BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help
Not What You Meant?  There are 19 definitions for Free ride.

Carson Cole

Print-Friendly
About 1 pages (385 words)

Bookmark and Share Questions on this topic? Just ask!

Carson Cole (born 1966) is a Canadian folk singer, and lyricist.

Contents

Biography

Cole was born and raised in rural Alberta, Canada. At age 15 he released his first album, Cure for the World, through Canadian Gospel label Praise Records. Cole was married at 22 and subsequently has had 3 children, shortly after being married he began doing bar gigs and touring with local talent to help support his family. Since then Cole has toured, extensively, Canada, the USA and more recently Korea. Cole recently operated his own independent recording studio and label, Brownsound productions, which has seen the development or startup for scores of local and some widely popular bands and musicians. Currently Cole is signed with Dig It All Records a relitivly new Canadian label and has struck a permanent promotional deal with Hype Publicity of Edmonton, Alberta.

Music

Cole's music has its roots in Gospel and Blues. His first releases would be considered mainstream Gospel music at the time with hints of Blues and Rock influence. Coming into his own with his more recent albums, Cole's music could be considered Alternative Rock with notable Blues and Gospel Funk influence. Cole's range of talent is wide having played almost every genre of music from Industrial to Country. Cole's instrument of choice is the electric guitar, however he is known for playing almost any instrument that can make noise and experimenting with new and unusual instruments in some of his music.

Discography

  • 1980: Cure for the World
  • 1982: The Disguise (Frontline) [1]
  • 1986: Mainstreet (Frontline, produced by Terry Scott Taylor [2])
  • 1995: Stop It, I Like I
  • 1998: Thermostat
  • 2000: Naked
  • 2002: Sticky (Review)
  • 2004: Free Ride
  • 2006: Essentials (compilation)
  • 2006: Kickstart

Trivia

  • The intro sequence for the song "Next to You" from Thermostat is from a vintage mini-keyboard's (Casio PT-20) drum machine.

External links

View More Summaries on Carson Cole
 
Ask any question on Carson Cole and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
Carson Cole from Wíkipedia. ©2006 by Wíkipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. View a list of authors or edit this article.

Article Navigation
Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags




About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy