Shadow On The Wall

...we need a holy hand to fan the dying flame...

DEAD MAN'S TOWN...KARTER JAYMES

THE INSPIRATION
KARTER JAYMES WAS STUCK IN THE ROUTINE OF LIFE...ONE
NIGHT AT A TRACY CHAPMAN CONCERT THAT CHANGED.
THE OPENER,JEFFREY GAINES,WALKED OUT ON STAGE...KARTER
WAS BOTH INTRIGUED & INSPIRED BY THE SOLO ACOUSTIC
SINGER/SONGWRITER.HE KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE HIS
NEXT MUSICAL CHALLENGE.KARTER DIDN'T SING...DIDN'T
PLAY GUITAR,BUT THAT DIDN'T DETER HIM.HE QUIT HIS JOB
AS AN ADDICTIONS COUNSELOR,WENT TO THE MUSIC STORE
& GOT A GUITAR.HE TOLD HIMSELF,”OKAY,LET'S GET STARTED,
I'LL GET GOOD LATER”.AS DESTINY HAS SHOWN,KARTER DID
JUST THAT.KARTER HAD A HISTORY OF WRITING SONGS FOR &
WITH OTHERS...TEDDY PENDERGRASS,THE WHATNAUTS,DE LA
SOUL,& JAHEIM AMONG THEM.NOW HE PUT PEN TO PAPER TO
WRITE FOR HIMSELF & THE CREATIVE ENERGY FLOWED.KARTER
TOOK SIX OF HIS SONGS INTO THE STUDIO & PRODUCED HIS
FIRST EP,”BORN IN NOVEMBER”.KARTER WAS CREATING THE
MUSIC & LYRICS,NOW HE NEEDED AN OUTLET...SO STARTED
THE ROUNDS OF OPEN MIKES & SINGER/SONGWRITING
CONTESTS NATIONWIDE.IN PHILLY,AT THE WORLD CAFE',HE
WON FOR OUTSTANDING STAND-UP PERFORMER.HE NOW
WENT BACK INTO THE STUDIO & PRODUCED HIS FIRST LP,”IN
THE IMAGE OF SOUL”,WHICH INCLUDED A COVER OF ”TRY A
LITTLE TENDERNESS”,A NOD TO ONE OF HIS IDOLS,OTIS
REDDING.NOW,AS AN ESTABLISHED SINGER/SONGWRITER
(VOTED BALTIMORE'S BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER BY RAMS
HEAD LIVE) WITH A SOULFUL VOICE THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL
SOMETHING,KARTER JAYMES CONTINUES TO WRITE,RECORD,
& TOUR...THE REST IS MUSIC TO OUR EARS...


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