Kelly Richey-Carry The Light-2008-VAG

ARTIST: Kelly Richey

TITLE: Carry The Light

LABEL: Sweet Lucy

GENRE: Blues

GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)

ENCODER: LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new

QUALITY: 205 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo

PLAYTIME: 0h 47min 13sec total

SIZE: 69.37MB

RELEASE DATE: 2008-06-03 ÞÝ

RIP DATE: 2008-07-03



[ TRACK LIST ]



01. Leave The Blues Behind 3:30

02. I Want You 3:33

03. What In The World 5:09

04. Carry The Light 4:46

05. Angela's Song 4:42

06. Jericho Road 5:03

07. Run Like Hell 4:24

08. When All Is Said & Done 4:33

09. No More Lies 3:56

10. Lookin' For A Fight 2:36

11. Time For A Change 5:01



[ RELEASE NOTES ]



Guitar virtuoso Kelly Richey has written and coproduced an all-original

studio recording, Carry the Light, which will firmly grab the attention of

the press and music fans everywhere. Richey’s songwriting and vocals

underscore her powerful, take-no-prisoners guitar playing, firmly expressing

her genuine talent and versatility.



Carry the Light, released on her own Sweet Lucy Records, reflects every bit

of Richey’s stellar guitar tone and style, while propelling her into a new

light as a thoughtful and insightful singer/songwriter. The 11 tracks range

from personal reflection, contemplation and illumination to questioning the

world we live in, all the while capturing the defining sound of The Kelly

Richey Band.



“This CD was written with two dear friends: one is my guitar mentor, John

Redell, and the other, Steve Carroll, came to me as a guitar

student/songwriter,” says Richey. “Each week for four months, John and I got

together and hammered out song ideas. Many songs were passed on to Steve to

add either a chorus or bridge, or to strengthen the melody line. Steve also

sent songs he wrote based on ideas and concepts we discussed and John and I

constructed guitar parts to help make the songs come to life on the stage. I

was constantly challenged by John to grow as a guitarist, and challenged by

Steve to construct songs that stood alone with or without guitar wizardry.



“I recorded each song in demo form in my own studio over the summer,” recalls

Kelly. “After the basic framework of each song was constructed, I asked my

drummer, Shane Frye, to be there as we began pre-production, and with John

playing bass we’d jam to make sure that each song would transfer to the stage

and work as a three-piece band.”



Richey thought she would record the CD herself but soon realized she had a

much larger project on her hands and began seeking a studio and co-producer.

Rick Brantley ended up being the perfect complement. “Rick is a guitarist too

and has a guitar player’s dream studio,” says Richey. “I asked Rick to

co-produce the project because I knew I had taken the songs as far as I could

and needed an outside perspective to ensure that the CD sounded like the best

commercial release possible, while maintaining the character that it had when

written.



“Rick and I were a great fit. We decided that I needed to move away from such

a ‘live’ mentality and into a more studio frame of mind, so we chose to bring

in session players who could capture the foundational tracks with perfection

and speed; then, we could place the majority of our time in capturing the

best guitar and vocal performances that I could

produce.”



The result is Carry the Light, a compilation of thought provoking lyrics and

powerful sounds that The Kelly Richey Band can make their own and take to the

stage.



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