Shows
carol@carolgrimes.comThe Shout Christmas at the BBCChristmas songs for the season2023-12-1706 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWe Are One Sing For Joy ChoirWe Are One Sing For Joy Choir by carol@carolgrimes.com2023-11-1102 min
carol@carolgrimes.comIf I only had.Jacques Brel: Chanson
https://carolgrimes.com/london-tales-my-love-for-oscar-brown-jr-and-beautiful-songs-if-i-only-had/2023-07-2506 min
carol@carolgrimes.comBlues For Louis - Carol Grimes.﹟spoken word. A poem.A reading of my poem.
Inside my room, single bed, sink and gas ring
I listened to the blues, black vinyl warm spinning heart wanting the sound in my mouth.
Outside a window open in the summer heat, the street below the rowdy - dow of Earls Court Road. 1965.
Saturday night down to Louis's subterranean home
made mystic with leaves, sticks, stones,
incense filling the air as he cooked fragrant food from Mauritius-new tastes for my tongue, his hands beating time on a drum - singing the songs I never forgotten.
He played me ska records, Calypso and Blues.
Seeking...2023-07-0404 min
carol@carolgrimes.comCall In The Flowers. Carol GrimesA Princes Parade. Call in the flowers. Out of Cinque
If flowers were warriors
I would marshal them onto Princes Parade.
An army of bluebells.
A squadron of sunflowers
A battalion of bees and a platoon of poppies
Marching onwards from the beaches.
Let us muster the mad March winds.
Galvanise the moon and the stars.
Shout out loud to those who turn away eyes and ears.
Those who sleep walk - never heeding the warnings.
The slow death of species, the rise of the seas, the earth
warming - fire and flood. Heatwave and drought.
On bended knees, please...2023-07-0402 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThe Dance C.G. a readingThe Dance.
If I could choose, I would be
living under a round yellow sun,
where - a red fiddler stands,
with a ring in his nose- a blue violin tucked under his chin.
Let the music begin.
A golden green girl I would be - long indigo hair, sea shells for a necklace. I have flowers for the fiddler, afloat on the breeze in the skies.
A tipsy Gypsy, twisting and turning - let the joyful dance begin.
A painter arrives on a sunbeam, a violet cockerel in his arms - giddy bird whirling and twirling whilst dancers dance...2023-07-0400 min
carol@carolgrimes.comGold In Them HillsGold In Them Hills
Song by Ron Sexsmith
I know it doesn't seem that way
But maybe it's the perfect day
Even though the bills are piling
And maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling
But if we'd only open our eyes
We'd see the blessings in disguise
That all the rain clouds are fountains
Though our troubles seem like mountains
There's gold in them hills
There's gold in them hills
So don't lose heart
Give the day a chance to start
Every now and then life says
Where do you think you're going so fast
We're apt to think it cruel...2023-05-2102 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThe Singer's TaleThe Singer's Tale by carol@carolgrimes.com2023-05-0312 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThe Singer's TaleThe Singer's Tale by carol@carolgrimes.com2023-05-0312 min
Your Free VoiceMy Interview with Carol GrimesLast November I had the absolute pleasure and privilege to interview my dear friend and vocal powerhouse, Carol Grimes. In this interview we explore her decades spanning career paying particular attention to her broad range of singing styles and genres. The following, which I took from the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club website in London, gives you a bit more of an inkling of her stature as a singer and the deep respect she commands as a vocalist, especially in the UK music scene. Enjoy! Carol Grimes is one of the finest singers in...2023-03-011h 09
carol@carolgrimes.comRunning Away.Running Away. by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-1305 min
carol@carolgrimes.comMystery TrainMystery Train by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-1304 min
carol@carolgrimes.comI'll Be The Moon.@I’ll be the moon. Grimes/Hrybowicz © 1980s
V1
I thought I saw you on a crowded street.
When we touched, it wasn’t you.
I smell your perfume in an empty room
I see your shadow on a stair.
V2
Was it your face I saw -
reflected in a neon glare?
I heard your voice above the city noise -
when I walked out late last night?
V3
I find myself forgetting
You don’t live here anymore.
I took message from you today-
But I don’t know where you are.
Bridge.
I’ll be here -I’ll be the moo...2022-11-1106 min
carol@carolgrimes.comFallingIndependent
This was followed by "I Said She Said", another "confrontational" improvised piece for three pairs of women singers. By the time The Shout tore into "I Sing Because I Sing", the audience was hooked. This is a tremendous ensemble piece, with featured solos and duets. Carol Grimes was in particularly good form for her duet with Wayne Ellington. The Shout closed their fine concert with the relatively brief "Taking Leave Of A Friend".
There is something intoxicating about music like this. The Shout show us that there are many new things to be done with the voice, and that...2022-11-1003 min
carol@carolgrimes.comNo Beer And Bright Lights From CD Sweet FANo beer and bright lights.
No place could be as bad as this.
They said we’d have a ball
Would you rather be another place with me?
This ain’t no fun at all - this ain’t no fun at all.
No beer and bright lights. No beer and bright lights.
Hey you would you take my advice?
Don't wanna feel this bad
I’ve been there once don't wanna make it twice
Feels like I’ve been had. Feels like I’ve been had.
Seems we need to make a move.
Well, wouldn't you agree?
It ain’t happening, i...2022-11-1003 min
carol@carolgrimes.comChain gangChain gang by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-1003 min
carol@carolgrimes.comLush Life. From Lazy Blue Eyes CD with Ian Shaw. Steve Lodder & Tony Remy. 1990Ist time I recorded Lush Life.2022-11-0903 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThe stone.@The s t o n e ©
a stone, a frozen stone,
a watching, careful stone.
hard.
seeing, hearing stone.
deep, deeper down you do not touch.
lying, impenetrable.
cold, you do not touch it, silent, you do not hear it.
it's as hard as the ground in a north country winter.
drop it it will not crack,
no back to snap.
no shadow will be cast,
it is a dark place
kick this stone it will make no sound,
ice around the heart of a stone.
rage at this stone is will give no reaction,
ice around the heart of t...2022-11-0609 min
carol@carolgrimes.comHeroin. © Grimes.Heroin. @ Deptford 2006
Annihilate me.
Numb my mind.
Fill my veins
with a smoke screen.
Drip Drip Drip feed me.
Let it slowly take me to a warm soft and silent place.
I do not recognise this hand.
My body was in pain. Now my mind is indifferent.
I do not care where I am. Abandon me here.
I am warm. I taste no tears. I feel no - I feel no -
I feel nothing. I am sinking into dark, dark velvet in silent ecstasy.
Outside has no meaning. Inside I am hollow.
My bones are soft.
All senses blurred.
...2022-11-0604 min
carol@carolgrimes.comClara the Clown. Grimes ＠Clara the Clown © Grimes Deptford. 2006
I am a clown, a knave.
No grave face on me
The masquerade is here.
I am a jester, a joke on my lips.
Listen.
A serenade in your ear
Let me persuade you to stay a while.
Promise I’ll never mislay this smile.
I will be
Comical
Musical
Mystical
Please Be my friend & we’ll all join the Carnival.
It’s a wonderful day.
Let me entertain you.
I am a coquette, a fool,
I’ll amuse you.
The main parade is here.
I bequeath you my heart, a gift from me.
A fiddle a...2022-11-0603 min
carol@carolgrimes.comRuth & Carol and GilesRuth & Carol and Giles by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0507 mincarol@carolgrimes.comRuth & Carol 5Some Bach, some songs with Cello & voice2022-11-0505 mincarol@carolgrimes.comRuth & CarolRuth & Carol by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0530 mincarol@carolgrimes.comRuth & Carol. Track 02Ruth & Carol. Track 02 by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0504 mincarol@carolgrimes.comRuth & Carol Track 04Ruth & Carol Track 04 by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0505 mincarol@carolgrimes.comRuth & Carol Improvisation Cello & Voice.Track 02Ruth & Carol Improvisation Cello & Voice.Track 02 by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0504 mincarol@carolgrimes.comImprovisation On the Poem Woman to ChildImprovisation On the Poem Woman to Child by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0505 min
carol@carolgrimes.comHeart To Heart. ＠Heart to heart.
＠
There are a billion stories....
tales you never hear.
young children sold as helpless brides..
s
slaves behind closed walls
Heart to heart -hand to hand - eye to eye
we are our destiny.
You ...heart to heart.
every Woman's story.... heart to heart.
From the smallest dusty village
to a tenement in Rome
the hand that wipes the tears of children
tell the greatest tale of all.
Heart to heart, hand to hand, to eye to eye
we are our destiny
every Woman's story.... heart to heart.
You ...heart to heart.
every Woman's story
Heart to heart.
Eye to eye
Hand to hand
Key...2022-11-0504 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTwo Step1989 Grimes/Hrybowicz @
Two step.
I lost my watch, I don’t have the time.
You stole my heart, now that’s a crime.
I’m bobbing on a tightrope - hanging on the moon.
My head is flying with a blue balloon.
Is this really Tuesday? Is it the month of May?
I can’t tell the difference between blue skies or grey.
Listen to my heart skipping to the beat.
I’m having trouble with my own two feet.
So this is what people call falling in love
Feels like I’m falling insane.
But we’re dancing the two step two s...2022-11-0205 min
carol@carolgrimes.comRoll me a cigaretteRoll me a cigarette by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-11-0206 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTwo Grey rooms Joni MitchellTwo grey rooms Joni Mitchell. From my CD Mother
Tomorrow is Sunday
Now there's only one day left to go
Till you walk by
Below my window
The weekends drive me mad
Holidays are oh too sad
'Cause you don't go
Below my window
No one knows I'm here
One day I just disappeared
And I took these two grey rooms up here
With a view
When you walk by
Below my window
You look so youthful
Time has been untruthful
Heaven knows I loved you
30 years ago
Hot days your shirt's undone
Rainy days you run
Oh and then...2022-11-0205 min
carol@carolgrimes.comDat dereRecorded live at Lauderdale House London Dat Dere. Oscar Brown Jr.
Hey mama, what dat dere?
Hey, why that under dere?
And oh mama, oh hey mama, hey look at dat over dere
Hey, where'd they go in there?
Hey, what they do in there?
Hey, mama can I have that big elephant over there?
Hey, who dat in my chair?
Hey, what's she doing there?
And oh mama, oh hey mama, hey, what dat say up dere?
Hey mama, what's a square?
Hey, where do we get air?
Hey, mama can I have that big elephant over there?
My...2022-11-0205 min
carol@carolgrimes.comLife Is Dangerous.＠Life is dangerous.from Alive at Ronnie Scotts. ﹫
Life - is a struggle just when you thought you were out of the muddle,
You find yourself in a great big hole -
Digging deeper down, down, down.
Now - what are you seeing?
I know it’s hard to believe in.
There are fighting people everywhere.
Don't wanna go down.
Just when you thought it was safe -
To trust the Human Race
You find out - yes, we find out.
Hey - I heard you saying
Life is dangerous we had better start praying
For other ways to live our...2022-11-0104 min
carol@carolgrimes.comShoes Are Hot. From CD Alive at Ronnie ScottsYour shoes are hot. Harry Becket trumpet solo.
V1
You got a stinky winky look in your eye - when you slide by.
Oh my, you try so hard.
Is the swagger in your jacket?
Are the shoes the groove when you move?
So who’s in your skin are you in?
You gonna blow some time on the street.
You gonna kick some heat with your feet.
Oh my, you try.
V2
You got a rootsie tootsie trip to your booty -
When you flip by. ( Your shoes are hot.)
Oh my, you fly so high. ( Your shoes are ho...2022-10-3104 min
carol@carolgrimes.comFools MeetingFools Meeting by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-10-3105 min
carol@carolgrimes.comNot In The Mood For DancingNot In The Mood For Dancing by carol@carolgrimes.com2022-10-3104 min
carol@carolgrimes.comShipbuildingShipbuilding lyrics by Elvis Costello and music by Clive Langer. Written during the Falklands War of 1982,
Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday.
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding
Well I ask you
The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task
But I'll be home by Christmas.
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in
The results...2022-10-2605 min
carol@carolgrimes.com﹟Drive Me Crazy. ＠You drive me crazy. ＠
Did you really mean it when you said that you wanted me to hang around here?
Have you lost your mind?
You always were the kind that wanted independence.
Usually, I say oh no, and take off in the opposite direction.
But for you and no one else, I suppose I wanna make this one exception.
But the way you leave the kitchen in the morning is a mess.
You know you're lazy.
And I know within a week you’d find my love for getting drunk would drive you crazy.
Oh, but what the hell? I se...2022-10-1905 min
carol@carolgrimes.comUp Hill Peace Of MindDon't really know what I'm doing here. Must learn what to do & how to do it! Recorded in Memphis USA 1974 Fredrick Knight. Young and learning days.
Uphill peace of mind.
You got the time I got the time.
You got the feelings - I’m gonna make it all right.
Watch where you're heading.
Watch where you go.
You got intentions, baby but you wont let em show
ch.
Uphill I have got to climb uphill I have got to climb.
Uphill baby lord have mercy
I got to find myself a little peace of mind
You got the time I got th...2022-10-0205 min
carol@carolgrimes.comHeart In My Hands. ＠ Grimes/HrybowiczHeart in my hands. From CD Why don't they dance? Grimes/Hrybowicz ＠
We met one night in cold November.
I liked your eyes, the shyness of your smile;
A month went by, you didn't leave me your number
I asked around, but pushing’s not my style -
but if I see you, I’d say.
Lay your heart in my hands
I won’t let you go.
We met again by chance in late December
We wandered around a stormy seaside town
When we parted
you seemed so quiet and undecided
Did you think another love would let you down?
...2022-02-1404 min
carol@carolgrimes.comSteppes. Grimes ©From Into the red. Grimes ©
STEPS .
Let me come in, said the face with a terrible grin.
I’m on hot tin I can’t begin to cry.
Why oh why the sad girl cried.
Climbing through the frame to reach the other side.
She sighed and cried again beside the broken pane.
And behind a wall, I’m not surprised at all.
My voice is screaming on the inside,
I’m on my own desolation row you know.
Collecting my thoughts from a hole in my head.
I wonder who is this, underneath my bed.
“Are you the Ghost with the mo...2022-02-0505 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWoman to Child. Judith Wright was a prolific Australian poetWoman to Child.
You who were darkness warmed my flesh
where out of darkness rose the seed.
Then all a world I made in me;
all the world you hear and see
hung upon my dreaming blood.
There moved the multitudinous stars,
and coloured birds and fishes moved.
There swam the sliding continents.
All time lay rolled in me, and sense,
and love that knew not its beloved.
O node and focus of the world;
I hold you deep within that well
you shall escape and not escape-
that mirrors still your sleeping shape;
that nurtures still your crescent cell.
...2021-09-0606 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTwo Grey RoomsCarol 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
Tracks
New Coat of Paint [Tom Waits] (3.01)
Into My Arms [Nick Cave] (4.24)
Who Knows Where the Time Goes [Sandy Denny] (6.08)
Moira [words Carol Grimes, music Ian Shaw] (3.50)
Scars [Fran Landesman, Simon Wallace] (4.13)
Gold in Them Hills [Ron Sexsmith] (2.56)
Better off Dead [Randy Newman] (2.51)
USA [Shane MacGowan] (2.49)
Two Grey Rooms [Joni Mitchell] (5.08)
Blues for Louis [poem Carol Grimes, music arr. Ian Shaw] (4.48)
You Don't Know What Love Is [Don Ray, Gene...2021-05-2405 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWe've Got TimeGuest musicians on the LP were Paul Kossoff, guitar on "We Got Time" and John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (piano). Most of the songs were penned by Dave Skinner, although there are a few covers, including Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (from John Wesley Harding) and Sam Phillips/Herman Parker's "Mystery Train". John Porter became a producer and produced The Smiths and John Lee Hooker's comeback album in 1989. Mitchell played with Clancy and The Sandmen. Skinner also played in Clancy and 801 while Legendary Ace Drummer Terry Stannard formed the hit band Kokomo later.2021-05-2405 min
carol@carolgrimes.comMoira. Grimes ＠Carol Grimes. Moira. ＠
I wanted to whisper a word or two.
Couldn’t find your ears.
I needed to see you, to tell you a secret,
so why did you disappear?
Who do I give the words to?
they were meant to be only for you,
Forming my mouth in a closed line of silence,
is a difficult thing to do.
In my youth & young woman hood,
so easy to drown it all,
drinking the thoughts to a silent morose
bending the mind into shapes undefined what ever my moira,
slip sitting & whistling the days away
in my own constructed maze I’d stay
g...2021-04-0603 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThe DanceThe Dance Grimes is a poem in praise of Marc Chagall
I imagine that we had never agreed to go our separate ways.
I’m not drowning in water; my body’s not porous, as only the lonely can be
I am flying in heavenly moments, not counting the time or the cost.
Don’t wait for me, you will not see the one you assume is lost.
Dizzy wants to dance and strike up the Band under a round yellow sun.
Twisting and turning, She’s yearning for love To the beat of her personal drum.
She gave her heart to...2021-03-2409 min
carol@carolgrimes.comRoll Me A CigaretteRoll Me A Cigarette. Lyrics JOHN Shaw. Music Ford | Grimes.
The weatherman says.
Grey is the colour of the day.
His sweeping arm calls up a storm.
The barometer is already dropping.
Roll me a cigarette, and tell me,
Life is irresponsible.
Can’t face the day on yet more pills.
It’s not my favorite medication.
Fix me ice with a twist of lemon,
Set it on its feet with a shot of vodka.
Try sending that in my direction.
Everyday life stares unblinking from your make-up mirror.
Look again and see your mother.
Life is not your friend.
It never gives...2021-03-0508 min
carol@carolgrimes.comHeart In My Hands. ＠ From CD Why don't they dance?We met one night in cold November
I liked your eyes the shyness of your smile
A month went by and you didn't leave me your number
I asked around, but pushings not my style
But if I see you I want to say
Lay your heart in my hands I wont let it go.
We met again by chance in late December
We wandered around our stormy seaside town
When we parted you seemed so quiet and undecided
Did you think another love would let you down?
Lay your heart in my hands I won't let it go
You...2021-03-0404 min
carol@carolgrimes.comI was CoolRecorded live in 2017
But I Was CooI
I always live by the, golden rule
Whatever happens, ha, don't blow your cool!
You gotta have nerves of steel
And never show folks how you, honestly feel.
I lived all my life this way, ha
For example, take yesterday:
I breeze home happy bringin' home my pay
Two gigs this week, hey ... I haven't gone away!
An' I threw myself down across my empty bed
An' this is what I said:
Ooo shhhhiiiii ooow ooow ooow
What? Life, what are you gonna do with me?
Ooo wow uh
But I was cool!
So I ‘one for...2021-02-2807 min
carol@carolgrimes.comGive Me LibertyLive At Ronnie Scotts London.
Piano keys Jannette Mason Bass Phil Scragg Drums Mike Bradley Guitar Ivor Goldburg. Percussion Gary Hammond2021-02-1707 min
carol@carolgrimes.comA Tree & meA Tree & me by carol@carolgrimes.com2021-02-1709 min
carol@carolgrimes.com'scuse me for livingI 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 condemn me unduly
but they can’t get me down, coz to tell you the truth
I’m kinda proud of my birth
...2021-02-1704 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWho Do You Want? Johnny Meringue. The CrocodilesWho Do You Want? Johnny Meringue. The Crocodiles by carol@carolgrimes.com2021-02-1707 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThe Shout Openhttps://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, opera, early music– and include several accomplished improvisers. The Shout was known for it’s variety of stage concerts, music theatre and site-specific pieces. In 2001 the choir won the Time Out Award for Classical Artist of the Year. The Shout has perfor...2021-02-1105 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWaves 3Waves 3 by carol@carolgrimes.com2021-02-1003 min
carol@carolgrimes.comBird songThe beauty of bird songs2021-02-0902 min
carol@carolgrimes.comA duet. Improvisation.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 Audience. They got my name right in the programme. It was eerie standing in the dark waiting for my cue. Far away and...2021-01-1257 min
carol@carolgrimes.comInto My Arms Nick Cave FROM CD MOTHERCarol 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 a modicum of critical acclaim, mostly on the jazz circuit, yet for some reason it hadn't surfaced from my backlog of review albums until comparatively recently. And it's another one that I'm sorry to...2021-01-0904 min
carol@carolgrimes.comI saw three Ships THE SHOUTThe 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 the high table of classical music; too unpredictable to become teatime TV favourites; too tuneful to be cool. They're so good it's possible to take them for granted.
In their latest touring show, A Day in the Life, populist...2020-12-2106 min
carol@carolgrimes.comBorn with Bombs© 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 ..melody and on a couple of them, lyrics on the spot. I love to scat stories, but these tracks were not like the Jazz swing o...2020-11-3000 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTrack 04 You ain't really got a HOLD on me© 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 box for many years. Very much improvised vocals on the tracks ..melody and on a couple of them, lyrics mostly on the spot. I love t...2020-10-2305 min
carol@carolgrimes.comHeart in hand.© 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 ..melody and on a couple of them, lyrics on the spot. I love to scat stories, but these tracks were not like the Jazz swing f...2020-10-2304 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTrack 1 Thin Times© 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 ..melody and on a couple of them, lyrics on the spot. I love to scat stories, but these tracks were not like the Jazz swing f...2020-10-2306 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTrack 03 Born with the BombsI 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, but these tracks were not like the Jazz swing feel I usually scat chat on.2020-10-2303 min
carol@carolgrimes.comTrack 02 Killing me.© 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 ..melody and on a couple of them, lyrics on the spot. I love to scat stories, but these tracks were not like the Jazz swing f...2020-10-2204 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWork. ＠ CD EYES WIDE OPENWORK. ＠
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 dying
Closed the doors, no work around I say, political lying
Forget what’s yours don’t make a scene. Why not?
Can they ski on but...2020-10-1006 min
carol@carolgrimes.comOver THE SHOUTThe 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 the high table of classical music; too unpredictable to become teatime TV favourites; too tuneful to be cool. They're so good it's possible to take them for granted.
In their latest touring show, A Day in the Life, populist...2020-09-2602 min
carol@carolgrimes.comCAROL GRIMES & THE BLOCKHEADS AIN'T THAT PECULIAR (12 INCH VERSION).mp3CAROL GRIMES & THE BLOCKHEADS AIN'T THAT PECULIAR (12 INCH VERSION).mp3 by carol@carolgrimes.com2020-08-0604 min
carol@carolgrimes.comBetter Off Dead Randy Newman CD MOTHERFrom 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
Tracks
New Coat of Paint [Tom Waits] (3.01)
Into My Arms [Nick Cave] (4.24)
Who Knows Where the Time Goes [Sandy Denny] (6.08)
Moira [words Carol Grimes, music Ian Shaw] (3.50)
Scars [Fran Landesman, Simon Wallace] (4.13)
Gold in Them Hills [Ron Sexsmith] (2.56)
Better off Dead [Randy Newman] (2.51)
USA...2020-07-2602 min
carol@carolgrimes.comIf I only hadRecorded 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
just an hour to live
not one minute more
I would hold you while
I would fill...2020-05-2606 min
carol@carolgrimes.comI Ain't Got Nothing' But The BluesRecorded 1988 London with Tony Remy and Steve Lodder from a CD Lazy Blue eyes with Ian Shaw2020-05-2302 min
carol@carolgrimes.comDon't Go To StrangersWith Dorian Ford Winston Clifford Neville Malcome2020-05-1607 min
carol@carolgrimes.comI Cover The Waterfront. CD Lazy Blue EyesJazz Standard
LAZY BLUE EYES
CAROL GRIMES & IAN SHAW TONY REMY STEVE LODDER
Lazy Blue Eyes
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 Nothing But The Blues (D Ellington, D George)
I Cover The Waterfront (E Heyman)
I Love You (Cole Porter)
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (F Landesma...2020-05-1503 min
carol@carolgrimes.comStay With Me Baby From the CD Why Don't they Dance?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
Vocals, Percussion, Whistling – Carol Grimes2020-05-1103 min
carol@carolgrimes.comWork. It's a fundamental right. Eyes Wide open.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
Travel light, forget the beast ..
a new way of trying.
What they have is for themselves ..
we’re not invited to the feast
people are dying.
C...2020-04-1906 min
carol@carolgrimes.comCounting my blessings. Prose. Covid years.Spoken word.....2020-04-1902 min
carol@carolgrimes.comMy Government & IMy Government & I by carol@carolgrimes.com2020-04-1805 min
carol@carolgrimes.comDon't Want You On My Mind Bill WithersGreat Guitar solo who played on many iconic recordings. Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper and Loudon Wainwright III.
Warm Blood recorded in Nashville
That's What It Takes
Backing Vocals – Archie Leggit*, Graham Bell, 'Rabbit' John Bundrick*
High Hill Country Rain
Drums [African], Percussion – Gaspar Lowell*
A3
Taxes On The Farmer
Steel Guitar [Dobro] – 'Snazzy' Sam Mitchell*
A4
All For One
Drums – Karl Himmel
Organ – Tommy Eyre
A5
Ray, Ray, Ray
A6
Lost My Faith (In Everything But You)
B1
Warm Blood
Backing Vocals – Jess Roden
Organ – 'Rabbit' John Bundrick*
B2
You're The Only One
B3
Somebody Sleeping In My Bed
Guitar –...2020-04-0602 min
carol@carolgrimes.comA Candle *Friday, 27 March 2020 A Candle a day. Carol Grimes © WITH LOVE
I light a Candle for the Nurses.
A Candle for the dying.
A Candle for the Doctors
A Candle for hope.
A Candle for the homeless.
A Candle for the lonely.
A Candle for Refugees, in flight for their lives.
A Candle for peace.
A Candle for the newborn
A Candle for a family.
A Candle for Daughters A Candle for Sons
A Candle for Fathers A Candle for Mothers
Grand Fathers Grand Mothers
A Candle for lovers.
A Candle for Chemists, Army- Firefighters - The Police.
A Candle for T...2020-03-3002 min
carol@carolgrimes.comThat's LifeGuesting with Greg Wain on His CD Mr Blue.2020-03-2803 min
carol@carolgrimes.comBILLY(mark H) CopyBilly's song. Grimes
V1
They hung Billy McClyn on the line
Hung him out to dry.
Billy with a grin
Laughing at the stars.
Howling when the moon was high.
Clinging on to the edge of the sun.
Just out of reach of the fire
They hung him on the line
Hung him out to dry
Hung him on the old high wire.
Billy with a gun.
Billy on the run.
Billy was a friend of mine.
Was a friend of mine.
V2
Billy hung with Chapters of Angels.
He hung with the Beats in the bay
Jack Daniels took...2020-03-2506 min
carol@carolgrimes.comimprovisationPoetry with poet William Ayotte and improvisation from Carol Grimes Manickam Yogeswaran2020-03-0657 min
carol@carolgrimes.comI'm Scared Carol Grimes. @“ I’M SCARED “ Carol Grimes. 1980s In Bethnal Green London E2.
It’s not that I’m scared
Yes, I am, I won’t lie
Every time I leave my room
Something makes me cry inside
But how can you live a life without loving -
Because I'm afraid of losing
Not sleeping for fear of dreaming
That’s not the way to live.
It’s not that I’m afraid
Yes, I am I won’t lie
I long to be a braver soul
Fire in my eyes you’d see
But how can you love, yet keep hold of your feelings?
Obse...2020-03-0603 min
carol@carolgrimes.comJoyspringCarol Grimes with Cdawn Joy spring. Clifford Brown. Lyrics Karrin Allyson
Isn’t spring your favourite season,
Watching the flowers blooming up out of the ground.
Watching the snow melt down boy.
You may dig winter time but spring is my joy.
It got me feeling so glad the days are breezy.
You got the time to say hello, and give a smile.
Feeling real good is in style
You may dig winter boy but spring is my joy.
It’s something special, haven't you deserved,
it makes you glad to be alive,
It’s not absurd to say that Spring...2020-02-1807 min
carol@carolgrimes.comMood IndigoFrom CD CDAWN2018-06-0506 min