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Tracy’s
style of writing and song choice is what she jokingly refers to as
“crock”, because it’s a blend of country, pop, and rock. Similar to the
Eagles in that they do everything from “Take it Easy” to “Hotel
California”, Tracy sings the heartfelt Garth Brooks co-written country
ballad, “I Don’t Want to Know” with as much ease and passion as she
belts out the rocker, “I’d Like to Help You With That”.
She
very successfully navigates the territories in between with her own
“Full Moon Friday Night”, the Tracy Page/Chris Waters co-write, “The
First Thing About Love”, and then with what has become her signature
song, the stirring Nashville Club favorite, “Mother Earth,
FatherSky”… whose haunting electric guitar tracks are masterfully
played by Mark Thompson. (currently playing on the web at www.wholewheatradio.org ).
After years of performing and doing numerous showcases for major label
executives who wanted her to be “more country”, she decided to take a
break from the music “business” for a while. Country music executives
were, at that time, only signing artists that were traditional country,
“and as an artist, I have to be who I am”.
So Tracy moved back out west for a time, and the publishing associate
that she had worked with offered to make her some CDs of all her
sessions. However, months later her mixed sessions were destroyed in a
fire at his home studio.
Devastated, Tracy moved back to Nashville to start the long process of
seeing if her original studio session masters were salvageable. She
enlisted the help of recording engineer Steve Tillisch and her
co-producer/guitarist Mark Thompson.
Luckily they were able to digitally transfer and master all her sessions with the exception of two of her earliest songs.
“It was a tough experience to go through, having ten years of work go
up in smoke. But as they say, “the Lord works in mysterious
ways”, and now I truly feel that it was a blessing in disguise. Mark
and I really took our time in the studio, adding an instrumental track
on a couple of songs, and having the time to really make each song
shine. I am thrilled to have music back”.
(and a shout out to Jim Demain and Alex at Yes Master mastering studio in Nashvegas!)
Now, in addition to her music, Tracy is working with one of her other passions.
She has started her own gourmet specialty products company,
Page’s Premium Brands.
She has created her own gourmet nut/fruit/chocolate blends and uses
candy recipes handed down from her family. Her products currently
sell at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and The Produce Place, among other
specialty stores in Nashville.
Tracy lives in Nashville with her two four-legged friends, dogs Jiko and Zeus…
“Dogs are the best people I know!”
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