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Sarah H Lemaire

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Jan 16, 2002, 2:14:01 PM1/16/02
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Does anyone else think that the background vocals on "A Little Bluer Than
That" on Alan Jackson's new CD Drive sound like Lee Ann Womack? I couldn't
find her name on the CD anywhere, only someone named Irene Kelley. In any
case, the vocals are quite lovely.

Nothing new on this CD - just some lovely country tunes sung by a great
voice. I hope it does well.

Sarah

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Elizabeth Blake

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Jan 16, 2002, 3:37:22 PM1/16/02
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"Sarah H Lemaire" <s...@world.std.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone else think that the background vocals on "A Little Bluer Than
> That" on Alan Jackson's new CD Drive sound like Lee Ann Womack? I couldn't
> find her name on the CD anywhere, only someone named Irene Kelley. In any
> case, the vocals are quite lovely.

I haven't heard Alan Jackson's CD but it probably is Irene Kelley you hear
on that song. It's also on her own album (Simple Path) and I believe she
wrote/co-wrote it. Her album is great!

Liz

Jon Weisberger

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Jan 16, 2002, 4:43:17 PM1/16/02
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"Sarah H Lemaire" <s...@world.std.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone else think that the background vocals on "A Little Bluer Than
> That" on Alan Jackson's new CD Drive sound like Lee Ann Womack? I couldn't
> find her name on the CD anywhere, only someone named Irene Kelley. In any
> case, the vocals are quite lovely.

I haven't heard the album yet, but I vaguely recall that when Irene told me
that Jackson had recorded the song - she's a co-writer - she told me she was
singing on it, too. Kelley's a Pennsylvanian who's been in Nashville since
the late 80s or so. She had a major label deal at one point, but nothing
came of it. Since then, she's had some success as a writer; Trisha Yearwood
cut "O Mexico" a few years ago, and she's had cuts on CDs by some of her
co-writers, like Claire Lynch and Billy & Terry Smith.

Her version of "A Little Bluer Than That" is on her Simple Path album. It
originally came out in 2000, I believe, as a self-release, and was then
re-released on the Relentless label last year. It's a fine album of fairly
laid back, acoustic-flavored country music, with Alison Krauss's brother
Viktor (Lyle Lovett Band) playing upright bass on a bunch of tracks and some
fine playing by first-call fiddler Aubrey Haynie. Lynch does some harmony
vocals, as does Tim Hensley, who also sings on Patty Loveless' Mountain Soul
album. Co-writers on the all-original songs include Mark Irwin, Claire
Lynch, Kim Richey, Darrell Scott and more. It's a dandy.

There's more information available at her website
(http://www.irenekelley.com).

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Jon Weisberger


HooeyBrown

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Jan 16, 2002, 7:19:23 PM1/16/02
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If you look at the songwriting credits for "A Little Bluer Than That" you'll
see it was written by Mark Irwin (who has cowritten with Jackson before) and
Irene Kelley. She has her own album (with this song on it) coming out later
this month.

I'd like to see her open some shows for Jackson this year.


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chlban

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Jan 16, 2002, 9:39:15 PM1/16/02
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>I haven't heard Alan Jackson's CD but it probably is Irene Kelley you hear
>on that song.

It is Irene Kelley singing on it.

Sarah H Lemaire

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Jan 16, 2002, 10:15:43 PM1/16/02
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Based on everyone's recommendations, and the beautiful voice I hear
singing in the background with AJ, I think I'll buy Irene Kelley's
CD. It's got some terrific reviews at Amazon.

Thanks for the info...

Sarah

chlban (chl...@aol.com) wrote:
: >I haven't heard Alan Jackson's CD but it probably is Irene Kelley you hear
: >on that song.

: It is Irene Kelley singing on it.

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Maggie Smolkovich

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Jan 17, 2002, 6:38:50 AM1/17/02
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Sarah wrote:

<< Based on everyone's recommendations, and the beautiful voice I hear
singing in the background with AJ, I think I'll buy Irene Kelley's CD.
It's got some terrific reviews at Amazon. >>

It's always nice to see this newsgroup at it's best.....talking about
music, getting different opinions, and my favorite thing of all,
inspiring someone to buy new music from an artist they never heard of
before.
Let us know how you like Irene's cd.

Maggie

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chlban

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Jan 17, 2002, 9:31:05 AM1/17/02
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Just as an aside for anyone that hasn't heard the story of how Alan came to
record this, he was driving home from
the airport one Saturday Night after flying
in from a concert and tuned into the Opry
on the car radio. He heard Irene performing the song and loved it.

Melinda

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Jan 22, 2002, 8:00:57 PM1/22/02
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s...@world.std.com (Sarah H Lemaire) wrote in message news:<Gq1pF...@world.std.com>...

Sarah,
I thought the same thing when I heard this song. It does certainly
sound like LeAnne Womack, but I'm sure that Liz is right in that it is
Irene Kelley. I hope they release it as a single, although there are
quite a few hit singles in this new CD from Alan.

rpac...@gmail.com

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Jan 15, 2019, 5:08:15 PM1/15/19
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> That is Irene Kelley doing harmony in the song she also wrote it.
I did a show with Irene also you might enjoy listening to :)
http://rickpackershow.com/index.php?controller=pjLoad&action=pjActionView&id=4
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