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A Tree & me by carol@carolgrimes.com

I was just some hand in a hands child I grew up half hungry half wild way out where the refuse is piling summer breezes ain’t for sniffin’ phew, excuse me for livin’ Home was a shack with no paint Quality folk called it quaint When you gotta live there in it I didn’t leave home I was driven please excuse me for livin’ Some people say I’m deluderin’ Home with a shortage of coop They tried to condem...

Who Do You Want? Johnny Meringue. The Crocodiles by carol@carolgrimes.com

https://theshout.org/about/ Singing a duet at The Albert Hall with Yogeswaran and The Shout, formed in 1998 by the composers Orlando Gough and Richard Chew. It has been called a ‘vocal big band’, a ‘club choir’, a ‘vocal Stomp’, a ‘dangerous choir’, a ‘choir of Babel’ and a ‘choral phenomenon’. The sixteen singers come from very varied backgrounds – gospel, jazz, blues, contemporary classical, ope...

Waves 3 by carol@carolgrimes.com

The beauty of bird songs

In the introduction for BBC 3, I am introduced as Michael Henry with Manickam Yogeswaran. I am sure it was me at the time? My body my voice. Yoga was resplendent standing in front of the magnificent Albert Hall Organ wearing a golden suit. I was up at the back in the gods behind the stalls. Hidden. Then I made my way down the stairs to join The Shout with Yoga in front of the Organ and the Audienc...

Carol Grimes - Mother (Irregular/CG) This is a seriously fine comeback album that really Delivers! (Pun intended - remember Carol's feisty contributions to the 70s blues-soul scene with Babylon and Delivery?) Long overdue as far as Carol's many fans are concerned, Mother absolutely screams quality - though sometimes with a whisper! It was released quite a few months ago now, and met with more than...

The Shout Purcell Room John L Walters Wednesday January 5, 2005 The Guardian Originally brought together as a vehicle for the compositions of Orlando Gough and Richard Chew, the Shout's 15 singers make a virtue of their divergent backgrounds. The resulting a cappella sound - broad, rich, thrilling - has meant that the ensemble has remained unclassifiable: too awkwardly multicultural for a bench at...

© 1998 I recorded these tracks in 199/8 I have only listened to them for the first time in the last weeks. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. I don't even know what genre to call them in the list? They have been sitting in a cupboard in a box for many years. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. Very much improvised vocals on the tracks ..melo...

© I recorded these tracks in 199/8 I have only listened to them for the first time in the last weeks. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. The began as a project with Steve, shortly afterwards Steve became Julia. A deeply sad resonance when Julia died a few years afterwards. I don't even know what genre to call them in the list? They have been sitting in a cupboard in a...

© 1998 I recorded these tracks in 197/8 I have only listened to them for the first time in the last weeks. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. I don't even know what genre to call them in the list? They have been sitting in a cupboard in a box for many years. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. Very much improvised vocals on the tracks ..melo...

© 1998 I recorded these tracks in 197/8 I have only listened to them for the first time in the last weeks. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. I don't even know what genre to call them in the list? They have been sitting in a cupboard in a box for many years. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. Very much improvised vocals on the tracks ..melo...

I recorded these tracks in 1997/8 I have only listened to them for the first time in the last weeks. They have been sitting in a cupboard in a box for many years. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. I don't even know what genre to call them in the list? Very much improvised vocals on the tracks ..melody and on a couple of them, lyrics on the spot. I love to scat stories...

© 1998 I recorded these tracks in 199/7/8 I have only listened to them for the first time in the last weeks. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. I don't even know what genre to call them in the list? They have been sitting in a cupboard in a box for many years. A rather poignant and sad story attached to the making of them. Very much improvised vocals on the tracks ..me...

WORK. ＠ Sitting on a wall in somewhere town looking through a mirror See tomorrow’s hours on the ground, got nowhere to go Filling up the hours with a TV SCREEN Am I a failure? Don’t seem to fit in the worldly scene.. Why not? Why not? Looking west and looking east. Travel light, forget the beast. A new way of trying What they have is for themselves. We're uninvited to the feast.. People are dyin...

The Shout Purcell Room John L Walters Wednesday January 5, 2005 The Guardian Originally brought together as a vehicle for the compositions of Orlando Gough and Richard Chew, the Shout's 15 singers make a virtue of their divergent backgrounds. The resulting a cappella sound - broad, rich, thrilling - has meant that the ensemble has remained unclassifiable: too awkwardly multicultural for a bench at...

I was levitating above Mile End ! And yes! My pants were on fire! Produced by Micky Gallagher. Ain't that peculiar / Smokey Robinson. Fashion Passion by Charlie Charles & Carol Grimes John Turnbull (guitar), Mickey Gallagher (keyboards), Davey Payne (saxophone), Charley Charles (drums) and Norman Watt-Roy (bass).

From Mother CD Irregular Records CG59 (CD, UK, 2003)In the memory of Stan Adler and Elton Dean Musicians Garol Grimes, vocals; Ian Shaw, Hammond / Rhodes, vocals; Greg Wain, guitars, vocals; Steve Watts, double bass; Stan Adler, cello; Mark Fletcher, drums, percussion, fire extinguisher; Annie Whitehead, trombone; Josefina Cupido, percussion, vocals; Elton Dean, saxophones; Harry Becket, trumpet T...

Recorded live at Lauderdale House Highgate London. If I only had if I only had just an hour to live not one minute more I would pray for power just to spend an hour pressed against your heart until time departs and its vibrant beat would be so warm & sweet as I held you near to dispel my fear and I feel you still and next winters chill laid a barren hand upon the land If I only had if I only had j...

I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues Ain′t got a change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce in my shoes Ain′t got no fancy to tickle I ain't got nothing but the blues Ain't got no coffee that′s perking Ain′t got no pennies to lose I ain't got no dream that is working I ain′t got nothing but the blues When trumpets flare up I keep my hair up I just can't make it come down Believe me pappy, I can′t get hap...

Live in London, Carol Grimes, with Dorian Ford, Winston Clifford, and Neville Malcome.

Jazz Standard LAZY BLUE EYES CAROL GRIMES & IAN SHAW TONY REMY STEVE LODDER Offbeat Records, CDWIK 93 (1990) I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (Ellington, Webster) You Always Miss The Water (When The Wells Runs Dry) (W M York) I’m Scared (Grimes) Don’t Explain (Herzog, Holiday) Lush Life (B Strayhorn) In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington, Mills, Kurtz) Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) I Ain’t Got...

Credits Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute [Alto] – Pete Thomas (2) Cello – Robert Bailey (2) Double Bass – Mario Castronari Drums, Percussion – Mike Bradley (2) Guitar, Harmonica – Maciej Hrybowicz Keyboards – Janette Mason, Steve Lodder Mixed By – Maciek Hrybowicz*, Steve Lodder Producer – Maciek Hrybowicz* Tenor Saxophone – Angele Vetmeijer* Trumpet – Jim Dvorak Violin – Sianed Jones Vo...

Work 1980s London.＠ Grimes/Hrybowicz. Written in Bethnal Green, so far the longest I have ever lived anywhere. Sitting on a wall in somewhere town - Looking through a mirror See tomorrow’s hours on the ground. Got nowhere to go Filling up the hours with a TV screen. Am I a failure? I don’t seem to fit in the worldly scheme Why not? Work, it's a fundamental right Looking west and looking east Trav...