CARL WADE & SOMETHING SPECIAL: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Carl Wade & Something Special

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

© 1999 Carl Wade (634479565922) (format: CD-R)

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If Steve and Eydie went folk or bluegrass or if Ian and Sylvia were brighter and more exciting and had some better backup. If there were only two Burns Sisters and one of them was a boy.

tracks

1 Meet Me Tonight
2 High Up on Blue Mountain
3 A Piece of Your Soul
4 St. Anne's Reel
5 Saturated Fat
6 Leaves Are Slowly Falling
7 Blue Highways
8 One Hell of a Ride
9 Sweet Memories
10 Swept Away
11 I Won't Slow Down
12 I Told You So!

notes

Carl Wade & Something Special is a multi-instrumental, multi-generational, semi-retro-traditional country-folk, quasi-bluegrass group whose songs cut across several musical styles

Rich vocal harmonies and tight imaginative arrangements set them apart.

They move effortlessly from lyrical love ballads to light, laugh-provoking songs about the uneasy truce in the of the sexes.

Much of their material comes from bluegrass.

Many of their songs date back to the golden age of country music but without electric instruments or drums

Some songs come from folk music~~ from old-time music,~~from western swing and a few from blues. And a few songs are original--though not necessarily theirs.

Many are "off-the wall" humorous songs that don't fit any of these genres.

All of their material has a fresh, exciting sound--arranged from the standpoint of what makes the song work best.

They tug the heartstrings, strike a nerve and tickle the funnybone!!!

Carl Wade & Barbara Shaffer don't write but htey have a lot of friends who are top notch writers and these friends lent them 11 out of the 12 songs on this album. The lone exception is the unusual (for America) version of St.Anne's Reel, which was taught to them by the late Seamus O'Dwyer, an Irish folksinger

They tug the heartstrings, strike
a nerve and tickle the funnybone!!!

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  • Carl Wade and Something Special (Good Stuff)
    author: Kelly Emerson

    The CD, titled Carl Wade and Something Special is a wonderful piece of work! The songs are happy and playful. The singing on this project eminates polished detail. Wade has surrounded himself with a strong core of musicians on the disc. This one will put a smile on your face and take you on a joyful adventure as you listen from start to finish. Overall good effort!

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