Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gerschwin, Oscar Hammerstein III, Hoagy Carmichael, Xavier Cugat, Perez Prado, Count Basie, Hugo Montenegro, Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, Ennio Morricone, Herb Albert & the Tiujana brass, The Bob Crewe Genaration, Burt Bacharach, Al Pacino, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Martin Scorsese, Robert McGinnis, Gil Elvgren, Bing Crosby, Rod McKuen, Jaques Brel, Tom Waits, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit wheels, Booker T & the MG's, Charlie Rich, John Lennon, Iggy Pop, Johnny Walker and a pack of Luckies' and I'm all set...
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After a decade of rehearsing, recording, touring, cursing & drinking with a couple of rockbands, though lots of laughs and good memories, somehow it never seemed satisfactory enough. Tired and somewhat disillusioned I decided to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine - to make a swinging, stomping & full blowing big band record!
I grew up in a home full of music and old time classics such as Elvis, Sinatra, Armstrong to mention a few, and my heroes were always writers like Irving Berlin, Gerschwin and Cole Porter. The way they put words and music together seemed like magic to me, and when you add the arrangers, musicians and singers - well that's just heaven. I wanted to live and breath in that elusive, I guess to some hokey & corny, but to me always beautiful, dreamland of romance & evergreens. It just had a certain feel to it that I always loved, so that was my inspiration and aspiration.
So I started writing songs and all the scores, a few years and obstacles later, mainly financial, with a little help from my friends, I put the band together and recently recorded about 20 songs under the working title "Starswinger". Here are a few tracks from the album, please listen and make a comment or two, if you're anything like me I think you'll enjoy it!
Hello Carl, :) Thank You for Your friendship & the add!! It is such an honor & a blessing to be Your friend!! Thank You for Your love & support! :) Great music. Have a blessed week. Keep in touch. Take care & God bless!!
Hi Carl, Hope you are doing well and enjoying summer! Its very hot here, of course, that's Cali for you. Its also been a sad day here since Thursday with the loss of Michael Jackson!! We will miss him....he was an Icon.....The King of Pop! R.I.P. Michael!
Hi Carl just popped in the listen to you and enjoy that great voice of yours and that wonderful band. Best wishes to you and keep swinging my friend. Love and respect BJ
Hi Carl,Thank you very much for the friendship.Great songs with great arrangements,a very tight band and brilliant vocals.Bravissimo ! I find "Can't let you go away" particularly catchy with your vocal delivery pretty reminiscent of the great Jack Jones.Cheers for now Glen.
Vår debutskiva, InSight, är nu färdig. Releasefest blir den 27 juni på Slottsstallarna i Växjö. Ni kan redan nu tjuvlyssna på ett par av låtarna via vår myspace. Kolla också musikvideon för låten Down, down, down!
Hi Carl! Your music keeps sounding more and more terrific each time I stop by so thought this time to let you know. Come see about me, and let's put our stuff together for a great time in Sweden!
How are you? Are you having a good weekend? I assume your performing somewhere......wish I could be there.. Hope you come to Cali soon!! Would love to see one of your shows! xxx
hi carl i hope you are well mate you are not just a great singer but also a great song writer i hope it all happens soon for you mate you desrve it , im just going back into the studio carl so im very busy and loving it the gigs are rolling in with some incredible session work aswell , i was showing a producer some of your work and he loved it so when are you coming over mate so we can have a sing song and a cup of coffee i hope soon take care carl and beleive in your dream / your english pal / keith ball.
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