GREG TROOPER
''MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WORLD''
APRIL 12 2005
42:21
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01 - Dream Away the Blues 04:06
02 - This I'd Do 03:50
03 - Green Eyed Girl 03:15
04 - Make It Through This World 04:17
05 - Don't Let It Go to Waste 03:02
06 - Loneyl Pair 03:32
07 - I Love It When She Lies 03:32 (Amanda Hunt-Taylor, Greg Trooper
08 - No Higher Ground 02:49
09 - Sad, Sad Girl 03:06
10 - When I Think of You My Friends 03:10
11 - Close to the Tracks 03:20
12 - Lonesome for You Now 04:18 (Amanda Hunt-Taylor, Greg Trooper
Tracks By Trooper, Except 07, 12
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Kenneth Blevins/Drums, Percussion
Jordan Chassan/Analogue Synthesizer
Steve Fishell/Dobro, Lap Steel Guitar
David Jacques/Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright), Double Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Bill Kirchen/Guitar (Electric)
Kevin McKendree/Farfisa Organ, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Wurlitzer, Wurlitzer Piano
Pat McLaughlin/Vocal Harmony, Vocals (Background)
Dan Penn/Vocals (Background)
Trixie/Sound Effects
Greg Trooper/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
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REVIEW/AMG
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
Singer/songwriters are not known for their cheeriness, so it's kind of nice when Greg Trooper opens Make It Through This World with the gospel-tinged "Dream Away the Blues." Yes, the singer/narrator may be a bit down now, but he confidently asserts that one day he'll dream away the blues. He follows this with a mellow R&B number, "This I'd Do," a song that finds the singer promising to do whatever it takes to please his love interest, while a serene "Green Eyed Girl" playfully finds the singer wishing for the world only to admit he'd be satisfied if he had his girl sitting by his side. Trooper's relaxed vocals seem at home among the acoustic and electric guitars that make up the album's tasteful arrangements. On songs like the title track and "Don't Let It Go to Waste," he even melds his folkie heart to country music, delivering each piece with a quiet confidence. There's also an evocative ode to the great Galveston flood, "No Higher Ground," that carries a positive cadence despite its tragic subject matter. The overall mood of Make It Through This World is upbeat, and it works so well because Trooper's performance seems to in tune with the music and material. Singer/songwriters, it appears, can have good days just like everybody else.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jack Leaver
Born and raised in New Jersey, Greg Trooper has written songs recorded by the likes of Steve Earle and Vince Gill. In the early '70s, Trooper left the folk clubs of Greenwich Village for the music scene of Austin, Texas, before moving to Lawrence, Kansas, where he entered college and continued to hone his guitar, singing, and songwriting skills. He returned to New York for the '80s and part of the '90s, where he recorded his first two records: We Won't Dance and the critically acclaimed Everywhere. The records caught the attention of Earle -- who recorded Trooper's "Little Sister." In the early '90s, Trooper met fellow New Jerseyite and ex-E Steet Band bassist Garry Tallent, who like Trooper would settle in Nashville. Tallent produced Trooper's 1996 album Noises in the Hallway and released it on his D'Ville Records. Popular Demons followed in 1998. After the release of that album, he signed with famed Nashville indie Element Records, which released Straight Down Rain in 2001. He moved on to the esteemed Sugar Hill label in 2003 with the excellent Floating, followed by Make it Through the World in 2005.
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''MAKE IT THROUGH THIS WORLD''
APRIL 12 2005
42:21
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01 - Dream Away the Blues 04:06
02 - This I'd Do 03:50
03 - Green Eyed Girl 03:15
04 - Make It Through This World 04:17
05 - Don't Let It Go to Waste 03:02
06 - Loneyl Pair 03:32
07 - I Love It When She Lies 03:32 (Amanda Hunt-Taylor, Greg Trooper
08 - No Higher Ground 02:49
09 - Sad, Sad Girl 03:06
10 - When I Think of You My Friends 03:10
11 - Close to the Tracks 03:20
12 - Lonesome for You Now 04:18 (Amanda Hunt-Taylor, Greg Trooper
Tracks By Trooper, Except 07, 12
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Kenneth Blevins/Drums, Percussion
Jordan Chassan/Analogue Synthesizer
Steve Fishell/Dobro, Lap Steel Guitar
David Jacques/Bass (Electric), Bass (Upright), Double Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Bill Kirchen/Guitar (Electric)
Kevin McKendree/Farfisa Organ, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Wurlitzer, Wurlitzer Piano
Pat McLaughlin/Vocal Harmony, Vocals (Background)
Dan Penn/Vocals (Background)
Trixie/Sound Effects
Greg Trooper/Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
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REVIEW/AMG
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
Singer/songwriters are not known for their cheeriness, so it's kind of nice when Greg Trooper opens Make It Through This World with the gospel-tinged "Dream Away the Blues." Yes, the singer/narrator may be a bit down now, but he confidently asserts that one day he'll dream away the blues. He follows this with a mellow R&B number, "This I'd Do," a song that finds the singer promising to do whatever it takes to please his love interest, while a serene "Green Eyed Girl" playfully finds the singer wishing for the world only to admit he'd be satisfied if he had his girl sitting by his side. Trooper's relaxed vocals seem at home among the acoustic and electric guitars that make up the album's tasteful arrangements. On songs like the title track and "Don't Let It Go to Waste," he even melds his folkie heart to country music, delivering each piece with a quiet confidence. There's also an evocative ode to the great Galveston flood, "No Higher Ground," that carries a positive cadence despite its tragic subject matter. The overall mood of Make It Through This World is upbeat, and it works so well because Trooper's performance seems to in tune with the music and material. Singer/songwriters, it appears, can have good days just like everybody else.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Jack Leaver
Born and raised in New Jersey, Greg Trooper has written songs recorded by the likes of Steve Earle and Vince Gill. In the early '70s, Trooper left the folk clubs of Greenwich Village for the music scene of Austin, Texas, before moving to Lawrence, Kansas, where he entered college and continued to hone his guitar, singing, and songwriting skills. He returned to New York for the '80s and part of the '90s, where he recorded his first two records: We Won't Dance and the critically acclaimed Everywhere. The records caught the attention of Earle -- who recorded Trooper's "Little Sister." In the early '90s, Trooper met fellow New Jerseyite and ex-E Steet Band bassist Garry Tallent, who like Trooper would settle in Nashville. Tallent produced Trooper's 1996 album Noises in the Hallway and released it on his D'Ville Records. Popular Demons followed in 1998. After the release of that album, he signed with famed Nashville indie Element Records, which released Straight Down Rain in 2001. He moved on to the esteemed Sugar Hill label in 2003 with the excellent Floating, followed by Make it Through the World in 2005.
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WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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