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Meredith Laney - sass and vocals
David Holtzclaw - backtalk, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and djembe
Carl Jung said “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” Meredith and David have thoughtful songs that look at both realms, with passion and clarity. Their music shows their folk roots, but they aren’t ashamed to take their rich harmonies and memorable songs into rock and blues territory. It’s like Mindy Smith met David Crosby and had a baby with … oh never mind, you get the idea.
They met at a Darrell Scott show in 2005. Each had their own music career, Dave on his own and with several bands (Brothers, Wooden Parts and others). He sold a Nolan Ryan rookie baseball card to buy his first serious acoustic guitar. It opened up a whole new world of songwriting for him. Meredith sang in ensembles and choirs, writing her own songs but describing herself as a sofa singer-songwriter. The first time she sang for Dave, “I lit a candle, turned out the lights and made him look anywhere but at me. Now, he would have you know, you can’t shut me up.”
Their influences include David Wilcox and Eva Cassidy and you can certainly hear that and more from their blues and folk-rock songs to the thoughtful folk ballads they write and perform. Their album, Take Me Back, is out now and made possible with a grant from their local arts council (www.artsandscience.org). They were one of only twenty recipients out of sixty-seven applicants.
David Holtzclaw - backtalk, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and djembe
Carl Jung said “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” Meredith and David have thoughtful songs that look at both realms, with passion and clarity. Their music shows their folk roots, but they aren’t ashamed to take their rich harmonies and memorable songs into rock and blues territory. It’s like Mindy Smith met David Crosby and had a baby with … oh never mind, you get the idea.
They met at a Darrell Scott show in 2005. Each had their own music career, Dave on his own and with several bands (Brothers, Wooden Parts and others). He sold a Nolan Ryan rookie baseball card to buy his first serious acoustic guitar. It opened up a whole new world of songwriting for him. Meredith sang in ensembles and choirs, writing her own songs but describing herself as a sofa singer-songwriter. The first time she sang for Dave, “I lit a candle, turned out the lights and made him look anywhere but at me. Now, he would have you know, you can’t shut me up.”
Their influences include David Wilcox and Eva Cassidy and you can certainly hear that and more from their blues and folk-rock songs to the thoughtful folk ballads they write and perform. Their album, Take Me Back, is out now and made possible with a grant from their local arts council (www.artsandscience.org). They were one of only twenty recipients out of sixty-seven applicants.
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