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fave it Mature | Country Blues
11 tracks | 44 minutes
Released Jan 2006
on Catbird Music
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:47 Off the Beaten Path / I Hear It Comin' lyrics BUY MP3 04:47 Off the Beaten Path / I Hear It Comin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:47 Off the Beaten Path / I Hear It Comin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:59 A River Called Music lyrics BUY MP3 03:59 A River Called Music lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:59 A River Called Music
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:52 Strollin' the Shorelines lyrics FREE 05:52 Strollin' the Shorelines lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:52 Strollin' the Shorelines
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Can't Tell You Why lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Can't Tell You Why lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Can't Tell You Why
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:31 What#@*! (ode to the commercial tunesmith) lyrics BUY MP3 03:31 What#@*! (ode to the commercial tunesmith) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:31 What#@*! (ode to the commercial tunesmith)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Like You Treat Your Guitar lyrics BUY MP3 03:03 Like You Treat Your Guitar lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Like You Treat Your Guitar
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:27 Waitin' On a Train lyrics BUY MP3 04:27 Waitin' On a Train lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:27 Waitin' On a Train
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:52 Works Late lyrics BUY MP3 03:52 Works Late lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:52 Works Late
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 A Hundred Miles lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 A Hundred Miles lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 A Hundred Miles
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:27 Carolina Blue lyrics BUY MP3 06:27 Carolina Blue lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:27 Carolina Blue
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:23 Off the Beaten Path lyrics BUY MP3 01:23 Off the Beaten Path lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:23 Off the Beaten Path
Totally acoustic, bag porch pickin’ with a savvy flair. An entertaining mix of humor and superb guitar.
Bio / Background
Carlisle has been creating original music on the Nashville scene for more years than he cares to admit.
Opening for Muddy Waters, The Allman Brothers’ Band, Canned Heat, and others helped develop his appreciation for rhythm and blues.
Off the Beaten Path is his first all-acoustic release.
When he's not burnin' highway to play at gigs from St. Louis to Atlanta, Carlisle hangs out with the amazing Billy Anderson at Cumberland Recording Studios in Nashville, cutting his own stuff and setting music to lyrics for other aspiring songwriters.
His attitude toward the commercial work could be improved — hear the cut, “What#@*! (ode to the commercial tunesmith)” — but hey, a guy's got to pay the rent!
Hailing from Hendersonville, NC, Carlisle (prononunced with a long, flat "I" by his buddies...) is know to his mother as "Mikey".
↓ more ↓Many of the lyrics on Off the Beaten Path reflect his roots in the WNC mountains (“100 Miles”, “Carolina Blue”) and his indie musician lifestyle in Nashville (“A River Called Music”, “Works Late”)
Earlier releases, available only at his gigs, were produced by his own label, Catbird Music, and under his legal name, John Michael Carlisle.
Learn more about Carlisle's music at www.catbirdmusic.com.
The name, Off the Beaten Path, is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the lack of percussion on the CD. Carlisle offers smokey vocals along with guitar and harp. His talented friends from Music City provide bass, flute, banjo, dobro, mandolin, violin,and what percussion there is (like the brushes that so effectively warn of inbound trains on “I Hear It Comin”). The overall effect is a country blues flavor that sticks in your head and sets a sweet, easy-going mood.
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