author: Johnny D
For the listener who has heard Rex and followed his music for a while, you are in for a treat with Raise Your Voice. You know he has found his voice and music stylings when you hear something in your head that says "yes! that's the way I always I always wanted to hear it". Pick up on this heartfelt and accessable cd. Then go hear the live performance. The book is always better than the movie,
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Melancholy/Patriotic/Comedic
author: Mary
I'm not sure how one man can write and sing songs that bring out so many different emotions all rolled into one CD but Rex has managed to do just that. I love all his music but my favorite, without a doubt, is Just a Guitar with Indigo Blue, Raise Your Voice, Get Out of My Way, and Ole all running close seconds. Fortunately for me all of those songs are on this CD but his previous CD (Indigo Blue) has a beautiful song titled Inside My Mind as well as others not on the current CD. My advice to anyone who loves music played by an artist with more soul than anyone I know would be to purchase both CDs as they are each extraordinary in their own right. The music world and all who have the good fortune of discovering these CDs will be truly moved by what they hear.
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Listen
author: kathie Cazesses
I hope everyone will listen to the words.. there are some real good messages here.. the music is fantastic. Rex is an extrodinary man.
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Open up and SING!!
author: Laura and Robert
Its been over ten years since we first drove up from Austin camping and visiting friends during the holidays, when Duke City Actors Guild's Douglas Stewart still lived in Albuquerque and took us to hear the Rex Warren band sing for the first time. On future trips we really looked forward to taking in a Rex performance, but there were times when Rex was playing out of town and we were sooooo disappointed. Thats not a problem today, of course. For one thing, we live in Santa Fe now so we can go get our Rex Kicks regularly in Corrales and down on the Plaza here. Second thing is, he now has not one but TWO cd's out so we can take his music on the road with us when we travel. (We have been to 48 countries and love camping out West, as well!)
Do you ever get down with all that is going on in the world and in your life? Well, have we got just the cure for you! Raise Your Voice is a first class-professionally-tuned-smile-starting album. We gave a copy as a present to surgeon friend of ours and he called us on his way to work singing out loud at the top of his voice with "Hey, Get Out of My Way!" He loved it, we love the whole album, and also find it inspiring! Go see Rex Warren and Walking Rain perform... Bob and the rest of the band are first class musicians, and man, can Rex sing. Or, if you live too far away, order Raise Your Voice and sing away!
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