonic intervals worthy of Eric Dolphy, very "outside")--some of his musics has driven me to being misty eyed through the years,"Pieces of A Man", Song for Bobby Smith", "Lady Day & John Coltrane", and many of the other compositions from the early days, and on this cd, the eloquent "A Toast to the People", and the simple Fender Rhodes piano acompaniment on "Lovely Day", and "Beginnings".
(Honest, these compositions really tug at my heartstrings,it IS a sad and beautiful world, to parafrase Roberto Begnini, hehehe--and GSH captures this paradox in the uncompromising passiom of his musical/spiritual convictions.)
The fire is turned up some degrees with the paen to the liberation of South Africa, "Johannesburg", and the homegrown problems discussed in "South Carolina.." funky stuff, and "Essex" which burns a jazz fire!

Long time musical partner Brian Jackson's understated but fluent keyboard/piano/flute and arranging are augmented by the first(and for me, best) version of his "Midnite Band". Jazz/funk/spiritual sounds in the Gary Bartz NTU troop/ Lonnie Liston Smith bag. Although I prefer "winter in America", the quintessential GSH, this recording has a lotta heart!

Personally, I prefer these simmering percolating sounds to the noisy rock n' roll ANY day of the week. Hot , passionate , the sounds of the heart blend with the sounds of the street! Food for the soul and feet!

Glad one thousand times GSH musical output is so readily acessable on cd re-release!

Viva GSH!

You Gotta Get.......2000-03-18

this disc is blazing in so many different styles.Gil-Scott Heron goes straight for the Music here.his words always hit Hard.he connects here and never lets up.that's the Genius of his mind.

Average customer rating: Music From The Lost Provinces another excellent release from old hat. Threw her Arms around me like Grape Vines 'round a Gum great old-time music Super-cool, super rare old-timey music

Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931 Various Artists Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Country | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 Ballads, Banjo Tunes, And Sacred Songs Of Western North Carolina Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! Vintage Fiddle Music 1927-1935: Blues, Jazz, Stomps, Shuffles & Rags Old-Time Fiddle Tunes And Songs From North Georgia ASIN: B00000I9NA Release Date: 1999-04-27

Tracks:

1. Train 45 - Grayson & Whitter
2. Nine Pound Hammer - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers 3. Last Gold
3. Ground Hog - Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band
4. My Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Smyth County Ramblers
5. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers
6. Nobody's Darling - North Carolina Ridge Runners
7. Short Life Of Trouble - Grayson & Whitter
8. Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers
9. Cluck Old Hen - The Hill Billies
10. Likes Likker Better Than Me
11. Way Down in Alabama
12. The Fatal Courtship
13. I've Always Been A Rambler - Grayson & Whitter
14. I've Got No Honey Babe Now - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers
15. Governor Al Smith For President - Carolina Night Hawks
16. Chinese Breakdown - Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band
17. Be Kind To A Man When He's Down - North Carolina Ridge Runners
18. Old Aunt Betsy - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers
19. Chased Old Satan Through The Door - Woodie Brothers
20. Handsome Molly - Grayson & Whitter
21. Sally Ann - Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers

Amazon.com

For whatever reason, the so-called "Lost Provinces" of North Carolina--Ashe, Watauga, and Alleghany Counties--were a breeding ground for fantastic string bands in the late '20s. Maybe it was the isolated and tough nature of the region that inspired folks to turn to music. Or perhaps all those enterprising record companies were eager to sign old-time musicians. Whatever the case, the talent on this anthology of vintage 78 records is astounding and, at times, surprising. Is it possible, for instance, to listen to the Woodie Brothers sing "Likes Likker Better Than Me"--a woman's lament for her alcoholic love interest--with a straight face? Probably not. And why the heck did Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band use a Hawaiian guitar for the intro to "Chinese Breakdown"? Don't worry, there's also plenty of straightforward and memorable string band music here from the likes of Grayson & Whitter, Frank Blevins, the Smyth County Ramblers, and more. Throughout, you'll hear incredible old-time guitar, fiddle, and (thanks to Jack Reedy) banjo playing on a thoroughly engaging collection of laments, traditional tunes, and at least one presidential campaign number ("Governor Al Smith For President"). As with Old Hat's Violin, Sing the Blues for Me compilation, you'll find copious liner notes and excellent remastering in this wonderful package. --Jason Verlinde

Album Description

Reissues 22 songs and tunes recorded between 1927-1931 by stringbands from Ashe County, North Carolina, a mountainous area in the northwest corner of the state once known as "The Lost Provinces" because of its extreme isolation. The music includes traditional fiddle tunes, folk songs, Anglo-Irish ballads, comic songs, topical numbers, and original compositions, all from a time period often called the "golden era" of old-time string music. The anthology brings together for the first time the complete recordings of Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers, the Carolina Night Hawks, the North Carolina Ridge Runners, and many more. All tracks on the CD have been carefully remastered from original 78rpm records. A 28-page booklet presents a detailed history of the music based on interviews with original band members. Also included is a complete discography and numerous vintage photographs, many never before published. Music From The Lost Provinces is the premier release! from Old Hat Records, a label devoted to quality reissues coupled with thorough historical research.

Customer Reviews:

Music From The Lost Provinces.......2007-06-18

EXCELLENT. It is must have. It is a collection of the good ole country music. It features many different artists both who made it big in those days like Emphriam Woodie to the lesser names like Vance' Mountain Ramblers. It is an excellent find

another excellent release from old hat........2007-04-04

i like or love everything that i've heard from the folks at old hat. it is simply a marvelous label that specializes in old-time music releases. "music from the lost provinces" is another outstanding cd from them. twenty-two fine tracks from 1927-1931 presented with very good sound quality. a cornucopia of fiddlers and guitar-pickers and banjo players and hillbilly singers. this is a must for all fans of old-time rural music. magic from a bygone era.

Threw her Arms around me like Grape Vines 'round a Gum.......2006-11-20

This is the Holy Grail of Mountain Fiddle Music!

GB Grayson, the archetype of the Mountain Fiddler, lived near Mountain City and was one of the most influential fiddlers of the '20's, who, with his partner Henry Whitter, toured the coal fields of West Virginia, until Grayson was killed in a freak accident, falling from the running board of a car that he was hitching a ride on, on August 16, 1930.

But Frank Blevins is the real star on this recording. He is a fiddler more seminal than Uncle Pen, his fiddle wrapping you 'round in kudzu vines of primal melody...

Real "Tar Heel" rattlin'!

great old-time music.......2005-09-18

Excellent collection of old-time stringband music. You may not like every song on the album but it is a great assortment of many different styles of playing and singing. A "must have"
album for collectors and people that play old-time music.

Super-cool, super rare old-timey music.......2002-07-27

It's pretty amazing, this late in the folkloric/historic reissues game, to find a whole album's worth of "undiscovered" old-timey music that is of such a high caliber. Old Hat Records, a tiny North Carolina indie label, packs its discs with some of the best music in the style that you're ever likely to hear. (You might also want to check out the "Violin, Sing For Me" and "Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow" CDs...) This disc concentrates its attention geographically, collecting old 78s from artists out of Ashe County, NC, one of those backwoods areas unusually rich in hillbilly talent. The best known of these artists was the team of Grayson & Whitter (who were favorites of Ralph Stanley), but there are plenty of other great Ashe County artists on here, with fab names like The Woodies, The Carolina Night Hawks and (my favorite) Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands. In addition to great sound quality and great material, both discs are also quite handsomely packaged; the insert booklets include some really cool archival photos, as well as extensive liner notes of the sort that have been woefully absent on similar recent reissue efforts.

Average customer rating: Oh Lud! Southern Soldier Great CD!! Great Album Dixie

SOUTHERN SOLDIER: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War 2nd South Carolina String Band Manufacturer: Palmetto Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: HARD ROAD: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War IN HIGH COTTON: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War Songs of the Civil War DULCEM MELODIES: Favorite Campfire Songs of the Civil War Era The Civil War Collection ASIN: B00005NKYB Release Date: 1997-07-04

Tracks:

1. Ol' Dan Tucker
2. McLeod's Reel
3. Oh! Lud Gals
4. Boatman's Dance
5. Fisher's Hornpipe/Rickett's Hornpipe
6. Zip Coon
7. Hard Times, Come Again No More
8. John Brown's March/John Brown's Dream
9. Oh, I'm A Good Old Rebel
10. Palmetto Quickstep
11. Keemo Kimo
12. Jackson in the Valley
13. Johnny Booker/Circus Jig/Jim Along Josie
14. Rock the Cradle, Julie
15. Jenny, Get Your Hoecake Done
16. The Arkansas Traveller
17. Southern Soldier
18. Dixie's Land

Album Description

SOUTHERN SOLDIER is a collection of songs and melodies which were well known to Southerners and Northerners alike; tunes that were a familiar and comfortable part of life in the years leading up to the War Between the States. Many of these compositions were written by the likes of Stephen Foster and Daniel Emmett, who were giants of the popular music industry of their day.

Some of the titles, OL' DAN TUCKER, DIXIE'S LAND and ARKANSAS TRAVELER are still familiar to the modern-day ear. Other titles on this album, though not familiar to the eye, will be quickly recognizable to the ear. ALL selections on this album are performed on authentic instruments of the period and were chosen for the appealing nature of their rhythms and melodies. They are presented with as unique and individual a spirit as one might expect from a true Confederate camp band of the era.

Over the years since 1989, when the band was formed, we have made a concerted effort to grow in the music and the history of those times. This collection of songs and melodies that the soldiers brought with them from home to the war represents the fruit of that growth. It was and continues to be our intent as a group of musicians and living historians to try to capture the spirit and emotion of those tumultuous years. We believe that this album, SOUTHERN SOLDIER, has succeeded in that effort.

Customer Reviews:

Oh Lud!.......2007-01-22

I found this recording while searching the web for additional lyrics to Ol' Dan Tucker to sing for my granddaughter. She now prefers the singing of the 2nd SCSB to mine. I've forgiven her for that.
The musicianship on this CD is adequate, with Marty Groody's whistle and fife playing being very good. To my ear, the lead vocals and harmony are very well done, their voices perfect for this genre. The song selection is a wonderful representation of songs from the Civil War era, all played and sung in authentic period style. The 2nd SCSB's strongest suit is that they play and sing the songs with great affection and passion. Their versions of Southern Soldier, Dixie's Land and others are stirring and not to be missed. I really like it when artists pack the maximum music, time wise, on a CD. The running time for this disc: 73+ minutes!

Southern Soldier.......2007-01-11

By far this is one of the most superb Civil War Period music. Listing to the title track southern soldier brought tears to my eyes, thats all i have to say

Great CD!!.......2006-11-21

Like someone said before: The Dixie version of this is worth the whole CD. All of the songs are great!

Great Album.......2006-11-10

I really enjoy this album. In fact, I listen to it over and over. It's worth it for "Southern Soldier" alone. As often as I listen to the entire album, I listen to this song even more often.

Dixie.......2006-02-17

The version of Dixie on this CD is beyond wonderful! This one song is well worth the price of the whole shebang.

Jazz Music:

1. Chau Soda
2. Cita Con Angeles [Import]
3. Comfort y Música Para Volar: Unplugged [Enhanced] [Live]
4. Como Olvidar: Lo Mejor de Olga Tañon
5. Cosas del Amor
6. Cronicas de un Laberinto
7. Cuatro Caminos [Limited Edition]
8. Dejame Entrar
9. Diez
10. Doce Rosas

Jazz Music

jazz music