CAROLINA RISIN

Kim Dover:
KIM IS NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE. HE HAS BEEN PERFORMING FOR CROWDS FOR MANY YEARS. KIM’S VOICE AND SOLID RHYTHM ON HIS GUITARS ARE THE LEADING FORCE OF THE BAND CAROLINA RISIN’. KIM’S MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS COUPLED WITH HIS HEARTFELT WRITINGS PROMISES AN ENTERTAINING SHOW. KIM ALONG WITH CO-WRITER GARY QUEEN HAVE BEEN WRITING AND ARRANGING SINCE THE WINTER OF 1998. IT WAS A COLD, RAINY, WINDY NIGHT WHEN THE MAGIC APPEARED OUT OF THE DARKNESS LIKE A SUDDEN BURST OF ENERGY THAT IS STILL UNEXPLAINED. THE MUSIC HAS TAKEN ON A NEW ATTITUDE WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CORE BAND MEMBERS. ON STAGE IT ALL COMES ALIVE.

INFLUENCES: WAYLON JENNINGS, DALE EARNHARDT, HANK WILLIAMS JR..

INTERESTS: AGRICULTURE, OUTDOOR LIVING, MAKING MUSIC.

EQUIPMENT: IBANEZ GUITARS, CRATE AMPLIFICATION, SHURE MICS.



Roger Conner:
ROGER NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION AS YOU MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE HEARD HIM AT A SHOW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY AND DALLAS TEXAS AND "ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN" ROGER IS A GUITAR PLAYERS WONDER. HIS UNIQUE LICKS COME FROM A SEASONED BAG OF TRICKS THAT IS THE RESULT OF A LONG, LONG ROAD OF PLAYING TO THE AUDIENCE IN A HEARTFEALT WAY. THE ADDITION OF ROGER TO CAROLINA RISIN' HAS PROVEN TO BE EXACTLY THE BULLET THEY NEEDED TO PROPEL THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. ROGER AND HIS FENDER GUITAR SPEAKS LOUDLY AND PROUDLY TO LEVEL OUT THE SOUND OF THE BAND THAT HAS PROVEN TO PLEASE..

INFLUENCES: ALL THE COUNTRY CLASSICS..ie WILLY NELSON & HANK, JR., ROCK AND ROLL CLASSICS, MAKING MUSIC.

INTERESTS: ALTERNATIVE FUELS, EGYPTIAN LIFESTYES, QUIET AND HARMONIOUS EXISTENCE.

EQUIPMENT: SHURE MICS, FENDER AND GIBSON GUITARS, PEAVEY AMPLIFICATION.


Barry Davis:
BARRY GREW UP IN A MUSICAL FAMILY. MUSIC SURROUNDED HIM EARLY ON AND THERE WAS NO ESCAPING IT. IT WAS VERY CONSUMING AND INFLUENTIAL. THE DOMINANT MUSICIAN WAS HIS UNCLE WHO PLAYED GUITAR AND SANG COUNTRY MUSIC CONSTANTLY, THEREFORE BARRY WAS HOOKED. BARRY PLAYED GUITAR THEN SWITCHED TO BASS GUITAR AND THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. AFTER PLAYING WITH VARIOUS BANDS AND PLAYING IN HIS CHURCH HE EMERGED INTO A VERY SOLID IN THE POCKET BASS PLAYER. THEN LIFELONG FRIEND KIM DOVER CALLED BARRY TO PUT DOWN THE BASS LINES OF THE ARRANGEMENTS HE AND GARY QUEEN HAD BEEN WORKING ON. AND ON A STORMY MONDAY, CAROLINA RISIN’ WAS BORN WITH BARRY PRODUCING THE PULSE.

INFLUENCES: ERIC CLAPTON, CCR, BENNY HILL

INTERESTS: FISHING, FOUR WHEELIN', MAKING MUSIC

EQUIPMENT: IBANEZ AND FENDER BASS GUITARS, PEAVEY AMPLIFICATION, SHURE MICS

A North Carolina band with all the right moves. If you are expecting easy listening music then you are in the wrong place.

January 6, 2007 Legend's, West Columbia, SC Details; call 803-926-9522, Show Time 9:00 p.m.

January 20, 2007 The Ponderosa, Upper Cleveland County (Shelby, NC) Show time 9ish.

February 9,2007 Ichabod's, Shelby, NC Show Time 9:15 p.m.

March 9, 2007 Ichabod's, Shelby, NC

March 16, 2007 The Onemor, 864 Union, Concord, NC, 704-788-8874 Show Time 9:15 p.m.

March 17, 2007 Ham's, Dixon Blvd. Shelby, NC Big St. Patrick's Day Party !!!! Don't miss this show!!9:00 p.m.

April 6, 2007 Zipper's (formerly The Rock Garden, Lincolnton, NC Show Time 9:00 p.m.

May 11, 2007 Ichabod's, Shelby, NC Show Time 9:15 p.m.

April 20-21, 2007 Country Music Bar, Hickory, NC Show Time 9:00 p.m.

June 2, 2007 Carolina Risin' is headlining the GOLDEN VALLEY MUSIC JAM. This will be an outdoor event at Golden Valley Campground, Hwy. 226. Opening act will be Clark Road. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. bring you lawn chairs and Jam with us.

June 15, 2007 Ichabod's, Shelby, NC Show Time 9:15 p.m.

August 10-11, 2007 Shriner's Club, Chesnee, SC Show Time 9:00 p.m.

Ready for some fun? Want to meet some guys that can deliver a beat you all can dance to. Then Carolina Risin is the band that can not be beat

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