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Lacey D has a debut album called Everyday Girl, released earlier this month, December 4, 2007. She's currently based in Washington, but reading her biography, she wrote that she's going to relocate to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue her country music career.
As you know, Nashville is home of all-things-country, but what you may not know is that each year the city put on the CMA Music Festival. Thousands of country music fans (including producers, managers, and talent scouts) flock the city for this event.
She started out singing at schools & churches, before meeting a songwriter/producer with a recording studio in Seattle. This lead to meeting Scott Turner, from Nashville, and, after hearing her sing, wanted to produce an album with her.
I'm looking at the time line here and it seem to have happened very quickly. This is a pretty amazing feat considering that you have to arranged all the songs, hire all the session musicians, and book the studio (Bayou Studios in Nashville) within the span of, maybe, six months (?), to cut and release the record in December.
The most interesting thing about this album is that there is a song called "One Heart" (written by Doc Pomus and Turner) that was meant for Elvis Presley. He never recorded it, so it was archived in the vaults until it resurfaced again to be recorded on this Everyday Girl album. So Elvis fans, you can hear a live version here. It's quite soulful and bluesy.
Anyway, I did enjoy the uptempo song such as "Simple as 1,2,3", "Everyday Girl", and "Man at Home". Especially "Man at Home" with this great line: "Well I've been up here singin' and my ears are ringin'/I've been pickin' this guitar all night/The road home's long, but it's my last song." This very country-pop song would be a great song to end a live set.
Everyday Girl is out right now on West Country Records and if you buy the CD directly from her website, chances are you're going to receive a bonus 5x7 autographed photo.
12/27/2007 08:59:31 vu my♥posts 
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