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Tormenta Rey

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    The new self-titled Tormenta Rey album is about endless love and lost souvenirs, New Orleans, hope, desire, mermaids, death and Texas.

    • Bloody Valentine
    • Sweet Little Devil
    • Drunk On You
    • Cavalier
    • El Paso
    • Tomorrow Night

    Produced by Clinton Davis

    String Arrangements by Clinton Davis
    Quezada String Quartet:
    Allegra Artis - Violin
    Leslee Way - Violins
    Guillermo Quezada -Viola
    Jamie Carney - Cello

    Clinton Davis - Piano, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Backing Vocals
    George Sluppick- Drums, Percussion
    Elia Esparza - Backing Vocals
    David Rodriguez- Upright Double Bass
    Peter Parra -Sousaphone
    Japhy Ryder - Electric Guitar
    Leilainia Lovelight Marcus - Trumpets
    Stephen El Rey - Lead Vocals, Guitar

    All songs written by Stephen El Rey

    *Sweet Little Devil written by Erika Davies, Aaron Mahn, Jeremy Eikam
    *Tomorrow Night written by Sam Coslow and Will Grosz 1939

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Bloody Valentine Home sweet home in view watching her bloom A wolf hides in sheepfold licking his teeth and croons When skies turn blue Cupid flew the coop My bloody valentines through playing peekaboo Bogeyman in the woods stirring her nerves They’re pining for you to come unglued and run When skies turn blue Cupid flew the coop My bloody valentines through playing peekaboo Home sweet home picnic New bloom tinder sticks My bloody valentines through playing peekaboo
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SWEET LITTLE DEVIL On the beach you walk with me Take me and dance I don’t know where we’re going But you take me Straight Down Where the lights fall to the ground So you can be my baby be my baby free So far away We’re sailing And I’ll meet you straight back when we get to heaven You’re my sweet little babe You’re my sweet little Devil Just don’t take me with you straight down to hell Your my pretty girl You walk with me Take me and dance I don’t know where we’re going But you take me Straight Down Where the lights fall to the ground So you can be my baby Be my baby Free I told you once I told you twice If you mess with me Then I won’t be so nice You’re my sweet little babe You’re my sweet little Devil Just don’t take me with you Straight on down to hell
3.
Drunk On You 03:25
The only thing I want to do is go there one more night with you. Race the sun and crawl back in with our heads soaked in spirits and the blues Let’s take a one way train back in Happy hours waiting The candy light shines on you at the Saturn Bar New Orleans Drunk on you I’m floating with a mermaid on the moon Drunk on you I’m floating with a mermaid on the moon They found each other falling A Tsunami brought you him A seahorse came in with the wind and she tied her ribbon arms around his neck Drunk on you I’m floating with a mermaid on the moon Drunk on you A seahorse kissed a mermaid on the moon Drunk again at the Saturn Bar New Orleans
4.
Cavalier 05:08
Cavalier I thought it was a dream It was you and me dancing in this painting by the sea Stop the voices haunting Make my mind empty in this gallery. Down, down, down In deep sleep Down , down, down I can’t tell ..... if I’m the monster in this dream We were both happy here With all our souvenirs gallivanting by the sea Sometimes darkness appears and buries you with fear then smiles cavalier Down , down, down in deep sleep Down, down,down Can’t tell.... If I’m the monster in this dream Down ,down, down Can’t tell if I’m living a nightmare or a dream Or if I’m the monster in this dream
5.
El Paso 04:47
Take me somewhere like home Where are we going to go We were laughing, dancing til’ the bar closed We can build a wild fire It’s not to late I’ll bring the Cadillac round back You grab the suitcase and cat Take me anywhere but here Where we gonna drive to ? A storms coming fast and it’s getting cold I can drive all night Just tell me where to go Take me somewhere Slow Take me somewhere Slow Let’s start a life together down in El Paso I got a belief when you’re so far away If you’re thinking of me It’s cause I’m thinking of you We can build a wild fire It’s not to late Take me somewhere Slow Take me somewhere Slow Let’s start a life together down in El Paso
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Tomorrow night Will you remember what you said tonight? Tomorrow night Will all thrills be gone? Tomorrow night Will it be just another memory, Or just another lovely song That's in my full heart to linger on? Your lips are so tender, Your heart is beating fast And you're willing to surrender. Tell me, darling, will it last? Tomorrow night Will you be with me when the moon's bright? Tomorrow night Will you say those lovely things you said tonight? Tomorrow night Will it be just another memory Or just another lovely song That's in my full heart to linger on? Your lips are so tender, Your heart is beating fast And you're willing to surrender. Tell me, darling, will it last? Tomorrow night Will you remember what you said tonight? Tomorrow night Will you say those lovely things you said tonight?

about

“Tormenta Rey is a gateway into a musical bacchanal, where the haunting echoes of the past are reimagined into a lush aesthetic.”- Robert Holguin KFOX14 News Anchor.

The new self-titled Tormenta Rey album is about endless love and lost souvenirs, New Orleans, hope, desire, mermaids, death and Texas.

“I wanted to make a late night record,” said Stephen El Rey. “Most songs I write are ballads and dirges that somehow get pushed into something else, some form of music, usually faster and upbeat. I don’t know the mechanism responsible for writing these songs, but it always occurs late night. So the focus of this record was to keep the songs in their original form…the hour of the wolf uninterrupted…the 3:00AM tempo. Trying not to lose this was the task at hand.”

“We aimed for something that felt very intimate and delicate in its emotional impact and musical dynamics, but also very ambitious and grand in its scope,” said Producer Col. Dr. Clinton Davis, a renowned old-time folk musician with a PhD in Music. “This is a record with huge string sections, a 9-foot Steinway grand piano, latin percussion, and ghostly vocal harmonies. We used all of these to create a wide palette of colors and sounds, and to create spaces that felt cinematically vast and mysterious. The music is moody, dreamy. Sometimes ethereal. Always cinematic. Every song is like a widescreen epic movie. Sometimes the movie is a John Ford western, or "Lawrence of Arabia,” other times it’s a Tim Burton gothic dreamscape. Each song captures such a different energy so vividly," continues Davis. "I think ‘El Paso’ is the real heart of this set of songs. It captures such an intimate expression within a vast musical canvas.”

“We started developing the vision for this record a year before we went into the studio,” Davis continues. “Stephen demoed the songs, and I just went into a hole for weeks writing out parts for strings and piano and sculpting the parts. When we got to the studio, it was a whirlwind of studio musicians coming in and out, layering everything together. Watching these parts I had heard in my head come to life so rapidly was absolutely thrilling - one of the highlights of my creative career.”

“The thought of having Clinton produce this record made sense, it was something intrinsic.” said Rey. “I have wanted to work with him on this level for a long time. It came from a place of trust and wanting to work with someone who could help maintain the focus yet go places unimaginable because they understand me both as a friend and musician.”

credits

released February 14, 2023

Produced by Clinton Davis

String Arrangements by Clinton Davis
Quezada String Quartet:
Allegra Artis - Violin
Leslee Way - Violins
Guillermo Quezada -Viola
Jamie Carney - Cello

Clinton Davis - Piano, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Backing Vocals
George Sluppick- Drums, Percussion
Elia Esparza - Backing Vocals
David Rodriguez- Upright Double Bass
Peter Parra -Sousaphone
Japhy Ryder - Electric Guitar
Leilainia Lovelight Marcus - Trumpets
Stephen El Rey - Lead Vocals, Guitar

All songs written by Stephen El Rey

*Sweet Little Devil written by Erika Davies, Aaron Mahn, Jeremy Eikam
*Tomorrow Night written by Sam Coslow and Will Grosz 1939

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Stephen El Rey El Paso, Texas

Stephen El Rey is an American singer / songwriter.

He carries a torch for things that seem to slowly vanish in American culture.

El Rey’s vocals capture the allure of early Hollywood crooners, the vulnerability of Roy Orbison, and the raw power of Howlin’ Wolf.

He currently performs as Tormenta Rey: A 21st-century act that tight ropes Americana, Swamp Blues and Jazz Noir.
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