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| 04/24/2008 8:42 PM |
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I'm way behind in updating the Calendar with upcoming shows, but I wanted to let everyone know that Tift will be doing shows with Teddy Thompson in NC and SC this August:
Fri 8/22 Windjammer, Isle of Palms, SC
Sat 8/23 NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Sun 8/24 Greenfield Amphitheater, Wilmington, NC (WUIN 5th Anniversary concert)
I can think of a lot of Raleigh fans and at least 2 Wilmington fans that are loving this.
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irishcornboy
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| 04/26/2008 9:27 AM |
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| Jealous as all hell. Love Teddy his last disc is a glorious slice of country heaven. Amazed at how he has totaly been able to shake off his parents tag and realy create his own thing. |
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Phillip Reid
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| 04/27/2008 6:06 PM |
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| We'll take picures, Kevin. |
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MALewis
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| 04/30/2008 10:12 AM |
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| Wonder if they will try to do a duet or two on tour? Their voices would sound great together, I'll bet. |
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Phillip Reid
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| 04/30/2008 11:12 AM |
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| I can say this--Tift very much wanted Teddy to do these shows. |
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tmiller9us
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| 04/30/2008 11:16 AM |
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Haven't heard Teddy yet, if he can sing and play like his parents I'm in and what's below here seals the deal - if you scroll down you'll see Tift on 3 songs here, these are all covers of old country standards with one original I think, Greg Leisz on pedal steel is nothing to sneeze at either, he's incredible and throws down in his own, unmistakeable style. Can't play this on the pc at work of course, here's the link: http://www.teddythompson.com/music.aspx. More irony here than you can shake a stick at, or a barrel of monkeys - Linda and Richard Thompson sing, in French, on Evangeline Made, the Cajun tribute cd I gave to Tift last month when they came to Virginia...
Upfront And Down Low
Catalog # 00602517329997
release date 7/17/2007
Verve Forecast
Tracks
1. Change Of Heart
2. Touching Home
3. Walking The Floor Over You
4. (From Now On All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
5. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
6. My Heart Echoes
7. The Worst Is Yet To Come
8. My Blue Tears
9. Down Low
10. You Finally Said Something Good (When You Said Goodbye)
11. She Thinks I Still Care
12. Let's Think About Living
13. Don't Ask Me To Be Friends
Personnel
Teddy Thompson Guitar, Vocal
Brad Albetta(1, 3-4, 7-8, 12) Bass, Vocal
Jeff Hill(2, 5, 9, 10) Bass
Dan Reiser(12) Drums, Vocal, Percussion
Greg Leisz(5) Pedal steel guitar, Dobro
Tony Scherr(5, 7, 9) Guitar
Richard Thompson(3, 9, 10) Guitar
Marc Ribot(5) Guitar
Jim Campilongo(8) Guitar
Daivd Mansfield(6-7, 12) Dobro, Mandolin, Viola
Jason Crosby(7) Piano
Glen Platscha(5) Keyboards
Julia Kent(6, 7) Cello
Iris DeMent(6) Vocal, Piano
Jenni Muldaur(9) Vocal
Tift Merritt(1-2, 10) Vocal
Brian Fulk(12) Vocal
Antoine Silverman(1, 4, 9) Violin
Lorenza Ponce(1, 4, 9) Violin
Chris Cardona(1, 4, 9) Viola
Anja Wood(1, 4, 9) Cello
John Singleton(2, 5, 8, 10, 11) Violin
Sally Herbert(2, 5, 8, 10, 11) Violin
Claire Orsler(2, 5, 8, 10, 11) Viola
Dinah Beamish(2, 5, 8, 10, 11) Cello |
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"Got to get up again and let the light in
Throw your tears away
That mountain looks so high
It's just a shadow in the way" |
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ghman
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| 04/30/2008 4:46 PM |
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I'll echo that Teddy's country album is a corker - especially, as Tom has mentioned, it features Tift providing harmony vocal on a few tracks.
I've seen Teddy play live a few times and he can be a bit hit or miss, depending on the mood he's in - I think he feels like he's got something to prove when playing in the UK (with his dad Richard being such a folk-rock legend). A couple of times I saw him support Lucinda Williams in Nov 2006, and also supporting Seth Lakeman (young English folk/fiddle star) last September - I like his dry sense of humour though....
"Most of the songs I've played tonight are short 2 1/2 minute sad country songs. This ones the exception. It's 6 minutes."
I took a few pics of young Teddy boy here...
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Phillip Reid
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| 05/01/2008 10:29 AM |
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| Cool A--thanks. Now I'll know him when he shows up . . . |
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| 05/07/2008 12:03 PM |
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Here is an article in the Wilmington Star News about Tift's show in Wilmington on August 24th.
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