Carey Chaney's songs are an inspired and sometimes eccentric blend of folk, rock and pop.

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, ROCK: Folk Rock



Details:
" ...I took all my belongings downtown to be pawned, I was spread like manure on the White House lawn..." (a line from "Mumbo Jumbo" by Carey Chaney -from a new CD called "Songs From CareyChaney.com.")

"...I drove three thousand miles for a pot of gumbo, got lost in the swamp, floated out on a pirogue..." (from "Zebra Town")

Carey Chaney has played music in such diverse places as Leavonworth Woman's Prison, the "Troubadour" in Los Angeles, and Napa State Hospital in Northern California. Carey also played venues such as Telluride, Colorado and for a time in the early seventies, played street music in Kansas City, Denver and New Orleans.

Upcoming Shows: Blue Parrot Cafe, Venice, Florida (Every Wednesday and Friday in November and December- Noon to 2)
Bella Luna Cafe, Venice, Florida (November 26,- 6 p.m.)

The songwriter describes "Songs From CareyChaney.Com" as follows:
"This CD is a collection of songs written between 1978 and 2004. I wrote 'Portland' in 1978 and 'Another Place And Time' in 2004. Most People would say 26 years is a pretty big chunk of time! I've got a bunch of newer songs that I plan to record; they'll be on my own website as soon as I can get some good takes in the can. My website features some information about these songs, but the music should speak for itself! Too much more commentary should go to the 'I'm a legend in my own mind' department."

Musical Style: "I play acoustic guitar almost exclusively now, so I suppose you could call my stuff 'Modern Folk.' Some people (not me) have compared my music to the Beatles, Jim Croce, or even Marshall Crenshaw, so I guess you could call it 'Pop Music.' I don't really care about categories or being inside some kind of envelope; I'm just putting chords and melodies together in ways that I like. I'm like a guy digging in the sand, looking for a treasure- I found some things and I'm still digging."

Thanks to the following musicians for playing on "Songs From CareyChaney.Com" : Melissa Carper, Mark Chaney, Rich Dixon, Gina Gallina, Dave Heinze, Jim Stout, Dan Waldus

Thanks to the following recording engineers for their technical and artistic expertise: Mark Chaney (Salt Lake City, Utah) Brian Butts (Nashville, Tennessee) Dave Heinze (Winter Springs, Florida) Wes Hutchinson (Berryville, Arkansas) and Herc Ottenheimer (SLC, Utah)

Finally, Thanks to the folks at CDBAby for putting this page together.