Wouldn't Have To; Fanny Grace
Nashville, TN: Windswept Records, c2000. Presumed first Edition thus. CD in sleeve. CD sleeve has the duo's head shots on the front. CD sleeve has some wear and soiling. CD signed by Paul Reeves and Carmen Mejia (with a heart drawing). Scarce early work--RARE when signed by both recording artists. From a 2005 item found on-line. Here is the tale of an Irish Catholic refugee seeking his musical destiny in Los Angeles, and a bright and talented California girl who, together, leave the Mecca of the entertainment world to find fame and fortune in Oklahoma. Paul Reeves and Carmen Mejia formed Fanny Grace more than a decade ago. In that time, the band released five independent albums, bused coast-to-coast and played the main stage at Lilith Fair. They've been profiled on scores of television broadcasts, played a major national political rally and have performed at some of the biggest radio stations in the country without a nationally released album. Fanny Grace won The Album Network and Los Angeles Country radio station KZLA's "Most Promising New Unsigned Artist of 2002" honor in a contest judged by David Foster and Clint Black. Since then, they have performed on the same bill as Chris Cagle, Kenny Chesney, Lonestar and Willie Nelson among others. Their songs have appeared on TV series "Dawson's Creek," "Felicity" and "The Shield," as well as Showtime's "Resurrection Boulevard." The culmination of this journey is 321 Broadway, the first nationally distributed and promoted album from the band with a 10-year overnight success story. While Paul Reeves came to United States from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Carmen Mejia is rooted in the music of California. Part Native American, Carmen says she can't remember wanting to do anything else but sing. "I've just always loved singing my entire life," she recalled. "I didn't have lessons and no one in my family is really a musician or anyone I could have been influenced [musically] by as a little kid. I just remember singing to every single song I heard every single chance I had, in the car, in the shower, in my room. If there's anything I can remember about being a little girl, something I always wanted to do was sing." From a 2019 item found on line: Fanny Grace has come a long way since playing on street corners all over the country. The duo, made up of Carmen Mejia and Paul Reeves, have shared the stage with some of music’s greatest artists like, John Anderson, Charlie Daniels, Steve Miller, The Allman Brothers, Willie Nelson and even opened for Merle Haggard at the Ryman Auditorium. Their album Don’t Want It All, But I Don’t Want Nothin’ was released on October 11 2019 and was produced by John Carter Cash at the CASH Cabin in Hendersonville, Tennessee and features “A Cowboy’s Last Ride” which was written by Johnny Cash, and is one of the only songs Johnny Cash wrote for a female to sing. “I was cutting the guitar track for “Storms Are on the Ocean” on my J200; it’s about 30 years old, and still sounds pretty good. About halfway through John Carter stopped me and said, ‘wait, I think I have the perfect guitar for this.’ He came back from his guitar room with an old case, fragile as can be. It was AP Carter’s Martin guitar. It was over 100 years old. It had the most incredible sound. I looked up after the first pass and everyone had big smiles on their faces just listening to that guitar. 100-year-old song, played on a 100-year-old guitar,” Paul Reeves explained. Jeffrey LeVasseur (born August 27, 1961), known as Jeffrey Steele, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than 60 hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, and others. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Country Music, Fanny Grace, Songwriters, Singers, Performers, Compact Disc, Wouldn't Have To, Carmen Mejia, Vocalist, Recording Artist
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