MP3 Lisa Dames - No One Like Me

Lisa's voice is classic--almost old-school country-- while song after song she dazzles with facile rock-pop hipness.

13 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Country Pop, COUNTRY: Modern Country



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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at his best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat.âTheodore Roosevelt

Lisa Dames is neither timid nor cold. She is a sassy, sexy wife and mother who is set to make her mark on country music. On Damesâ new album, No One Like Me, she explores her songs from the inside out, investing each one with a sense of urgency ripped from her own life. A life that could have been inconsequential in someone elseâs hands.

The songs on Damesâ album No One Like Me represent a penetrating and sometimes humorous view of life from a womanâs perspective. âThere seems to be a prevailing thought that once a woman gets married and has kids, she stops being a woman,â comments Dames. âI tend to believe the oppositeâthat a woman may get married and have kids, but first and foremost sheâs a woman.â

From the comforts and confidence of leading the single life (âGood Time Lookinâ and âKinda Fun (Getting Over You)â to the isolation of loneliness (âWay Down Hereâ) to the serious life struggles of âJust Another Day,â the songs create a tapestry of a relationship moving through its various stages.

The first single, âJust Another Day,â penned by Trey Bruce and Kylie Maree Sackley, immediately struck a chord with Dames. âWhen I first heard this song I thought, that is so right on,â Dames remembers. âWhen my dad died I expected the whole world to grieve. Of course they didnât, but it was surreal how one of the two people who had known me my whole life was suddenly gone and no one noticed.â

Dames grew up in St. Louis, Houston and Cincinnati. It didnât take long for her to become swept up by country music. âWhen I was nine years old,â she says, âmy best friend and I would play Dolly Partonâs âHere You Come Againâ and sing along at the top of our lungs.â Unfortunately, Dames was not surrounded by encouraging adults. âMy father wanted me to get a business degree,â Dames recalls. âBut I loved to sing and although it was discouraging sometimes, I never let go of my dream.â

âDuring college Dames had a brief tenure working in sales at a country radio station in Cincinnatiâthe Beaver, 96.5. Later, while doing summer stock theatre, her roommate introduced her to Pam Tillisâ âMaybe It Was Memphisâ and Suzy Boggussâ âAces.ââ âThose two albums really showed me what country music could doâ, says Dames. âThe voices and songs were both so compelling. I was hooked.â During this period, Dames met the man she would soon marry. Once her husband was out of school, the young couple moved to his native Milwaukee. There, Dames worked with several of the cityâs professional theater companies. âAfter being told I wasnât a singer,â Dames says with quiet satisfaction, âI worked nonstop for six years.â She became known as one of the best voices in Milwaukee.

It was in Milwaukee that Dames gave birth to her two daughters, her motivation for success. âI never want my children to think that a dream is too big or beyond their grasp.â

In November of 1999, after giving birth to her second daughter, Dames got an unexpected phone call from an old college friend who was working at a professional theatre in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were getting ready to do A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline and they needed an actress to play Patsy Cline. âI told her Iâd never done anything like that and that I didnât sound like Patsy Cline. She said, âI know, but I think you can do it.â Between January 2001 and September of 2004, Dames performed in seven productions of both Patsy Cline showsâAlways . . . Patsy Cline and A Closer Walk With Patsy Clineâtouring in several states.â

âItâs funny, but portraying Patsy Cline is what helped me to develop my own style,â says Dames. âWhile most of the other actresses who were doing these shows were so focused on sounding just like Patsy, I was focused on the emotion she put into her songs. And, thatâs how I try to sing everything. Without the emotion, itâs just a bunch of words. Patsy knew this. Thatâs why sheâs timeless.â

No One Like Me is produced by Grammy nominated producer David Grow, best known for his studio work with pop piano icon Jim Brickman. It features songs by such Music Row luminaries as Brett James, Troy Verges, Victoria Shaw and Hillary Lindsey.

After hearing Damesâ demo, Grow was intrigued. âDavid called me right away,â says Dames. âand said that there was âsomething distinctive but familiar about my voiceâ and that he thought we could create âsomething magical.ââ In No One Like Me, they have.