Missin' My Baby's Smile - David T Carter

Missin My Babys Smile
David T Carter
2001
davidtcarter.com

It left when the north wind cried,
Summer had all but died,
Like roses in autumns gloom,
A collage of old dried prunes,
But I loved her a life time twice,
I'm missing my babys smile,

Won't you be daddys little baby,
Shining in a big old trolley,
Daddys lost his little babys smile,
Or was daddy just your baby,
Looking for a little haven,
Cradled up in mamas little hands,

Always the sun burned bright,
A picture of endless light,
How do they make babys bright,
There must be a reason why,
I loved her a lifetime twice,
I'm missing my babys smile,

All around this big ole city,
People smile with little pity,
Cradled up in pleasentries so fine,
Still the rain falls on this city,
Trys to wash away the pity,
Only left to shine away their smiles,

Just like an airplane ride,
How many a wide spread mile,
Though many a wide spread mile,
The hours left like silent tides,
But I loved her a lifetime twice,
I'm missin my babys smile,

But I loved her a lifetime twice,
I loved her a lifetime twice.

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A Strange Kind of Blue – David T. Carter

Moving into yet another musical style, David T. Carter’s debut album, “A Strange Kind Of Blue” takes from the lounge, jazz, “cocktail hour” music of the 50’s & 60’s, the decades he seems to reminisce on a lot, even the album cover has a visual similarity to one of Carter’s favorite films of the 60’s “The Swimmer” with Burt Lanchaster.

This album features the beautiful female voice of “Alison Harris”, a local folk singer from Sonoma County doing harmonies throughout the entire album, also footwork from Local Flamenco Artist “La Fibi” and a host of other great Sonoma County musicians, a very elegant album, once again drawing from the elegance of the 50’s & 60’s and putting a modern cool to it with an always subtle edge that keeps the music fresh at all times.

A Strange Kind Of Blue was produced by UK Producer Gavin Monoghan , who has a near 40 yr career with local and international artists such as Scott Matthews , Robert Plant, Editors, The Twang, The Blinders and worked in studios such as Abbey Road, BBC Maila Vale, Olympic Studio. Gavin tracked the album at Carter’s NorCal Studio and mixed the album back at his own Magic Garden Studios in Bristol, England. Gavin who was quoted after hearing Carters music for the first time as saying, “I love the, I’ve lost the map & don’t care anymore feeling I get when I listen to your music”.

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