Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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July 28, 2007

Carolina Quartet's New CD - Faith Family & Freedom

As most of my regular readers probably know already, I play keyboard for the Carolina Quartet whenever my schedule permits.

We have a brand spanking new CD releasing very soon. Titled Faith, Family & Freedom, this recording features a number of Country Gospel classics.

This project was recorded at Son Sound studios in Gastonia, NC. The excellent David Johnson created the tracks. You can preview a couple of the songs from the CD on our MySpace page. Click HERE.

Our lead singer, Scott Whitener, produced Faith, Family, & Freedom. I brought in several ideas for songs to record early in the process, and five of them ended up on the CD. I was very pleased to have that type of input on the recording, and now that the final mixes are done, I'm delighted to see how the final versions of the songs turned out.

The Carolina Quartet plays all sorts of venues...malls, outdoor festivals, civic auditoriums, and of course, churches. A couple of our upcoming dates include the Mount Mitchell Arts And Crafts Festival in Burnsville, NC and a women's prison facility, for example. The vast variety of people who hear our music influenced the song selection for Faith, Family, & Freedom significantly. When you're playing music for a town square full of people who come from all walks of life, many of them will more readily identify with a song like "I Saw The Light."

Faith, Family, & Freedom is a cover project, but we didn't want it to cover too many of the songs that have been hashed and rehashed to death in the past. The focus of Faith, Family, & Freedom is faith, but it's also a set of snapshots that reflect how a Christian faith impacts our families and our freedom. The first two songs, "Walk On Faith" and "An American Family," define the topical scope of this CD. You may remember the original versions of these songs, recorded by Mike Reid and the Oak Ridge Boys respectively. Other song titles include "Try a Little Kindness," "You're My Best Friend," "'Nuff Said," "The Other Side," "Angels Watching Over Me," "Write Your Name," "I Saw the Light," and "The Home Stretch." (Yes, there's practically an Oak Ridge Boys tribute happening here.)

Most of you who read this blog only know me from my writing. I'd enjoy meeting some of you at a concert setting. Check out our schedule page to see if we'll be in your area. As you can see from our schedule, we primarily perform in the Carolinas, but we'll most likely venture into a neighboring state or two before the end of the year. A few more dates for the fall are currently being finalized, so check it again in a couple of weeks if you don't see a nearby date right now. (Our touring is necessarily limited, due to the fact that Scott is a Wesleyan minister, Chris Roberts is a music minister at a large church, and I'm a minister of music as well.)


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