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Kenny Greenberg
Kenneth S. Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions. Biography Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attended junior high and high school in Louisville, Kentucky. He moved to Nashville at age 21 to play guitar professionally, initially playing on demos and then recording sessions. Tony Brown was instrumental in helping Greenberg break into production and session work. Greenberg has worked with Taylor Swift, Amy Grant, Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, Willie Nelson, Jewel, Wynonna Judd, Lee Ann Womack, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Montgomery Gentry, Peter Cetera, Faith Hill, Cyndi Lauper, and other artists. Greenberg has toured with Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, and Bob Seger. Record production Greenberg produced albums for Pam Tillis ('' Thunder & Roses''), The Mavericks ('' The Mavericks''), Allison Moorer ('' The Hardest Part'', '' Down to Beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the list of cities in Ohio, second-most populous city in Ohio, and the List of United States cities by population, 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Greater Cleveland, Cleveland metropolitan area, the Metropolitan statistical area, 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland–Akron, Ohio, Akron–Canton, Ohio, Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trisha Yearwood
Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country singer. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", which became a number one hit on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs, country singles chart. Its corresponding Trisha Yearwood (album), self-titled debut album would sell over two million copies. Yearwood continued with a series of major country hits during the early to mid-1990s, including “She’s in Love with the Boy”(1991) , “The Woman Before Me” (1991)Walkaway Joe" (1992), "The Song Remembers When (song), The Song Remembers When" (1993), "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" (1994), and "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (1996). Yearwood's 1997 single "How Do I Live" reached number two on the U.S. country singles chart and was internationally successful. It appeared on her first compilation ''(Songbook) A Collection of Hits'' (1997). The album certified quadruple-platinum in the United States and feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play Me Backwards
''Play Me Backwards'' is an album by the American musician Joan Baez, released in 1992. The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. Baez supported it with an international tour. In 2011, ''Play Me Backwards'' was reissued on CD with a bonus disc of 10 previously unreleased tracks, including " The Trouble with the Truth", "Medicine Wheel" and a cover of Bob Dylan's " Seven Curses". Production Recorded in Nashville, the album was produced by Wally Wilson and Kenny Greenberg. Baez sought out material after being dismayed with the songs pitched to her; she spent 14 months trying to find the right songs. The album's first single, "Stones in the Road", for which Baez shot a video, was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter. "Through Your Hands" was written by John Hiatt. "I'm with You" is about Baez's son, Gabriel. Critical reception ''The Boston Globe'' called ''Play Me Backwards'' "mostly an album of mature, surprisingly percussive folk-pop love songs that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (, ; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums. Baez is generally regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, Country music, country, and gospel music. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, ''Joan Baez (album), Joan Baez'', ''Joan Baez, Vol. 2'' and ''Joan Baez in Concert'', all achieved Music recording sales certification, gold record status. Although a songwriter herself, Baez generally interprets others' work, having recorded many traditional songs and songs written by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, the Rolling S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down To Believing
''Down to Believing'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. It was released on March 16, 2015, by eOne Nashville and sees her reunited with producer Kenny Greenberg who produced her first two albums. The album was recorded over two years and inspired by events in her personal life during that time including her divorce from Steve Earle and her young son's diagnosis with autism. Critical reception Upon release, ''Down to Believing'' received positive acclaim from critics. Uncut Magazine wrote that "Out of the pain and anger, Moorer has fashioned the finest album of her career" while AllMusic wrote it was "an emotionally raw yet aesthetically fine album. She may have reached into the depths for these songs, but she's delivered us the gift of a burning light." Thierry Côté of ''Exclaim!'' wrote that "even in the rare moments when the production comes dangerously close to generic modern country sheen, Moorer's voice remains a warm, unwavering in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hardest Part (Allison Moorer Album)
''The Hardest Part'' is the second album by singer/songwriter Allison Moorer. The album is a concept album about a doomed relationship produced and co-written by Moorer's then husband Doyle Lee Primm. The album is based on her parents' relationship which ended in the mid-1980s when Moorer's father murdered her mother before killing himself. She told No Depression magazine in 2000: "This record was inspired by the things I saw my mother go through. It’s not the true story, but it’s inspired by the true story." Track listing Personnel * Jay Bennett - acoustic guitar, mellotron, piano * Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar * Chris Carmichael - fiddle * Chad Cromwell - drums * Eric Darken - percussion * Kenny Greenberg - 12-string acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Jim Hoke - harmonica * Allison Moorer - acoustic guitar, lead vocals * Louis Dean Nunley - background vocals * Russ Pahl - pedal steel guitar * Rick Plant - banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mavericks (2003 Album)
''The Mavericks'' is the sixth studio album by the American country music band The Mavericks. It was their only release for Sanctuary Records, and their first studio album since ''Trampoline'' in 1998. The album produced three singles in "I Want to Know", "Would You Believe" and a cover version of "The Air That I Breathe", which was made famous by The Hollies. The latter was the only single to enter the charts, peaking at number 59 on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs). ''The Mavericks'' was the band's final studio album before they disbanded in 2003. Also included on this album is a duet with Willie Nelson, "Time Goes By", and "In My Dreams" co-written and previously recorded by Rick Trevino on his 2003 album '' In My Dreams'', an album which The Mavericks' lead singer Raul Malo produced. Trevino's version was also a single in 2003, peaking at #41 on the country charts. Track listing #"I Want to Know" (Raul Malo) – 3:31 #"In My Dreams" (Malo, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mavericks
The Mavericks are an American band from Miami, Florida. The band consists of Raul Malo (lead vocals, guitar), Paul Deakin (drums), Eddie Perez (lead guitar), and Jerry Dale McFadden (keyboards). Malo and Deakin founded the band in 1989 along with Robert Reynolds (bass guitar) and Ben Peeler (lead guitar). After one independent album, the band was signed by MCA Nashville Records and David Lee Holt replaced Peeler on lead guitar; he would be replaced by Nick Kane shortly after their second MCA album and third overall 1994's '' What a Crying Shame''. The band recorded a total of four albums for MCA and one for Mercury Records before disbanding in 2000. They reunited for one album in 2003 on Sanctuary Records, by which point Perez had become their fourth guitarist, and former touring keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden became an official fifth member. The lineup of Malo, Deakin, Reynolds, Perez, and McFadden reunited a second time in 2012 for a series of new albums, first on Big Machi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder & Roses
''Thunder & Roses'' is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released on March 6, 2001 by Arista Nashville. It is also the last album she recorded for the Arista label. Its lead-off single, "Please", was a #22 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts in 2002. "It Isn't Just Raining" was later recorded in 2003 by its co-writer, Jennifer Hanson, on her self-titled debut album, and the title track was previously recorded by Mindy McCready on her 1999 album '' I'm Not So Tough''. "Please" would go on to be Pam's last appearance on the Country Singles Chart after it peaked in spring of 2001. Track listing Personnel * Pam Tillis – vocals * Tim Akers – keyboards * Pat Coil – acoustic piano, synthesizers * John Hobbs – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers * Steve Nathan – keyboards, acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, synth strings * Kenny Greenberg – electric guitars * David Grissom – electric guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Tillis
Pamela Yvonne Tillis (born July 24, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the eldest child of country singer Mel Tillis. After recording unsuccessful pop material for Elektra Records, Elektra and Warner Records in the early 1980s, Tillis shifted to country music. In 1989, she signed with Arista Nashville, entering top-40 on Hot Country Songs for the first time with "Don't Tell Me What to Do" in 1990. This was the first of five singles from her breakthrough album ''Put Yourself in My Place (album), Put Yourself in My Place''. Tillis recorded five more albums for Arista Nashville in the next ten years, including a greatest hits album. She charted twelve top-ten hits on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' country music charts with Arista, including the number-one "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" in 1995. Other major hits of hers include her signature song "Maybe It Was Memphis", along with "Shake the Sugar Tree", "Spilled Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Seger
Robert Clark Seger ( ; born May 6, 1945) is a retired American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded with the groups Bob Seger and the Last Heard and the Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking through with his first album, '' Ramblin' Gamblin' Man'' (which contained his first national hit of the same name) in 1969. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album '' Live Bullet'' (1976), recorded live in 1975 at Cobo Hall. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album '' Night Moves''. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper ( ; born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful four-octave vocal range;Jerome, Jim"She Wants to Have Fun" ''People (magazine), People'', September 17, 1984. Retrieved September 30, 2008. Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide. She has also been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBTQ rights in the United States. Her debut studio album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut studio album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song), Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night (Jules Shear song)#Cyndi_Lauper_version, All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist award at the 27th Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
