I Just Want You

Colin Black

Americana/folk/country/singer-songwriter: this is the latest offering from Colin Black as he continues his growing tradition of great melodies, memorable stories, and all-acoustic instrumentation.

December 18: 2007: I Just Want You is the third and latest offering from Americana/folk singer-songwriter Colin Black. Twelve new and all original songs

Americana/folk/country/singer-songwriter: this is the latest offering from Colin Black as he continues his growing tradition of great melodies, memorable stories, and all-acoustic instrumentation.

December 18: 2007: I Just Want You is the third and latest offering from Americana/folk singer-songwriter Colin Black. Twelve new and all original songs feature the strong melodies, powerful lyrics, and attractive yet simple acoustic instrumentation that have made his prior two CDs wear so well over time. Plus a great set of guest musicians, including stalwart Jerry Trapp and a host of other great players from southern Alabama and the mountains of North Carolina. All that, mastered by Grammy winner Charlie Pilzer! Don't miss the latest release from this talented songsmith!!

Colin Black was born in 1974 in Peoria, Illinois along the Illinois River. Around 1988, he began to spend summers and holidays in the small Gulf Coast community of Josephine, Alabama, where he was introduced to a vibrant local music culture (home to Guthrie Trapp, Jerry Trapp, Gove Scrivenor and others) in which song circles and late night jams were the most common entertainment. Circumstance subsequently carried him away from home to tread four continents, but the Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf Coast -- in other words, the roots of his life and his music -- continue to define the atmosphere of his songs.

Colin began playing acoustic guitar around 1990, and began writing songs soon after. Since then he has taken up harmonica and also occasionally plays (or tries to play ... ) electric guitar, lap steel, bass, cuatro, autoharp, concertina and whatever else he can get his hands on. But his emphasis is squarely and decidedly on songwriting -- finding words and a melody to tell a story or capture a moment or an emotion.

Colin only occasionally plays in public, although when he's home in Alabama you can often find him singing and playing with friends on the porch or in the lounge at Pirates Cove in Josephine, and until recently he also sometimes appeared in The Hague or Amsterdam, Holland, where he lived from 2002 to 2006. Colin remains principally a songwriter, however, and typically records at home on a Roland VS880EX digital 8-track. He self-released an untitled CD in 2001 (recorded and produced with Brian Rueb of New Orleans) and a second CD entitled "No. 2" in January 2005. His third CD, "I Just Want You," was released on December 18, 2007.

Colin currently lives in Washington, DC, and travels home to Alabama as often as possible. He has also lived in New Orleans; Madrid, Spain; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and The Hague, The Netherlands. For more information on him and his music, please visit www.ColinBlack.com.

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No. 2

Colin Black

Colin Black's music has been described as Americana, alt.Country, Country Folk, singer-songwriter, and simply as great acoustic music ... whatever the label, his songs have an honesty and familiarity that anyone can relate to.

"Fascinating singer-songwriter works with acoustic guitar and harmonica, made even more intriguing by a few beautiful

Colin Black's music has been described as Americana, alt.Country, Country Folk, singer-songwriter, and simply as great acoustic music ... whatever the label, his songs have an honesty and familiarity that anyone can relate to.

"Fascinating singer-songwriter works with acoustic guitar and harmonica, made even more intriguing by a few beautiful choruses, and of course Colin's own handsome voice... An exceptionally pleasing album." -- Alt Country Cooking

"Honestly, I was and still am under the considerable impression of the talent on display. Not so much due to innovative work, but more because of the rich simplicity by which this album continues to captivate despite its simple instrumentation. The music, and especially Colin's voice, has an intimate touch, instantly recognizable, and one after another the songs reveal full melodies. I was frankly 'flabbergasted'!" -- Rein van den Berg, Real Roots Cafe

COLIN BLACK was born in Peoria, Illinois along the Illinois River. Around 1988, he began to spend summers and holidays in the small Gulf Coast community of Josephine, Alabama, where he was introduced to a vibrant local music culture (home to Guthrie Trapp, Jerry Trapp, Gove Scrivenor and others) in which song circles and late night jams were the most common entertainment. Circumstance subsequently carried him away from home to tread four continents, but the Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf Coast -- in other words, the roots of his life and his music -- continue to define the atmosphere of his songs.

Colin began playing acoustic guitar around 1990, and began writing songs soon after. Since then he has taken up harmonica and also occasionally plays (or tries to play ... ) electric guitar, lap steel, bass, cuatro, autoharp, concertina and whatever else he can get his hands on. But his emphasis is squarely and decidedly on songwriting -- finding words and a melody to tell a story or capture a moment or an emotion.

Colin only occasionally plays in public, although when he's home in Alabama you can often find him singing and playing with friends on the porch or in the lounge at Pirates Cove, and during 2002-2006 he also sometimes appear in The Hague or Amsterdam, Holland. He remains principally a songwriter, however, and typically records at home on a Roland VS880EX digital 8-track. Colin self-released an self-titled CD in 2001 (recorded and produced with Brian Rueb of New Orleans) and a second CD entitled "No. 2" in January 2005. A third CD, "I Just Want You," was released on December 18, 2007.

Colin currently lives in Washington, DC, and travels home to Alabama as often as possible. He has also lived in New Orleans; Madrid, Spain; d San Juan, Puerto Rico; and The Hague, The Netherlands.

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Colin Black

Colin Black

Acoustic Americana music that will transport you to another world, take you back in time, and stick in your head and your heart.

This self-titled CD is the first recording by Americana/folk singer-songwriter Colin Black. The actual CD is out of print, but it is now being offered as a digital download, thanks to our friends at CD Baby!

From the

Acoustic Americana music that will transport you to another world, take you back in time, and stick in your head and your heart.

This self-titled CD is the first recording by Americana/folk singer-songwriter Colin Black. The actual CD is out of print, but it is now being offered as a digital download, thanks to our friends at CD Baby!

From the opening ballad Gone, to the Gulf Coast classic Alabama, to Colin's starkly beautiful cover of Jimmie Dale Gilmore's Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown, this debut CD established Colin Black as a voice with limitless potential and promise. Now, after several years out of print, it is finally available for downloading.

This is where it all started - Enjoy!

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