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| Artist : Wendy Rene |
| Album : After Laughter Comes Tears |
| Website : http://lightintheattic.net/artists/398-wendy-rene |
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| Source : CD |
| Label : Light In The Attic Records |
| Genre : Soul |
| Year : 2012 |
| Rip Date : 03-03-2016 |
| Store date : 00-00-2012 |
| Bitrate : 494 kbps avg |
| Encoder : FLAC1.2.1 |
| Size : 234.08 megs |
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+--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+
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| 1. Bar B Q 2:30 |
| 2. Gone For Good 2:20 |
| 3. Your Love Is All I Need 2:26 |
| 4. After Laughter (Comes Tears) 3:02 |
| 5. I Wish I Were That Girl 2:38 |
| 6. What Will Tomorrow Bring 2:43 |
| 7. Wondering (When My Love Is Coming) 2:16 |
| 8. Deep In My Heart 2:55 |
| 9. Give You What I Got 3:32 |
| 10. Crying All By Myself 2:38 |
| 11. Crowded Park 3:13 |
| 12. Last Love 3:04 |
| 13. Love At First Sight 2:56 |
| 14. She's Moving Away 3:29 |
| 15. He Hasn't Failed Me Yet 3:27 |
| 16. Please Don't Leave Me 2:12 |
| 17. The Same Guy 2:59 |
| 18. Young Man 2:36 |
| 19. Can't Stay Away 2:27 |
| 20. First Kiss 3:23 |
| 21. Reap What You Sow 2:53 |
| 22. Young And Foolish 3:08 |
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| Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities (1964-1965) |
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| Born Mary Frierson in Memphis, Tennessee, home of Stax Records, Wendy |
| Rene was christened by Otis Redding on signing to Stax as a teenager |
| in 1963. |
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| Back then, she and brother Johnny Frierson, both singers at the Church |
| of God In Christ, were determined to make it in music. Forming singing |
| quartet The Drapels with two friends, they took the bus to 926 E. |
| McLemore Avenue, auditioned for Stax co-fou |
| under Jim Stewart, and won a deal on the spot. ôAs soon as we finished |
| with the DrapelsÆ songs and [the rest of the band] were going to the |
| bus stop, I showed Mr. Stewart my songs,ö recalls Rene. The result? |
| Stewart found two acts in one, and Mary had two contracts with Stax. |
| Both Drapels and Wendy began recording with the greats û thatÆs The |
| MGs on the groupÆs ôYoung Manö, Booker T. Jones playing organ on |
| ôAfter Laughterö and Steve Cropper playing guitar on the dance |
| craze-inspired ôBar-B-Qö, the success of which caused Wendy û then a |
| teen bride û to leave school. |
| The Drapels dissolved almost as quickly as WendyÆs first marriage, |
| partly due to the attention lavished on youngest member WendyÆs solo |
| career. But a real hit eluded the singer, and in 1967, with a growing |
| family with second husband and Stax employee James Cross, Wendy |
| decided to retire from the business. ôI wanted a baby to hold and |
| coochie-coo to, and I didnÆt want to miss any more time away from my |
| kids,ö she says. |
| Wendy was due to perform one last show with Otis Redding and the |
| Bar-Kays, but changed her mind at the last minute. It was an |
| auspicious decision û that weekend, Redding and four Bar-Kays died |
| when their plane crashed in Lake Monona. |
| Mary mourned her friends but not her music career. She taught harmony |
| to her children and she sang in church, not in the studio. Then, in |
| 1993, something strange happened û a friend of her son heard Wu Tang |
| ClanÆs ôTearzö on the radio. As new generations of artists have |
| rediscovered Wendy ReneÆs work, they have touched her life in various |
| ways: Alicia KeysÆs remake of ôAfter Laughteràö, ôWhere Do We Go From |
| Hereö, for example, helped pay for her current home. Keys tried to |
| meet up with Rene when she played in Memphis. ôI wasnÆt able to do |
| it,ö says Wendy, revealing little. |
| In September 2010, Wendy Rene returned to live performance, albeit |
| very briefly, playing a set at Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans. It was |
| to be a bittersweet occasion û WendyÆs beloved brother Johnny had died |
| suddenly in June 2010 and performing brought back a flood of memories. |
| ôI was so choked up I wasnÆt able to perform like I wanted,ö she |
| admits. Though her career was brief, Wendy Rene left behind a |
| thrilling catalogue of classic soul. Here, Light In The Attic gives it |
| the archive treatment it richly deserves. Listen, delve and enjoy. |
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