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Revival Dear
Revival Dear was brought to life by the creative spark that ignited when singer/songwriter Eddie Orso first met singer Shelley Hayes. The two immediately formed an artistic bond, and Revival Dear was born. The duo kept a relatively low profile until Orso, the prolific songwriter, had squirreled away enough material to fill a full length album. In October of 2006, Orso caught the attention of producer Terence Gowan. Terence was as enchanted by Orso’s songs as he was moved by the energy that Eddie and Shelley created together. Terence went to work right away, capturing the initial recordings in the home studio of multi-instrumentalist and producer Don Kerr. These recordings were enough to get the attention of Steve Okun, the former Vice President of Entertainment for Indigo Books & Music, who promptly formed U Spin Records, and signed the band. The final recordings were almost a year in the making. Together, Terence Gowan and Eddie Orso painstakingly deconstructed, reworked and arranged the material into its current form. They brought in some of Toronto’s best musical talent to lay down parts for the final work. The result is an album of rare quality. A perfect realization of the vision shared between Eddie Orso and Shelley Hayes. Revival Dear’s self-titled debut, released in Oct. 2007, has been attracting the attention of music lovers nationally. The song Ol’s In The Water remained on the chart for 9 straight weeks and peaked at #4 on CBC Radio 3 for week ending Apr 3, 2008 Quotes "I just saw that amazing Martin Scorcese documentary called the Last Waltz the other night, one of the best rock docs ever... Revival Dear reminds me of the energy and the talent that The Band exhibits that night back in 1975 in San Francisco." Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio 3 “Absolutely of-the-moment and simultaneously timeless, Revival Dear are energetic, melodic, and heartbreakingly good." Blair Packham, co-host of Rock Talk, CFRB 1010 "Revival Dear's self–titled debut [is] a rollicking, authentic, straight–from– Saugerties revival of the style and tunes that were once perfected by the rebellious vanguard of groups like The Hawks and Gram Parson's Fallen Angels. . . it's a remarkable record that can be committed in this day and age and still sound like it could have come from any generation's roots heroes." Patrick Finch, ECHO WEEKLY “They have constructed one of the classic albums of the year. Revival Dear is amazing. I haven’t felt this good about music from Canada since the heyday of The Band. (5 stars)” Mark Gould, Sound Waves Magazine, Connecticut "Harmonies that make you feel both haunted and hankering for a hoedown, Revival Dear are a fearless force on the scene of new down-home rock n roll." Emm Gryner, Singer / Songwriter Links Revial Dear's webpage Revival Dear's myspace page References Revival Dear