Christian Singer/Songwriter from Denison, TX formerly from Central California. Prolific songwriter. Fan of Doo Wop, Sam Cooke, Larry Norman, Keith Green, Daniel Amos. Plays rhythm guitar, drums and sings.
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Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 60 - 120 minutes
Languages: English
Expect a singer/songwriter who all about the message, the melody and the meaning--songs that make you think and ponder as you drink and wander.
Stan and Be Counted is a solo act featuring original, re-writes, parodies and covers of songs sung by Stan Countz. Stan is a prolific singer/songwriter. "Recipe for a Broken Heart” a song he co-wrote with Bruce Guynn and Big Rain of New Coast Records and which was recorded by Chet McCracken of Doobie Brothers fame, reached # 5 on the Roots Music Charts USA, and # 23 on the European Top 100 Chart. Another song "All the Time" was recorded by Katie James, a cousin of Michael McDonald who was the deep, soulful voice of the Doobies and one of the most popular songwriters and solo artists of the rock era. He began his songwriting career in California and exported it to Texas in 2021, when he moved to the North Texas community of Denison on the border of Texas and Oklahoma where he resides with his artist/photographer wife Ann.
COVERS
Am I the Only One - Aaron Lewis
Don't Blame God for the Sins of America - Barry Mcguire
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
I Wish We'd All Been Ready - Larry Norman
King of Hearts - Randy Stonehill
See the Vision - Terry Talbot
You Say - Lauren Daigle
ORIGINALS
Bid Afghanistan Goodbye
Fairy Tale Romance
Hope and a Future
It was Always You
Let Me Introduce You to Him
Mustard Seed Faith
My Leading Lady
No Heaven Without Him
One Man Show
Recipe for a Broken Heart
Run to the Rock that Doesn't Roll
Those Hap Happy Days
Where Hope Goes to Die
Winkin' at Blinken and Schwab
RE-WRITES
Fishers of Men [Follow Me Uncle Kracker]
God's Love Letter [It's Now or Never, Elvis Presley]
Just a Revival [Dust on the Bottle, David Lee Murphy]
The Anchor [Why Don't You Look Into Jesus, Larry Norman]
A big fan of the 50's - 60's and 70's era, Countz was influenced by folk musicians like Bob Dylan, soul songwriters like Sam Cooke and American bands like The Eagles, country pop soloists like John Denver, James Taylor, Jackson Browne and the three party harmonies of Peter, Paul and Mary and The Mamas and the Pappas. Early Contemporary Christian artists like Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Daniel Amos and Barry McGuire were also major influences. Ed Sheeran has been a more contemporary influence as has some of the Country-Pop crossover sounds of Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Old Dominion and Thomas Rhett.
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