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  • Genre: Acoustic / Americana / Country

    Location GREENSBORO, North Carolina, US

    Profile Views: 54966

    Last Login: 8/4/2011

    Member Since 1/20/2006

    Website www.lisadames.com

    Record Label What's that?

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    .. .. "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at his best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat."--(Theodore Roosevelt) .. Lisa Dames is neither timid nor cold. She is a sassy, sexy wife and mother who is set to make her mark on country music. On Dames new album, No One Like Me, she explores her songs from the inside out, investing each one with a sense of urgency ripped from her own life. A life that could have been inconsequential in someone elses hands... The songs on Dames album No One Like Me represent a penetrating and sometimes humorous view of life from a womans perspective. "There seems to be a prevailing thought that once a woman gets married and has kids, she stops being a woman," comments Dames. "I tend to believe the opposite, that a woman may get married and have kids, but first and foremost shes a woman.".. From the comforts and confidence of leading the single life (Good Time Lookin and Kinda Fun (Getting Over You) to the isolation of loneliness (Way Down Here) to the serious life struggles of Just Another Day, the songs create a tapestry of a relationship moving through its various stages. .. The first single, Just Another Day, penned by Trey Bruce and Kylie Maree Sackley, immediately struck a chord with Dames. "When I first heard this song I thought, that is so right on," Dames remembers. "When my dad died I expected the whole world to grieve. Of course they didn’t, but it was surreal how one of the two people who had known me my whole life was suddenly gone and no one noticed.".. Dames grew up in St. Louis, Houston and Cincinnati. It didn’t take long for her to become swept up by country music. "When I was nine years old, she says, my best friend and I would play Dolly Parton’s Here You Come Again and sing along at the top of our lungs." Unfortunately, Dames was not surrounded by encouraging adults. "My father wanted me to get a business degree," Dames recalls. "But I loved to sing and although it was discouraging sometimes, I never let go of my dream." .. During college Dames had a brief tenure working in sales at a country radio station in Cincinnati, the Beaver, 96.5. Later, while doing summer stock theatre, her roommate introduced her to Pam Tillis’ Maybe It Was Memphis and Suzy Bogguss’ Aces. "Those two albums really showed me what country music could do," says Dames. "The voices and songs were both so compelling. I was hooked." During this period, Dames met the man she would soon marry. Once her husband was out of school, the young couple moved to his native Milwaukee. There, Dames worked with several of the citys professional theater companies. "After being told I wasnt a singer," Dames says with quiet satisfaction, "I worked nonstop for six years." She became known as one of the best voices in Milwaukee... It was in Milwaukee that Dames gave birth to her two daughters, her motivation for success. "I never want my children to think that a dream is too big or beyond their grasp.".. In November of 1999, after giving birth to her second daughter, Dames got an unexpected phone call from an old college friend who was working at a professional theatre in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were getting ready to do A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline and they needed an actress to play Patsy Cline. "I told her I’d never done anything like that and that I didn’t sound like Patsy Cline. She said, I know, but I think you can do it." Between January 2001 and September of 2004, Dames performed in seven productions of both Patsy Cline shows, Always . . . Patsy Cline and A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, touring in several states. .. "Its funny, but portraying Patsy Cline is what helped me to develop my own style," says Dames. "While most of the other actresses who were doing these shows were so focused on sounding just like Patsy, I was focused on the emotion she put into her songs. And, that’s how I try to sing everything. Without the emotion, its just a bunch of words. Patsy knew this. Thats why she’s timeless.".. No One Like Me is produced by Grammy nominated producer David Grow, best known for his studio work with pop piano icon Jim Brickman. It features songs by such Music Row luminaries as Brett James, Troy Verges, Victoria Shaw and Hillary Lindsey. .. After hearing Dames demo, Grow was intrigued. "David called me right away," says Dames, "and said that there was something distinctive but familiar about my voice and that he thought we could create something magical." In No One Like Me, they have... .. .. ..........

  • Members

    Just Another Day music video directed by Ross Wood. Written by Kylie Sackley and Trey Bruce. Song produced by David Grow....... .. .. .. .. .... More Videos:.... .. .. .. .. ...... No One Like Me was produced by: David Grow.... Recorded at: Omni Sound (Nashville), Funhouse (Nashville) and Grow Music Inc. (Franklin, TN).... Musicians who contributed to the album include:.. Buddy Hyatt of Toto-Piano.. David Grow-Piano & Keyboards.. Brian Fullen - Drums.. Matt Pierson - Bass.. Danny Parks - Elec. Guitar.. George Marinelli plays w/ Bonnie Raitt - Elec. Guitar.. Mark Hill - Bass.. Scott Dente - Ac. Guitar.. Wanda Vick - Fiddle.. Larry Franklin - Fiddle.. Dan Dugmore - Pedal Steel.. Mike Johnson - Pedal Steel.. Pete Huttlinger - Mandolin & Banjo.. Jim Hoke - Hamonica.. Lori Hall - Vocal.. Britt Savage - Vocal.. Marcia Ware – Vocal.. Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum – Vocal.... Songwriters include:.. Good Time Lookin - Jill King/Del Gray.. Kinda Fun Gettin Over You - Lonnie Williams/Dave Brainard.. Just Another Day - Trey Bruce/Kylie Sackley.. Way Down Here - Mary Lyon Schenk.. Stubborn - Willie Mack/Noah Gordon.. Your Love - Victoria Shaw.. Takin the Wheel - Alan Miller/ Steve Nelson/Dan Strimer.. I'd Leave Me - Troy Verges/Angelo/Brett James/Hillary Lindsey.. Love Tornado - Megan Mullins/Burton Collins.. (Friend) I'd Lie to You - Heather Dunn/Patricia E. Gray/Tammy Lynn Cochran.. Not a Day Goes By - Kristy Jackson.. How Close You Came - Kristy Jackson/Cliff Goldmacher.. No One Like Me - David Grow/Lisa Dames

  • Influences

    Reba McEntire, Patsy Cline, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton John, Carly Simon, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Suzy Bogguss, Pam Tillis, Lori Morgan, Martina McBride, Barbra Streisand, Barbara Mandrell--If it's a woman, and she sings, she probably had some influence on me at some point in my career. .... .......... ..Facebook me!..

  • Sounds Like

    I think this is a trick question because no matter what I write here it only seeks to draw comparisons to other more well-known artists. And that will only lead you to say, or think, she sounds nothing like (insert famous person's name here). So I choose not to answer on the grounds that I may cause myself embarassment and you bewilderment at my thinking that I sound like (insert famous person's name here).

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