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Gene Stovall: Live at the Shadow Lounge PGH (2003)

by Gene Stovall

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PAT Bus Album Introduction 2003 01:33
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Windchimes or Heaven in the Meantime (Live at Shadow Lounge 2003) 04:30
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INTERLUDE: Social Studies Introduction 2003 00:16
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Social Studies (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 04:36
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Kiss Me Faye (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 03:30
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INTERLUDE: Pray For Me Introduction 2003 00:42
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Pray For Me (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 03:08
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INTERLUDE: Thinkin' About The Way You Lay Introduction 2003 00:25
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Thinkin' About The Way You Lay (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 04:45
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Shoot Me in the Knees (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 04:13
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INTERLUDE: Warning Sign Introduction 00:10
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Warning Sign of Sugar on My Tongue (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 03:28
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INTERLUDE: Kindergarten Paste Introduction 00:09
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Kindergarten Paste (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 03:42
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She Had Me / Bad Luck (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 05:39
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Heart Shaped Box (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 04:07
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Frixalating Dusk Light (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 02:54
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Kennywood Trips or Spit of Ice (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 03:16
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Humpty Dance (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 02:33
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Walking On Ice (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 04:46
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Social Misfit & OUTRO (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 06:54
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Taxes by Justin Strong (Live at Shadow Lounge PGH 2003) 01:12
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Recorded in the Spring of 2003, Singer/Songwriter Gene Stovall teams up with Justin Strong of 7th Movement and Shadow Lounge fame to create this live album with Emmai Alaquiva of Ya Mom'z House Recording Studio.

Gene Stovall is one of those artists who can connect with people through the honesty of his lyrics. He is able to stimulate a crowd without the use of manufactured sound or staged antics. Give Gene an audience and he brings his voice and acoustic guitar to do the rest.

Having been influenced by the likes of such diverse singers as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon and D’Angelo, Gene is not your typical artist who tries to entice the crowd with common lyrical formulas and stale music tricks. Instead, he mesmerizes listeners with raw, emotionally charged lyrics.

He touches on virtually every emotion and situation in the human experience from love, hate, sex, self-deprecation, angst, social outcasts and popularity. Gene says while other artists flagrantly sing about money and sex, he sings about the anxiety a boy goes through while obsessing about a girl and a first kiss, or how the lack of money and prestige may lead to social repression. He sings about the every day person. The person who faces fear and regret, as well as simple joys and happiness.

Devoted to using his voice and lyrics as a tool to heal people, Gene has been performing in front of audiences since the fourth grade and in front of his family since the inception of MTV. As a child, Gene stopped watching “Sesame Street” and tuned into MTV where he studied the styles, routines and techniques of the artists. Gene often amused his family by building microphones and guitars out of Lego blocks. But, it was a solo in the fourth grade of the song “Gifts of Love,” when Gene noticed the power of music over people’s emotions.

Since then, Gene ran the gamut of performances from church choir, to school chorus, to starting a number of singing and rap groups in high school. Not only a vocalist, but also an actor, Gene won a lead role in the Pittsburgh Public Theater performance of August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” while in the seventh grade. Gene acknowledges his mother, a costume designer and his father, an actor, as influences in his life.

However, it was not until Gene attended Duquesne University in his native Pittsburgh, where one of his musical ventures began to receive recognition. In 1995, Gene founded the Jive Family, at the time an 11-piece Hip Hop Rock band that won first place in Duquesne’s Battle of the Bands contest. The Jive Family went on to gain local fame throughout Pittsburgh for its eclectic musical style and nods to pure musicianship. The Jive Family performed together as a band until 2002, when Gene decided to launch a solo career.

In April 2003, Gene released his debut full-length solo album, “Gene Stovall: Live @ the Shadow Lounge.” He is currently a regular performer at the Shadow Lounge, one of Pittsburgh’s most popular performance venues, where Gene says 'he is on a mission to save the local music scene' in Pittsburgh.

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released June 3, 2003

All songs performed live by Gene Stovall, with the exception of 'Taxes' performed by Justin Strong. Recorded and mixed by Emma Alaquiva at Ya Mom'z House Recording Studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Executive producers Justin Strong and Gene Stovall.

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Gene Stovall is a Singer/Songwriter and music producer from Pittsburgh, PA. His music includes a wide range of experimental, genre blending styles like Acoustic Soul, Trip Hop, Pop, Anti-Pop, Alternative Hip Hop, R&B, NeoSoul, Nu Jazz, Grunge Rock, and Post Punk. Stovall writes, arranges, and designs for Geenpool Productions, Alien Facez Records, and managing editor of DapDum Music Blog. ... more

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