'Carolina Rain' Promises High-Energy Performance
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
"If you're the kind of person who likes to have fun, we're your kind of band," Boyer said during a telephone interview this morning.
He said the country band tries to take folks on an emotional roller coaster ride. The band and their touring crew loves what they do, and they love to have fun. He said their energy and fun-loving nature is contagious.
Carolina Rain is the opening act for the Country Music Concert Friday at Warsaw's Central Park. Their performance starts at 6 p.m. Sammy Kershaw is the featured act.
The trio was traveling to Memphis, Tenn., this morning to perform there tonight. After Friday's Warsaw show, they will be headed to California.
Boyer said the group has been touring all year since Christmas. They were home last week for a little over a week. That has been their longest break.
"You get what you ask for," he said, but the band is being treated great.
The up-and-coming trio was formed in 1998. Boyer's brother worked in Nashville as a radio disc jockey. His brother convinced him to move to Tennessee, and Boyer took a job in security at Bellmont University. The school was 70 percent women, so the crime was rampant, he joked.
While there, he interviewed Marvin Evatt for a job position. On the second day of working together, the twosome wrote the song "Carolina Rain" in a squad car. The song later became the band's name. Boyer knew Jeremy Baxter through church, and he told Evatt about him. The first time they got together in Boyer's kitchen, Boyer said they knew they had something.
In Carolina Rain, Rhean (pronounced Wren) Boyer plays guitar and lead vocals. Baxter plays mandolin, with Evatt on acoustic guitar and banjo. Baxter and Evatt also provide harmony vocals.
In Memphis, Boyer already had some music business contacts. The trio played their music out, and they got a lot of attention. "We thought it would be easy," Boyer said. "Nine years later, here we are."
But the music industry has an ugly side to it, and Boyer said the group saw that. For a record contract, the band negotiated with one label for nine months. In the end, it didn't feel right so the band didn't take the offer.
Then they auditioned for Equity Records President Mike Kraski. After one song, Kraski told the band they were perfect and wanted to sign them. Boyer said Kraski has a big, infectious smile, and he explained to Carolina Rain that Equity Records is an artist-friendly label. They weren't going to try to mold the band into something they were not. And the band wanted to bring diversity to the country music genre.
"It's a great time to be in country music," Boyer said, because older artists and newer artists are all trying out new things, bringing new sounds to the table.
On Sept. 19, 2006, Carolina Rain released its first CD, "Weather the Storm."
Boyer said his first love is writing new songs. When they went into the studio, they had hundreds of songs, but had to narrow it down to 12. Making the list was difficult, Boyer said.
"It was like deciding which of your kids wouldn't get to go to school," he said.
The CD was recorded in three sessions at three different locations. The final location was at Clint Black's house. Boyer said at first, he was afraid the CD would sound pieced together. But it doesn't.
"If you listen to the record, you get to know us more on this album," Boyer said.
The trio is a diverse group, he said, but they all love The Eagles and harmony bands like The Gaitlin Brothers. But the biggest compliment they have ever received, he said, is that the band created its own sound. There's no keyboards, "it's all wire and wood," he said.
For Boyer, he said one of his favorite songs on the album is "Sweet Virginia Kiss." He loves the beach, and he's left a lot of memories between the dunes.
Their two singles off the album are "Get Outta of My Way" and "Isn't She."
Another song Boyer highlighted off the album is "Who Needs the Sun." Boyer said the band had been on the road for awhile, and had finally got a weekend off. He wanted to spend it with his wife. When she came home from work, he had candles lit and a hot bath for her. Outside, it was pouring rain. She commented that with him, who needed the sun anyway. Boyer realized right away, there was another song to write. It's a song about not needing the sun when you're with someone you love.
Overall, "Weather the Storm" is an album Boyer said they are proud to have made. "I think it's a wonderful, wonderful experience for us." It will serve as a learning experience for them when they make their next album. And he's always writing new songs for the next album.
"If you don't have the songs," Boyer said, "you don't have anything."
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"If you're the kind of person who likes to have fun, we're your kind of band," Boyer said during a telephone interview this morning.
He said the country band tries to take folks on an emotional roller coaster ride. The band and their touring crew loves what they do, and they love to have fun. He said their energy and fun-loving nature is contagious.
Carolina Rain is the opening act for the Country Music Concert Friday at Warsaw's Central Park. Their performance starts at 6 p.m. Sammy Kershaw is the featured act.
The trio was traveling to Memphis, Tenn., this morning to perform there tonight. After Friday's Warsaw show, they will be headed to California.
Boyer said the group has been touring all year since Christmas. They were home last week for a little over a week. That has been their longest break.
"You get what you ask for," he said, but the band is being treated great.
The up-and-coming trio was formed in 1998. Boyer's brother worked in Nashville as a radio disc jockey. His brother convinced him to move to Tennessee, and Boyer took a job in security at Bellmont University. The school was 70 percent women, so the crime was rampant, he joked.
While there, he interviewed Marvin Evatt for a job position. On the second day of working together, the twosome wrote the song "Carolina Rain" in a squad car. The song later became the band's name. Boyer knew Jeremy Baxter through church, and he told Evatt about him. The first time they got together in Boyer's kitchen, Boyer said they knew they had something.
In Carolina Rain, Rhean (pronounced Wren) Boyer plays guitar and lead vocals. Baxter plays mandolin, with Evatt on acoustic guitar and banjo. Baxter and Evatt also provide harmony vocals.
In Memphis, Boyer already had some music business contacts. The trio played their music out, and they got a lot of attention. "We thought it would be easy," Boyer said. "Nine years later, here we are."
But the music industry has an ugly side to it, and Boyer said the group saw that. For a record contract, the band negotiated with one label for nine months. In the end, it didn't feel right so the band didn't take the offer.
Then they auditioned for Equity Records President Mike Kraski. After one song, Kraski told the band they were perfect and wanted to sign them. Boyer said Kraski has a big, infectious smile, and he explained to Carolina Rain that Equity Records is an artist-friendly label. They weren't going to try to mold the band into something they were not. And the band wanted to bring diversity to the country music genre.
"It's a great time to be in country music," Boyer said, because older artists and newer artists are all trying out new things, bringing new sounds to the table.
On Sept. 19, 2006, Carolina Rain released its first CD, "Weather the Storm."
Boyer said his first love is writing new songs. When they went into the studio, they had hundreds of songs, but had to narrow it down to 12. Making the list was difficult, Boyer said.
"It was like deciding which of your kids wouldn't get to go to school," he said.
The CD was recorded in three sessions at three different locations. The final location was at Clint Black's house. Boyer said at first, he was afraid the CD would sound pieced together. But it doesn't.
"If you listen to the record, you get to know us more on this album," Boyer said.
The trio is a diverse group, he said, but they all love The Eagles and harmony bands like The Gaitlin Brothers. But the biggest compliment they have ever received, he said, is that the band created its own sound. There's no keyboards, "it's all wire and wood," he said.
For Boyer, he said one of his favorite songs on the album is "Sweet Virginia Kiss." He loves the beach, and he's left a lot of memories between the dunes.
Their two singles off the album are "Get Outta of My Way" and "Isn't She."
Another song Boyer highlighted off the album is "Who Needs the Sun." Boyer said the band had been on the road for awhile, and had finally got a weekend off. He wanted to spend it with his wife. When she came home from work, he had candles lit and a hot bath for her. Outside, it was pouring rain. She commented that with him, who needed the sun anyway. Boyer realized right away, there was another song to write. It's a song about not needing the sun when you're with someone you love.
Overall, "Weather the Storm" is an album Boyer said they are proud to have made. "I think it's a wonderful, wonderful experience for us." It will serve as a learning experience for them when they make their next album. And he's always writing new songs for the next album.
"If you don't have the songs," Boyer said, "you don't have anything."
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