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fave it Folk Blues | Country Blues
12 tracks | 50 minutes
Released Dec 2003
on L. V. Cook
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:34 Monument lyrics BUY MP3 04:34 Monument lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:34 Monument
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:50 Feather lyrics BUY MP3 04:50 Feather lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:50 Feather
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:55 Lost Love lyrics BUY MP3 03:55 Lost Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:55 Lost Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:25 Family Reunion lyrics FREE 04:25 Family Reunion lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:25 Family Reunion
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:24 Given all the Giving lyrics BUY MP3 03:24 Given all the Giving lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:24 Given all the Giving
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Soldier and a Salesman lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 Soldier and a Salesman lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Soldier and a Salesman
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 Scene of the Crime lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 Scene of the Crime lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 Scene of the Crime
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:23 Headlights lyrics BUY MP3 04:23 Headlights lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:23 Headlights
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:51 Warm lyrics BUY MP3 04:51 Warm lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:51 Warm
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 So Little Sleep lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 So Little Sleep lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 So Little Sleep
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 Sick of the Cure lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 Sick of the Cure lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 Sick of the Cure
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Caesar's Dead lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Caesar's Dead lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Caesar's Dead
Bluesy Alt-country Folk with soulful vocals and poetic lyrics...like Lyle Lovett channeling Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Check out this award-winning singer-songwriter.
Bio / Background
On his long-awaited debut CD, "Granite in the Mirror," award-winning Washington D. C.-area singer-songwriter, L. V. Cook, strikes a balance on sound and subject. This is a difficult CD to categorize, but reflects the folk, bluegrass, country and blues heritage of his Southern roots. There are the acoustic bluegrass/alternative country offerings (e.g., "Soldier and a Salesman," "Warm," "Sick of the Cure") featuring mandolin and fiddle. At the other end of the spectrum, there are the rock/blues arrangements (e.g., "Monument," "Given all the Giving," "Scene of the Crime," "Headlights," "Caesar's Dead"). In the middle, there are the more contemporary folk songs (e.g., "Feather," "So Little Sleep"). The CD also includes the Gold Winner in the Folk Category of the 2003 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, "Family Reunion," with its Celtic orchestration and unique narrative verse.
Even for the common topics such as love, L. V.
↓ more ↓Cook pursues novel subjects for his songs, which are often conveyed as character sketches. The poetic edginess of these lyrics is perfectly matched to Cook's bluesy heartfelt vocal style. Lyrics and commentary are available at http://www.LVCook.com.
The songs on this CD cover the breadth of emotions, from the hopeful story of a woman moving on from the memory of the husband she lost in the 9/11 attack ("Lost Love"), to an almost matter-of-fact but tragic portrayal of spousal abuse ("Soldier and a Salesman"), to the tongue-in-cheek finale "Caesar's Dead," a song about the fear of Open Mic Night that strikes a chord with virtually any aspiring performer. Cook says, "A CD should be like a good movie...the marriage of circumstances and revelations."
As of February, 2005, a re-release of this CD is being shipped. The re-release features alternative arrangements for "Lost Love" and "Scene of the Crime", and harmonica has been added to the arrangement of "Given All The Giving." The re-release has been professionally re-mastered. The sound clips above are for the original release and do not reflect the enhancements for the re-release.
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