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Rick Alan Carpenter
Country / Roots Music / Americana

"Rick Alan Carpenter"

NASHVILLE, TN
United States

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Member Since4/4/2006
Band Websiterickalancarpenter.com
Band MembersRick Alan Carpenter (vocals, guitars), Dave Melton (stand up, vocals), Chris Melton (guitar, vocals), Robert Goeres (drums)

InfluencesBuck Owens, Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons, CCR, Dwight Yoakam, The Beatles, Alan Jackson, Tom Petty, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Thompson, Warren Zevon, Gary Stewart, Moe Bandy, Randy Travis, Keith Whitley, Rick Nelson, Roy Orbison, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Elvis, Stones, Wynn Stewart, Carl Butler and Pearl, Carl Smith, Clint Black, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Everly Brothers, Louvin Brothers, Wilburn Brothers, Ray Price, Dylan, George Jones, George Strait, Waylon, Willie, the "Johnnys" Cash, Paycheck, Horton, Lee, Rodriguez, Roger Miller, Marty Robbins, Marty Stuart, David Allan Coe, Charlie Daniels, Ernest Tubb, Don Williams, Gene Watson

Sounds Like Merle Haggard meets Gram Parsons at a Dwight Yoakam concert after spending a weekend hangin' out with Keith Richards.






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   About Rick Alan Carpenter
In an age when country music is dominated by contest winners, fresh-scrubbed adolescents, and prepackaged pop (read "new") country pretenders, Rick Alan Carpenter is the genuine article. "I've been dead drunk, dead broke, divorced and damn near dead more than a few times" he intones, "I've successfully avoided success for 20 years, my life is a country song!" Carpenter has played as a sideman in numerous country and rock bands in Los Angeles as well as Nashville, where he currently resides. He has opened for everyone from "Boy Howdy to Van Halen, playing huge auditoriums, closet sized bars, and every type of roadhouse and honkytonk in between."
Born "in the east" and raised "out west", Carpenter started playing the guitar at thirteen. "My mother played the piano and always entertained when people came over, so I caught the bug early on." He started playing bass as well and found out he could get more work as a bass player, because "everyone wanted to play the guitar."
After a few years playing bass in several rock bands (including a stint with legendary LA guitarist Terry Kilgore), Rick Alan rediscovered the country music he heard as a kid. "I had a friend who had thousands of records, Buck and Merle, Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, Joe Maphis, all the great Bakersfield stuff, I felt reborn."
The cowpunk scene in LA had spawned Dwight Yoakam, The Blasters and Lone Justice, and the neo-traditional country sound appealed to Carpenter. "I played the Palomino not long before it closed, but was getting tired of LA, and headed for Nashville with my guitars and a suitcase full of sad songs in '93." Carpenter soon found out, however, that Nashville wasn't interested in real, traditional country music. "Perry Howard (Harlan's son) said I was old school, which I took as a compliment, though I don't think he intended it that way." Undaunted, Rick Alan kept writing and performing in bands and on writer's nights all over town. "I met Scott McEwen, a great stand up bass player who has played with Hank III and Rosie Flores, and he encouraged me to record some songs at his studio."
The resulting sessions became the new CD "Outside of Nashville" a 6 song EP that showcases Carpenter's love of REAL country music. "The production is raw, the songs cut through, nothing like the slick sound Nashville currently favors," he says, "I'm very pleased!" Carpenter wrote all the songs and plays all the guitars, with help from Mark Horn (Derailers) on drums, Carco Clave (Asleep at the Wheel) on steel/dobro, Jeremy Garrett on fiddle, McEwen on bass, Bob Grant on mandolin, and Randy Finchum singing back up vocals. Stand out songs include "Same Old Heartache" and "Nothing Left to Lose (But the Blues)."
The struggle for recognition goes on, but recent shows at the Bluebird Cafe and the Hall of Fame Lounge in Nashville are certainly encouraging. "I get the feeling that real country is coming back strong" Carpenter states, "audiences are very responsive and, to me, thats all that matters."

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Jul 1 2008 8:38 PM

Hi Rick
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Jun 23 2008 10:56 AM

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Jun 20 2008 5:38 PM



ALRIGHT !!! WE MADE IT. SINCERELY WISHING YOU AN AWESOME WEEKEND. OFFICIALLY THE FIRST OF THE SUMMER AND THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR. SO GET OUT AND ENJOY. KEEP COOL AND SAFE. REMEMBER I TREASURE YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

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Jun 17 2008 1:09 PM

Rick... Thanks for the add... Take care and God Bless.. Ky, Kc M.C. and Mike….Enjoy the site ...
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Jun 17 2008 7:49 AM

A show in Nashvegas on July 2 or July 6 or 7 would be cool........sometimes even Texans need to get the heck out.
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Jun 16 2008 9:04 PM

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Jun 13 2008 4:59 PM

HI RICK, ALRIGHT WE MADE IT . WISHING YOU A GREAT WEEKEND. ENJOY, BE SAFE AND KEEP COOL. I'M HEADING TO THE GOSHEN STAMPEDE. HOPE TO BRING YOU BACK SOME GREAT PICS.
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Jun 12 2008 4:44 PM

THANKS RICK HOPE ALL IS GOING WELL.
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WELL HERE WE ARE WITH ONLY ONE DAY LEFT AND THEN......YAHOO...THE WEEKEND. HOPE YOU MADE SOME GREAT PLANS. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE PLANNED. IN ANY EVENT I WISH YOU AN EASY FRISKY FRIDAY . TO ME FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS LUCKY BUT BEWARE IT CAN TURN AROUND IN A SPLIT-SECOND...LOL . HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND STOP BY THE DOUBLE L FOR A REFRESHMENT AND GOOD COMPANY.
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Jun 10 2008 5:31 PM

HI RICK, LOOKING AT WEDNESDAY HEAD-ON. LET'S TACKLE IT AND BE ON THE SLIDE TO THE WEEKEND. HOPE THE HEAT AND THE STORMS ARE MISSING YOU. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND SUBJECT TO ITS VENGEANCE, I HOPE IT BRAKES SOON FOR YOU. STAY COOL AND SAFE.
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Jun 5 2008 7:14 PM

Hi Rick,
Welcome to my site,Listened to your work and you've got a great sound and
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May 30 2008 12:44 PM

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May 29 2008 12:00 AM

Hey Rick,Hope you had a nice trip;
see you are playing at Hall of Fame;
check out Ben West that night.You
and he would make a good sw team.
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