Singer-songwriter Carly Jamison brought along her NYC DIY attitude when she laid down the tracks for her debut album Everything Happens For A Reason at True Tone Recording in Nashville, TN.
Country rock is a schizophrenic genre: changes are that things fails to gel or worse. When the pieces fit however, you can get a rollicking honky tonk vibe going. Jamison can show her vocal muscles - with Ask Me If I Give A Shit and This Big Old Bottle as the prime examples. She has a hoarse voice - not as rough as Janis, and a few shades darker than Bonnie Raitt's. She shines during Self-Consumed, a classic boy-leaves-girl country lament. The sole clunker is the gospel tinged The Hills Of Jericho, a middle of the road ditty with cheesy background vocals.
Backed by seasoned veterans, including guitarists Dan Baird, Carly Jamison got herself a vintage sound that never grows old. Hats off to producer Tres Sasser who got the sound right.
Carly Jamonison: vocals, guitar
Dan Baird: guitar
Keith Brogdon: drums
Tres Sasser: bass
David Henry: strings
Everything Happens For A Reason is a released on Desktop Recordingsm. Buy it from her website.
Tracks:- Bring It On
- Doubt
- Ask Me If I Give A Shit
- The One With You
- The Hills Of Jericho
- Self-Consumed
- Look Where It's Coming From
- No Control Anymore
- This Big Old Bottle
- Dreaming