Same Rain

Same Rain

Track Listings

1. Common Thread

2. Respite for My Soul

3. Swimming to the Other Side

4. Buy This American Car

5. Baptism of Fire

6. Walls and Windows

7. Face the Music

8. Voices in the Chorus

9. It Really Isn't Garbage

10. Jamie

11. Shooting Star

12. Never Turning Back

Same Rain,Pat Humphries,Moving Forward Music,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Political Folk,Pop

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Pat and Sandy O. sing together as Emma's Revolution

I love this CD!!

Same Rain
Pat Humphries
Manufacturer: Moving Forward Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008FGGG
Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

Common Thread
Respite for My Soul
Swimming to the Other Side
Buy This American Car
Baptism of Fire
Walls and Windows
Face the Music
Voices in the Chorus
It Really Isn't Garbage
Jamie
Shooting Star
Never Turning Back

Customer Reviews:

Pat and Sandy O. sing together as Emma's Revolution.......2006-01-12

As mentioned somewhere on this page, Pat also has a newer album with Sandy O. (Emma's Revolution) called One x One Million = Change (listed on Amazon as One). They do play all around the country, so you can hear them or even host them at a house concert. Check out www.emmasrevolution.com for more information. (N.B. I designed the CD packaging for One and love their music).

I love this CD!!.......2004-05-15

I first heard Pat Humphries at Take Back the Night in Albany New York. I saw her two more times before I left the East Coast, and fortunately bought the tape for Same Rain. My sadness about moving West was that I did not get to see Pat in Concert anymore and I overplayed my Same Rain tape. I am so happy to see this in CD.

Pat has a beautiful voice and wonderful lyrics. I can't tell you how many people I have played the title track for. It is an anthem for Peace and understanding. When I felt angry with someone, I would play this song and it made me remember tolerance and love.

I am going to buy this CD, to replace my well-played tape, and play it for my baby boy.

Good Day No Rain
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Best CD purcase you can make

Best Music!

Some of the best music you will ever experience

Not enough words

Great, Great CD! Listen, and you'll be hooked too!!

Good Day No Rain
Bill Deasy
Manufacturer: Bound To Be Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008X1CO
Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

I Want to Know
Blue Sky Grey
In My Head
Prisoner
I'll Rescue You
Somewhere in Me
I'll Be Here
Who We Are
It's All Right There
The Gift of Seeing Through

Album Description

Bill Deasy's new album Good Day No Rain is a testament to his unique songwriting and vocal abilities. The album starts with the lilting and ironic "I Want to Know" and drives us all the way through an emotional landscape that closes with the beautiful and powerful "The Gift of Seeing Through." From the opening to the close, the album is a musical and lyrical journey that gazes at relationships through shifting perspectives and angles. The album is a culmination of work done over the last year, which began with producer Gregg Wattenberg (Five For Fighting, Dishwalla.)

Customer Reviews:

Best CD purcase you can make.......2005-10-17

Bill Deasy is an incredible musician. Don't know why more people haven't discovered Bill Deasy. This CD will not leave your player for weeks. His God-given talent is undeniable - singing, guitar, song-writing all top notch. I'll Rescue You, Blue Sky Grey, The Gift of Seeing Through - all of it simply beautiful songs. This CD can put anyone in a delightful mood. I can't wait to get back in to the car to hear some more. Bill was previously with the Gathering Field. Some things in life just don't work out the way you planned. This CD shows that Bill can deal with life's challenges - and so can you. If you like Springsteen, Tom Petty, Crosby Stills & Nash, Neil Young, Dan Fogelberg, the Clarks, any of it - you will love Bill. Buy it and buy another one for a friend or family member. They will love his sound. I have given away at least 4 - My dad, my brother, my best friend - EVERYONE has said "great CD!"

Best Music!.......2005-02-12

This music is great! My favorite song on the CD is Blue Sky Grey. (I like the chorus alot!) My entire family loves his music. We have all his CD's (including the ones from when he was on THE GATHERING FIELD band.) Two of my favorite songs are Blue Sky Grey and I'll Rescue You. I've met him... at my house! My mom knew growing up. [...]

Some of the best music you will ever experience.......2004-01-06

I'm sure all of the other reviews have already praised this album more than I can here, but all of it put together can't be as much as it deserves. If you were in a situation where you weren't sure where your next meal was coming from, I'd suggest you put aside such concerns and spend your last few dollars on this CD. It would be worth starving over.

Not enough words.......2003-10-10

There are not enough words to describe this cd - just call it art!

Great, Great CD! Listen, and you'll be hooked too!!.......2003-05-19

No words can more appropriately express Bill Deasy's words and music than his very own! You have to hear him to understand how it is that those who have discovered this artist love him. For me, it was a chance discovery - hearing this amazing, warm voice on the radio only once made me call up the station and find out who it was. I haven't stopped listening to "Good Day No Rain" since I bought it and have enjoyed turning other people onto him. I've since discovered that I'm not alone here - I've read other reviews of people who share my passionate sentiments and with one or two listens, you'll be hooked too. The only thing that's a shame is that is was such a chance discovery - why is it someone like him isn't more well known? Great singer, great melodies and thoughtful lyrics...well, I just don't get it, but I sure do feel lucky to have found him! Great, great CD! Next thing that would make me really happy is to get a chance to see him live!

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Superhits: 1967 (Time Life Music)
The Bee Gees , Stone Poneys , Harpers Bizarre , Bobby Vee and the Strangers , The Casinos , Petula Clark , The Monkees , Bobbie Gentry , The Young Rascals , and Spanky and Our Gang
Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SJUXGE

Product Description

Released by Time Life Music . SONG LIST :1. Up-Up And Away---The 5th Dimension 2.Happy Together--The Turtles 3.Daydream Believer--- The Monkees 4. Dedicated to the One I Love---The Mamas and The Papas 5. How Can I Be Sure---The Young Rascals 6. Sunday Will Never Be the Same--- Spanky and Our Gang 7. I Second That Emotion---Smokey Robinson and The Miracles 8. 98.6--- Keith 9. I Say a Little Prayer--- Dionne Warwick 10. To Love Somebody---The Bee Gees 11. Tell It like It Is--- Aaron Neville 12.Windy---The Association 13.Don't Sleep in the Subway--- Petula Clark 14. Come Back When You Grow Up--- Bobby Vee and The Strangers 15. Different Drum--- Stone Poneys 16. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)--- Harper's Bizarre 17. The Rain, the Park And Other Things---The Cowsills 18. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone---The Supremes 19. (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts---The Bee Gees 20. Green, Green Grass of Home---Tom Jones 21. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye--- The Casinos 22.Ode to Billie Joe- Bobbie Gentry

The String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses

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Left a lot to be desired
Good CD That Only Empowers The Essence Of The Great Band
WOW
NOT a note for note translation

The String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000255K9O
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Welcome to the Jungle
Sweet Child O Mine
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Paradise City
Don't Cry
November Rain
Live and Let Die
Mr. Brownstone
Yesterdays
Patience
14 Years [*]
Civil War [*]

Product Description

1. November Rain
2. Sweet Child O Mine
3. Welcome To The Jungle
4. Paradise City
5. Don't Cry
6. Civil War
7. Patience
8. Knockin On Heavens Door
9. Yesterdays
10. Live And Let Die
11. Mr. Brownstone
12. 14 Years

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Left a lot to be desired.......2006-12-11

Love GNR, would love alternative versions of their music but this is a wimpy attempt. And dont be snookered into buying both CDs -- they share a handful of the same songs. November Rain is the best of the bunch -- no duh -- it was already an orchestral piece. Very disappointed.

Good CD That Only Empowers The Essence Of The Great Band.......2006-01-05

Very Interesting CD. I was worried when someone surprised me with it, that it would be cover songs with some modern punk rock band ruining these songs. To my surprise, it only added to the legendary band's legacy, by emphasizing on the music behind each song. I will warn you though...Guns N Roses is my 3rd favorite band (behind Nirvana and Faith No More), and I also like classical music...

Let me go over each song...and for the record, none of these songs had pieces cut out like some people mentioned in previous reviews...and the CD totals 1 Hour and some odd seconds, so these songs are pretty much extended versions of the original versions.

1. Welcome To The Jungle - Very interesting track, very strange at first, but once it hits the 'In the jungle...welcome to the jungle' part, it makes the early part blend very well...this is by no means the viscious song we're used to hearing, but its well done, and very smooth.

2. Sweet Child O Mine - Beautiful, like the usual version...pretty much the regular version without words, and using violins...but its very addictive...I love this one.

3. Knockin On Heaven's Door - Easily my least favorite on this CD, despite the fact I love this song's real version...this just proves that this particular song was carried by Axl's voice, because I sorely missed it.

4. Paradise City - Interesting, and high pitched...kinda like Welcome To The Jungle---Violins with pizazz---I honestly don't know how to describe this one...my favorite part of the original version is the 'So far away' part, which is done even better on here...but as a whole, its ok...im not obsessed with the real version of the song anyways

5. Dont Cry - Beautiful. Fantastic. This song could melt, and still be a fine sculpture. This is my favorite Guns N Roses song, and just as good on this cd. It plays so awesome that you really can just feel the words going along with it, despite the lack of singing.

6. November Rain - Overall very well balanced. I prefer the real guitar solos over the violins, but its still well done...and definitely not disappointing. Another song you can just feel the words playing along with it...#5+6 easily capture the emotions of their originals.

7. Live And Let Die - A little tourette's to me...has a little jump in the famous guitar riff (or violin riff in this case)...honestly dont care for it on the cd...and its merely ok to me original-wise. This song doesn't get hurt or anything, so if you like the original, imagine it slower...simple as that.

8. Mr. Brownstone - Very odd choice, IMO (You Could Be Mine, Rocket Queen, Its So Easy probably should of took its spot)...but still well done. Again, not obsessed with the original version...but this is still well done and rivals it...I would prefer this version a little more, because it adds a little pizazz (or jumpyness...hyperness...i dunno)

9. Yesterdays - Beautiful. This version mainly has the music replacing the words (another words you dont hear that basketball bouncing type of sound or whatever) They dont overdo it, and once again, its one you could feel the words along with it...

10. Patience - I miss the whistling, but they try to replace it...another song where the music replaces the words (or another words the music plays as if it were the words to the song)...very well done, but i didnt care for the little jump to end the song (imagine the three stooges for a second...and after the theme song is over it has a little 'dunhhh'...thats what I mean by a little jump)...I still like this version though

11. 14 Years - Awesome. It has a spiffyness that kinda gives you a little adrenaline or motivation to do something while listening to it. I dunno...I just like it. The speed transition from being upbeat to slowing up is done perfectly...I love it.

12. Civil War - Another one where you could sing alone easily...slowed up, but has the most emotion of the cd put into it. On paper it wouldn't look like a perfect song to end the cd with, but it actually works really well.

Overall, I love this CD

Top 5 Would Be:
1. Dont Cry, 2. 14 Years, 3. Yesterdays, 4. Sweet Child O Mine, 5. November Rain

No weak song, and none that are clearly dusted by their originals...but I do feel Live And Let Die and Knockin On Heavens Door were not as good...the rest are right up there, if you feel like listening to them, but dont feel like headbanging...I realize a lot of people love Guns N Roses for their viscious rock (Welcome To The Jungle being the obvious song)...if thats what you're looking for...it aint happening here...this is just an upbeat CD that captures emotions from these songs...great to listen to int he daytime while driving

WOW.......2005-08-25

This is a very interesting album. I bought this one along with the string quartet to velvet revolver. They are both awesome, but this one has more color to it. Along with the strings, there's a double bass played and a percussionist. What I find intriguing, is that the percussion isn't played throughout the whole song like you would expect; it's done very tastefully. Over the last few days, I've had it playing when friends and a contractor came to my house, and they all made good comments about it. I had a contractor at my house just today installing windows in my living room, and he said, "now I could listen to this." My ex-girlfriend came over two days ago during the first or second song, and she ended up sitting on a footstool having fun trying to figure out each song while I stayed busy hanging sheetrock. Her favorite was "sweet child o' mine." my favorites were "Welcome to the Jungle," and i just loved what they did with "Paradise City, and Mr. Brownstone."

NOT a note for note translation.......2004-11-21

If your expecting complete GnR songs you are going to be disappointed, like myself. All the covers just take the lyrical medley and some of the key riffs from the songs and then improvise the rest.
Since I had heard other quartets like Torn Tally (TOOL COVERS) and Apocalyptica (METALLICA COVERS) the bar was set extremely high, especially after hearing Apocalyptica blaze through the solos on Metallica's song ONE! I don't think Angry String Orchestra covers any GnR solos completely.They play the parts of the solos they can and then just improvise for the parts they can't play. It's very disappointing.
For Example they sort of get the first solo down for November Rain but then come to the second solo and they just repeat the first solo instead of playing the notes that are supposed to be played and finally at the end of November Rain the end solos are SLOWED WAAAAAAAAY down. Come to think of it, I think the tempo of all the songs covered are slowed waaay down. There is NO solo for Don't Cry and the solo for Sweet Child O' Mine is the Viola player just running the same scale over and over again.
I bought this album because I'm a big GnR fan and because when I saw the guy in the video "The Making of November Rain" with his viola jam the end solos to November Rain on it, I knew orchestral versions of GnR songs would sound badd-ass. Unfortunately, this group didn't recruit that guy with his viola to play on this album. This album falls WAAAAY short of what it could be.
Maybe GnR Fans will get lucky and Apocalyptica or Torn Tally will cover some GnR Songs (especially November Rain) and play them correctly instead of just following the lyrical medley and some of the keys riffs. I think the Sweet Child O' Mine solo would sound incredible on a viola or cello. Until then one can only hope.
Sincerely,
grmpysmrf

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What an amazing find!

Desolation Hero
Soul Hitchhiker
Manufacturer: Independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002NPLN6
Release Date: 2004-07-16

Tracks:

I Wish it Would Rain
Shut Out the Light (Corbin, KY 1922)
She Falls Hard
Good Morning Memphis
Stolen Cadillac
Poor Man's Cadillac
Jukebox
Dead Presidents
Liberation Radio
His Name is John
Steel Cowboy
Desolation Hero

Album Description

Remember when you heard rock, pop, soul and crossover country on the same FM station? This collection of originals, plus a grooving cover of the Temptations' "I Wish it Would Rain" is just that. It moves from Memphis soul to country to blues rock.

Customer Reviews:

What an amazing find!.......2004-08-03

What an amazing find! Picked up on a whim, I am thoroughly enjoying Soul HitchHiker's first CD. Karan Andrea's songs tell moving, thought-provoking stories and are packed with energy and emotion. You can tell, without even reading the liner notes, that she draws from a wide array of musical stylings - blues, gospel, rock - and blends them remarkably well. Her cover of I Wish it Would Rain is fun and funky; Liberation Radio is a great driving tune; and the title track, Desolation Hero, is simply haunting with her vocal arrangement and Jim Runfola's sax work.