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CD: Jim Terr & Friends - "Demos and Diamonds"

First Jim Terr CD ever! Critically acclaimed (see below). 23 best Terr compositions written in the past 26 years, performed by Terr and many other artists, including Slim Pickens.
A full 72 minutes of music for only, like, $15.

Information on the newer CD (2005), "Please Cut My Song, Mr. Travis" by Jim Terr and friends  click here

To hear excerpts of "Chili and Beans" and "Ginkgo and Tofu" by Buddy Converse and the Sneakers (from this CD), go to "Buddy's Old Fashioned Web Site"	CLICK HERE (MP3) TO HEAR "Leave the King Alone" © 1991 Blue Canyon Music BMI. CLICK HERE TO HEAR "Reader's Digest Me"(excerpt) © 1998 Blue Canyon Music BMI. (Lyrics) CLICK HERE TO HEAR "Son of a Rabbi Man"(3:01) Also available in MP3 Broadcast version *Note: This song is also on the "Chickenstock" album. © 1994 Blue Canyon Music BMI CLICK HERE To Hear EXCERPT of "Do you Like to Jitterbug?" (:58) © 1985 Blue Canyon Music BMI Illustration by Jay Lynch © 1988 from the book, You Got To Be Stupid
To hear an excerpt of "All It Takes" Real Audio 56k  /  Windows Media 56k Download MP3 version (1.7MB) (right click on link and select "Save Target As" To hear an excerpt of the live song, "Did It Hurt (When You Fell Down From Heaven)?" CLICK HERE Jim Terr live performance information NOTE: Two of the songs on this CD are available on video (click here)
"Ginkgo and Tofu" by Buddy Converse and the Sneakers A tale of human magnificence, and animal passion and terror! From the CD, "Demos and Diamonds" Real Audio 28k 56k Windows Media 28k 56k

COMMENTS on "DEMOS & DIAMONDS" by Jim Terr and Friends

"Some of the most thoroughly enjoyable tunes I've ever heard...tiny monuments to songwriting...For whatever elements came together to make the genius of Jim Terr and his music happen, we should be truly gleeful, grateful and gratified. 'Demos and Diamonds' is a square meal of music, a walk around town when all the lights are out and your first kiss, all over again."
      -Bill Hutchison,
      Santa Fe Reporter

New Mexico Singer/Songwriter Releases Debut CD after 27 Years in the Business!
    This is one of the most enjoyable albums that I have listened to in ages. So country, so interesting and so entertaining. What more could one ask for from music?
   [Jim Terr has been] described as a modern day Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Jimmie Rodgers and Jackie Mason rolled into one. Can I add to that list names like Shel Silverstein, Tom T. Hall, Bobby Bare, Ray Stevens and the likes--master wordsmiths all, and country boys too.
    This guy could quite easily make our stone country section on all counts. Yes, he is that good...this selection barely scrapes the surface of his huge talent...a killer songwriter and storyteller...
    ["Did It Hurt?"] I just cannot stop laughing... ["The Call"] I find it most delightful as I do the whole album...
    ...all of the guests give stellar performances...
         -Brian Ahern Country Music & More (UK)

A Late Starter!
    ...an impressive line-up of guest artists from New Mexico, California, Hawaii and Nashville. These include "Bluegrass Vocalist of the Year" Kathy Chiavola, Elvis impersonator Lonnie Yanes, the late western actor Slim Pickens, country music trucking star Buddy Converse and the Sneakers, Sara Jo Rubenstein, and Lilia.
      -Country Music Round-Up (UK)

Terr's CD spans parody, eye-opening sincerity
...Terr produced an entire album by [Slim] Pickens, including the Guy Clark song Desperadoes Waiting for a Train--which Clark says is his favorite cover version of any of his tunes.
      My favorite tune [on the CD] is a recent one--Reader's Digest Me... There's not a speck of cynicism in this song, no hipster sneer or yuppie smirk...Terr's simple sincerity in this song and one about his father's death (The Call, 1986) is eye-opening.
      -Steve Terrell, Santa Fe New Mexican, "Pasatiempo"

British Country Music Bulletin:
    An entertaining, description-defying collection... If one were to invite comparisons, you'd perhaps liken Jim Terr to Tom T. Hall, or, perhaps Paul Craft.

Comments on previous Jim Terr work:

"Wise, witty and whimsical (and sometimes sad)" -Tony Hillerman

"Bodacious" -Dave Barry

"Terr is clearly a menace to musical serenity, and we advise purists in all genres to keep their distance" -Ed Morris, BILLBOARD

"A cross between Tom Lehrer and Ray Stevens...sorely needed comedy in these uncertain times." -Country Music People (UK)

CD Features These and Other Artists!
Francine Hand, Kathy Chiavola, Lilia, Edie, Lonnie Yanes, Slim Pickens, Nancy Gagan

 

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