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Rosie
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Rosie
Released: Jan 1, 2009
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  • Genre: Acoustic / R&B / Soul

    Location BALTIMORE, Maryland, Un

    Profile Views: 20889

    Last Login: 4/2/2013

    Member Since 1/24/2008

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmthcnRlcmpheW1lc211c2ljLmNvbQ==

    Record Label FOLKUS MUSIC

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    HOW IT ALL STARTED...KARTER JAYMES (KNOWN THEN AS JAMES S.CARTER) HAD A DREAM...TO WRITE & PLAY MUSIC...AS A MUSIC LOVER WITH A SOCIAL FLAIR OF HEARTFELT SOUL MAGIC & A GET IN THE DOOR GIFT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN,KARTER ALWAYS KNEW,IN HIS HEART OF HEARTS,THAT ONE DAY HIS BREAK WOULD COME.KARTER WOULD HANG AROUND THE STAGE DOOR AT DIFFERENT VENUES,WAITING FOR HIS CHANCE...ONE NIGHT IN 1975,HE WAS AT THE OLD CIVIC CENTER IN BALTIMORE WHEN THAT CHANCE CAME.ON THE BILL THAT NIGHT WERE THE BLUE NOTES...FEATURING TEDDY PENDERGRASS.KARTER WAS AT HIS USUAL SPOT AT THE STAGE DOOR & WHEN THE BLUE NOTES WALKED THROUGH,KARTER MADE HIMSELF PART OF THE ENTOURAGE,FOLLOWING THEM TO THE DRESSING ROOM.IT'S HERE WHERE KARTER WOULD PULL OUT HIS DRUMSTICKS & INVITE HIMSELF TO THE WARM-UP SESSION,CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF THE LATE HENRY EVANS,MANAGER OF HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES.HENRY NOTICED THE FIRE & A UNIQUE PERSONALITY IN KARTER,WHICH LED TO A TELEPHONE CALL 4 WEEKS LATER FOR AN AUDITION,WHICH KARTER SUCCESSFULLY NAILED.SHORTLY AFTER THAT GROUP DISBANDED (THE BLUE NOTES...FEATURING TEDDY PENDERGRASS) TEDDY FIRED EVERYONE IN THE BAND,EXCEPT FOR JAMES S.CARTER,DRUMS & ALFIE POLLITT,PIANO..THIS LED TO THE TEDDY PENDERGRASS SOLO ARTIST EXPERIENCE.FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE LAST PERFORMING DATE,KARTER WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THE ROAD.KARTER LEARNED THE INS & OUTS OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS,WHICH LATER PROVED VALUABLE.KARTER'S TALENT WAS WELL RECEIVED LATER,WHEN HE WROTE TEDDY'S COMEBACK SINGLE AFTER HIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT,"LOVE 4-2",WHICH DISPLAYED KARTER'S WRITING ABILITY.KARTER WAS A PART OF THE TEDDY PENDERGRASS EXPERIENCE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE LAST TOUR DATE & IN ADDITION TO BEING THE DRUMMER,KARTER ALSO BEGAN TO WRITE SONGS FOR TEDDY PENDERGRASS.IT WAS THEN THAT KARTER SHIFTED MUSICAL GEARS & THE REST IS MUSICAL HISTORY...WHO IS KARTER JAYMES ?...A MOST VERSATILE ACOUSTIC SINGER/SONGWRITER,KARTER BRINGS A FRESH,CHALLENGING PERSPECTIVE & A RICHLY WEATHERED TONE TO A NEW BRAND OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC...KARTER'S SONGS CAN'T BE DEFINED BY ANY ONE CATEGORY...WRITING STYLES RANGE FROM SOUL,BLUES,FOLK & ALTERNATIVE SOUNDS...A BLEND OF SEASONED,SOULFUL VOCAL TONES TAKE LYRICAL FLIGHT INTO THE VERSATALITY OF TODAY...HE IS NOW A GRAMMY NOMINATED ARTIST FOR THE ALBUM,"JOY",RECORDED BY TEDDY PENDERGRASS,WHICH COUNTED GOLD & PLATINUM WORLDWIDE...HIS HISTORY & INFLUENCE IS A WIDE STRETCH AS HIS SONGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED & SAMPLED BY THE INDUSTRY'S FINEST...SOUL SINGER JAHEIM'S..."AIN'T LEAVIN' WITHOUT YOU"...TEDDY PENDERGRASS..."LOVE 4 2"..."I FIND EVERYTHING IN YOU"...THE WHATNAUTS..."HELP IS ON THE WAY"...CHECKER KABB..."BY MY SIDE"...NEW YORK'S HIP HOP LEGENDS,DE LA SOUL'S..."RING,RING,RING"...KARTER IS CO-WRITER/COMPOSER ON TEDDY'S RECORDING OF "2 AM" & "CAN WE BE LOVERS?"...KARTER'S MUSIC HAS ALSO BEEN SAMPLED BY K-GEE...PETE ROCK...JEREMY DUPREE...ALSO FEATURED ON MARTIN LAWRENCE'S,"THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE" MOVIE SOUNDTRACK...HE HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH SINGER/SONGWRITERS...JEFFREY GAINES...ANTHONY DAVID...ROY AYERS...EDWIN MCCAIN...JOSH HOGE...SPENCER DAY & MANY OTHERS...ONE OF HIS FAVORED MOMENTS WAS AT NEW YORK CITY'S BLACK EXPO,WHERE HE SHARED THE STAGE WITH THE POPULAR DUO,FLOETRY...KARTER HAS HIS OWN COMFORTABLE PRESENCE & PERSONALITY ON STAGE & EXPRESSES HIS LOVE & PASSION...THROUGH MUSIC...IN THE IMAGE OF SOUL... KARTER JAYMES...THANKS FOR LISTENING...PEACE... KARTER JAYMES' WORLD DATES AVAILABLE...CONTACT: PHONE 410-900-5817 OR E-MAIL: folkusmusic@yahoo.com

  • Members

    KARTER JAYMES

  • Influences

    ...RICHIE HAVENS...BOBBY WOMACK...OTIS REDDING...WYCLEF JEAN...& MANY OTHERS...

  • Sounds Like

    ...KARTER JAYMES!!!

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