Whatcha Gonna Do_音乐专辑
Whatcha Gonna Do
表演者: Claire Lynch
发行时间: 2009-07-29
唱片数: 1
出版者: Rounder
条形码: 0011661060623
专辑简介
With a high-pitched voice that's been compared to Nanci Griffith and || Alison Krauss, Claire Lynch has successfully fused a background in || popular music and a love of bluegrass. Together with the Front Porch || String Band, the group she shares with her husband, Larry, Lynch has || been garnering attention as one of the most emotive vocalists in || contemporary bluegrass. A native of Poughkeepsie, NY, Lynch moved with || her family to Hazel Green, AL, at the age of 12. Inspired by the pop || songs of Joni Mitchell and the Beatles, Lynch sang as a youngster in an || informal trio with her sisters. || || Lynch met her future husband in high school. After their graduation, || Claire worked at an insurance agency while Larry attended the University || of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. A turning point came when Claire was invited || to hear a bluegrass band that Larry was forming with fellow students, || called Hickory Wind. She was so taken by their performance that she || accepted their invitation to sing with them. When Hickory Wind were || hired as the house band of a club in Birmingham, they changed their name || to the Front Porch String Band. Over the next seven years, Claire and || Larry, who were married in 1976, and the Front Porch String Band became || one of the hardest-working groups in Alabama. Their self-produced debut || album, Smilin' at You, released in 1977, was followed by Country Rain || later the same year. In 1981, the Front Porch String Band released a || self-titled, nationally distributed album on Rebel, while Claire || released her solo debut, Breakin' It, on the smaller Ambush label. || || When Lynch became pregnant with the first of two [CENSORED]ren in 1982, she || and her husband disbanded the Front Porch String Band and settled in || northern Alabama. Although Larry returned to college to earn a degree in || accounting and Claire took a job in university administration, they soon || began performing again in the clubs of Huntsville. A turning point came || when they met John Starling, the former lead singer of the Seldom Scene, || who had left music to becoming a practicing physician. Starling took the || Lynches under his wing and helped them sharpen their skills as || performers, as well as promoting Claire Lynch's songwriting by sending || copies of her songs to a Nashville publisher. As a result, Lynch's songs || were soon covered by Stephanie Davis ("Moonlighter"), Patty Loveless || ("Some Morning Soon"), and Kathy Mattea ("Hills of Alabam'"), and she || was signed by Polygram to a staff writing contract. || || In 1990, Claire and Larry Lynch formed a new version of the Front Porch || String Band. The following year, the band released its comeback album, || Lines & Traces. In subsequent years the lineup of the re-formed group || has featured such musicians as Michael McLain, formerly of the McLain || Family Band, on banjo, mandolin, and vocals; Missy Raines, formerly of || Eddie & Martha Adcock's band, on upright bass; and Jim Hurst, who || previously played with the touring bands of Holly Dunn and Trisha || Yearwood, on guitar and vocals. || || Claire Lynch's second solo album, Friends for a Lifetime, released in || 1993 and reissued in 1995, was a celebration of gospel music. Her 1995 || album, Moonlighter, was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Bluegrass || Album. Silver and Gold was released in 1997. Lovelight followed in the || spring of 2000, and Out in the Country was issued a year later. In March || of 2006, after a six-year hiatus, Lynch released New Day on Rounder || Records. In addition to singing on her solo albums and recordings with || the Front Porch String Band, Claire has sung on albums by Ralph Stanley, || Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Dolly Parton, John || Starling, and Pam Tillis.
曲目
01 - Great Day In The Mornin
02 - Highway
03 - The Mockingbird's Voice
04 - Face To Face
05 - That's What Makes You Strong
06 - Whatcha Gonna Do
07 - Crazy Train
08 - A Canary's Song
09 - My Florida Sunshine
10 - Widow's Weed
11 - Barbed Wire Boys
12 - Woods By Sipsey
