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MP3 Alerts!
This is something brand new, not only can you get my CD's as MP3 files, but now you can get any one song from any of my 21 CD's, so you can turn any of your friends on to what i do for the modest sum of $.99. Perfect IPOD gifts.
Go to ITunes or Snocap.com or any of the other reputable download sites, they all have all my music. The CD's or the indiviual songs are all available. Gee, what a guy!
and new on CD:
REMIXED and REMASTERED
TRACES of the OLD ROAD
Available 9/11
Special Appearance Note:
Listen to James on Rob Reinhart's celebrated Acoustic Cafe. The segment will be available through the archive at www.MLive.com/cafe, or the whole show can be streamed at www.acafe.com.
A Word from James:
Okay, it's early July. I've been on the road off and on for May and June. I played California, Oregon, Washington, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York City, and Massachusetts. All the dates went terrific and everyone seems to think that these were the best shows ever. Very gratifying as I crest my sixties.
I have been working more on the remixes and remastering of Traces of the Old Road, which I believe will be available as of September 11, 2008. I have fixed everything that was bothering me about the CD. I know you can do that forever, but there were a few things I let slide because of time constraints. They are fixed.
The Datamusicata Blog is going crazy, and we've crested 333,000 hits, that's hits, not robots. It's amazing.
For those of you who are unaware of it, it's a free artist resource site that I've created to give back to the community everything that I have learned in forty years on the road...and can still remember. Here's the url: www.datamusicata.com I also have guest columnists, so there is always something interesting and informative and there are always the fun fotos, either of some non sequitur or someone famous, or of me and my cronies. Hope to see you there or...at one of my concerts.
See you in a minute...and o before i forget...
TO HEAR SONG CLIPS FROM
THE ETERNAL CONTRADICTION,
JUST CLICK ON THE RED TITLE BELOW:
"the eternal contradiction" (a tip of the hat to the inner turmoil that comes with living in these bodies). i've been getting some incredible reviews on this one, i hope that you will take some of your time to check it out. if you glance to your left, you'll see the cover.
If you want to know all about the recording process, the instruments, etc and the lyrics to the songs and the inspiration for them, just click on the eternal contradiciton link below the album cover.
the songs on the eternal contradiction are:
this fleeting moment, let the tree fall; mary january; here we are; street where mercy died; world we left behind; on the bus?; change; the loner; nothing to keep you on my mind; and it's all in the game.
scott breadman did the percussion and ken lyon did most of the bass (colin cameron did bass on let the tree fall and i did bass on this fleeting moment, nothing, and here we are). batdorf and i did some background vocals on "here we are" and "the loner". the soloists include Mark Rodney, Corky Siegel, Peter Tork and Bradley Vines. Lisa Turner did some great background vocals on Let the Tree Fall. it's a beautiful recording.
On the equipment side, i highly recommend these incredible elixir strings. i love them. they sound great and they last and last and are also really easy to play...and no squeaking. very cool.
Remember Tom Dundee and go to his page on myspace. he was my dearest friend. i still ache to think of his passing.
i'll be touring as much as i possibly can over the next year. hope that i get to see you up close and sing for you live.
all the best and happy new year,
james lee
TO HEAR ALL WOOD AND STONES, PLEASE LOG ON TO www.allwoodandstones.com
USA Today Wednesday, Nov 4 in the LIFE section reviewed All Wood and Stones. Here's what they had to say: Singer/guitart/composers John Batdorf & James Lee Stanley stripped down Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?, Under My Thumb and nine other Rolling Stones tunes into acoustic skeletons, confounding logic by rendering a subdued version of Let's Spend the Night Together with former Monkee Peter Tork on guitar into a stirring affair. Batdor & Stanley have turned the rock grooves inside out, adopted stylish arrangements and made no attempt to ape the originials, unveiling the elegance of the melodies and allowing radically new interpretations of songs long tattooed in boomer DNA. Paint it fresh -Edna Gundersen
A Sad Word from James on Oct 3rd, 2005:
dear friends in the folk community,
hamliton camp passed away last night. evidently from a heart attack. for those of you who knew him, this is a profound loss. for those who didn't, hamilton was there as the great folk scare began. judy collins opened for hamilton and his partner bob camp at the gate of horn in chicago.
there is also a recording of one of their concerts there. it is called gibson and camp at the gate of horn. since that time in the early sixties, he wrote, performed and toured as well as evolving into a fine actor, whose work could be seen in beatty's heaven can wait amongst countless others. he was also a guest twice on the tv series mash.
we had been friends since we performed together at the earl of old town in chicago in the mid seventies, he with the skymonters and me solo.
last summer he called and asked me to produce a recording of him that was dedicated to his lovely wife rasjada who had passed away over two years ago. he came in, utterly prepared and performed the songs with so much heart, i suggested that we record him live, voice and guitar and then have the other musicians simply play afterwards and just serve his performances. both he and his son ray told me that no one had ever captured him so spot on. only this past friday, hamilton and i just finished the cover art and copy for the album beachwood recordings will be releasing the cd in november. it is called sweet joy. i think he was just staying here to finish this recording for rashada and then, when he knew it was all done, he slipped away.
he was a wonderfully funny, charming and talented man and one of my dearest friends. the world is a poorer place without him in it.
you can post me here if you want to send an email to his family. he is survived by a wonderful group of children and grandchildren. he was a blessed man.
For those who are interested in obtaining Hamilton's last CD, here is the info:
Hamilton Camp / Sweet Joy
Songs:
Song of the Wandering Angus
Long Train
2:19
Nothin’ But the Blues
New Beginnings
Highway Man
Sittin on a Roof Top
Celts/Go No More A Rovin’
Pride of Man
Ring Them Bells
Sweet Joy
Windsong
Musicians: Hamilton Camp, Paul Barrere, Ken Lyon and James Lee Stanley
The CD is available from the Store page.
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