Josh Kear asked me, as president of a Parrot Heads in Paradise club, to listen to his CD, "Blue Pearl Paradise," and let him know if I liked it. I confess that it took me two weeks to get around to putting it in my player, but it hasn't been out of rotation since. I've played it for numerous parrot head friends, and every one of them loved it... I highly recommend that you BUY IT NOW.
(The album)... has a perfect grasp of what it means to be landlocked yet yearning for that place in the sun that so many of us can relate to. The songs on this CD run the gamut from poignant ("Maybe this is God's only oasis, his blue pearl paradise; but if he can do this once...why not twice?") to humorous ("His mama says 'Some folks are just unique'; and Daddy says 'The boy's just a bonafide freak!" He's a Dreadneck!") to my favorite take-me-away track, "Sunshine State of Mind" ("I want a sunburn so bad that it hurts...").
In my opinion, this CD belongs in every island dreamer's collection.
Review by Cindy Ely
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I learned that Blue Pearl Paradise isn't actually a band that you can hire for a gig, I was rather bummed to learn that because this is one great CD. This is project by Nashville songwriters Ed Hill, David Frasier, and Josh Kear. They put together at great bunch of musicians to make one of the best trop-rock CDs I've enjoyed in quite some time.
I have a problem with CD though. The first song, The Only Thing Missing, is so good I keep re-starting the CD. The beat is great and vocals awesome. It's where we all want to be with the babe of our dreams, but she ain't there! Come on down honey! The only missing is you....... Great song.
The CD slows some after with Sunshine State of Mind, but wonderful ballad about wanting to go from landlocked to the beach...Then we get to Hurricane Cooking, ah, yes, my type of tune. Very awesome vocals in this tune - though too short. This song should have been expanded because it's one of the best on the CD...I enjoy the use of steel guitar on this CD and the piano work is very good. The song Twelve Miles Out is a favorite, sort of blues? I guess if you're a Cuban you'd have the blues if you didn't make it 11 miles in...My favorite ballad is Sailor Too From The Sea, reminds me when I was in the Navy, same as my Dad and my Grandpa...I really can't recommend Blue Pearl Paradise enough, I have hundreds of independent artist CDs, mainly in the island genre, this one is why I keep spending my money!!!
Buy it!!!! Really! Buy it or be left out of one the best Trop-Rock CDs made in quite some time.
Rambling Reviews by Jim Bright
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This is one awsome CD. Great songs. Very clever lyrics. They capture it all on this CD. All kinds of musical flavors are happening here.
Buy this CD. I can't say enough good things about it.
By Paul Peevy
BLUE PEARL PARADISE - BIO
Blue Pearl Paradise is not so much the work of one individual artist as it is the culmination of a friendship between three professional songwriters. Ed Hill, David Frasier and Josh Kear met while writing songs for BMG Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee and found that laughter, patience and a good hang led to songs they all loved creating. This "hang time" resulted in a Trop-Rock project known as Blue Pearl Paradise. Each of their stories are varied and each has his own reason for hearing the call of the ocean. It is enough to say that the music is real and comes from an honest place. It's easy to hear that in the songs.
The album was recorded at County Q Productions with a group of world class musicians. The band includes Paul Scholton (Drums), Dan Dugmore (acoustic, electric, steel guitars), J. T. Corenflos (electric guitar), Don Kerce (bass), Tony Harrell and Bob Patin (Keys) Sam Bacco (percussion), Perry Coleman (background vocals) and Josh Kear (acoustic guitar and vocals). These musicians have an impressive list of credits to their names including James Taylor, Rodney Crowell, Matchbox 20, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Earl Keene, Warren Zevon and a host of country artists, both contemporary and classic.
This music is obviously made to accompany rum and relaxation. So often you buy an album and there's one or two songs that shine. Check out BPP. These tunes are all pearls.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.bluepearlparadise.comTrack List:
1. The Only Thing Missing
2. Sunshine State of Mind
3. Blue Pearl Paradise
4. And the Girls All Sway
5. Hurricane Cooking
6. Key Biscayne
7. Twelve Miles Out
8. Dredneck
9. Sailor Too Far From the Sea
10. Ain't Going Home
11. I Don't Care
12. Motion of the Ocean
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