Courtney Granger Beneath Still Waters (CD)

(2016/Valcour) 13 tracks (46:38) digisleeve. Recorded at The Cypress House, Parks, Louisiana
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Courtney Granger lebt in Lafayette, Lousiana. Ein Meistergeiger und außerordentlich talentierter Sänger. Während Courtney in den vergangenen 8 Jahren mit Cajun-Gruppen wie den Pine Leaf Boys und Balfa Toujours auf Tournee war, hatte er immer eine tiefe Affinität und Kenntnis zur klassischen Country-Musik gehabt. 'Beneath Still Waters' ist seine erste Solo-CD, produziert von Dirk Powell.
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The Honky-Tonk Dance... was over. The crowd had left the room. A skinny kid walked up and pulled his cap down over his eyes. Dirk Powell grabbed an electric guitar, Mike Merenda sat back down at the drums and flipped on the mic. I was his only audience and I was nailed to the floor. This quiet young man slipped the bonds of performance and slid into one George Jones song after another as if he were living every word. How could he have known what those words meant, how could a life so young be feeling that much pain? I only knew I loved this young man with an old soul and that I HAD to sing with him. About five years later that came to pass.
It has been a joy to sing with Courtney and to sit in his audience and watch folks that hear him for the first time. You can see him moving them through a song with such conviction that they smile, cry, and cheer like they've just been baptized and feel "known" for the first time. That's how Courtney makes you feel—like he's saying, "I've got you, Babe. You're not alone in this world." And it doesn't matter what the words of the song are, he's got you. (Ginny Hawker)
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Courtney Granger -- lead vocals, acoustic guitar, fiddle
Christian Dugas – drums, vocals
Glenn Patscha – piano, vocals
Dirk Powell – bass, electric guitar, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Alice Gerrard -- vocals
Natalie Palms -- vocals
Laurie Lewis -- vocals
Jamey Bearb -- fiddle
Joel Savoy -- fiddle
Kevin Barry – steel guitar
Tom Rozum – mandolin, vocals
Christine Balfa, Amelia Powell, Sophie Powell, and Waylon Adams -- background vocals