Amy Gallatin

https://amygallatin.bandcamp.com

Amy GallatinThe powerhouse duo Amy Gallatin and resophonic guitarist Roger Williams—20 and 40 year veterans of the New England music scene--joined forces a few years ago to explore their mutual love of country standards, served up with an acoustic treatment in the bluegrass vein. The result is a toe-tapping blend of heartfelt vocals, soaring harmonies and red-hot picking, traditional yet modern and distinct.'Tis The Season, released 25 October 20201. I Know What I Want For Christmas2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas3. When Love Was Born4. Silver And Gold5. December Child6. Two Step 'Round The Christmas Tree7. Hard Candy Christmas8. I'll Be There With Bells On9. Some Children See Him10. Christmas For Cowboys11. Christmas On The Town With You12. What I'm Thankful For13. Mister Santa14. Bells Of Christmas15. Bucky's Present16. Old Time Christmas17. Straw Against The Chill18. Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow19. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve20. Someday At ChristmasI’ve wanted to make this album for a long long time, but there was always travel, performances, overseas tours, day jobs, hobbies… Now, in the sudden quietude that became our lives in 2020, a group of musicians came together, collaborating entirely remotely in unprecedented circumstances, supporting one another, utilizing already-mainstream technology to create art. Most working musicians these days have their own studios--maybe just a few mics and some software--as tools for their profession. Now, in this strange and singular time, technology was our friend more than ever.So picture longtime musical colleague and fiddler Ray Legere recording from his home in Nova Scotia…Roger’s son JD recording from a closet-converted-into-studio in his apartment...Gail Wade paying a visit to the unfinished side of our basement, sitting in front of my washing machine, occasionally waving her hand as she sang to keep our motion-detecting light from going dark while we listened and talked to her over headphones from the other side of the wall…Peggy Harvey laying down Hot Flash harmony and her signature sax on Mr. Santa…brothers Bob and Dave Dick recording from their respective studios and working hard to make the tunes sound like I heard them in my head. Bob recorded my Christmas in New England colleague, vocalist Karen Lincoln Wilber (socially distanced of course). My partner/recording engineer/life coach Roger Williams sat through my hyperventilating at my piano as I dusted off long-unused skills on that instrument (we handed off piano duties to Joe Grieco from down on The Shore on I Know What I Want for Christmas)…guitarist Jim Henry laid down perfect guitar tracks to Stevie Wonder’s Someday at Christmas (recorded, ironically, on the day civil rights icon John Lewis was laid to rest)…Jim Hoke, who can play almost every instrument on the planet, down in Nashville laid down some of the best pedal steel and chromatic harp I’ve heard anywhere—and threw in a percussion “brush track” just for good measure for that “town and country” feel, as he put it. Jim was on my 1998 album The Long Way Home and I knew he was the guy to play chromatic harp for me. All that other stuff was just amazing happenstance. It was an unparalleled, intense time, and the album was, as a friend put it, “perfect use of pandemic down time.” All the energy that would have gone out in performing went into this album. In a time when people supposedly aren’t buying CDs I decided to double down and release a 20-song effort, bringing together many of the tunes I have performed with the Christmas in New England ensemble and the Hot Flashes at our Christmas shows. It is our sincere hope that this album brings you some holiday cheer, this year and in years to come. And as the song says, have yourself a merry little Christmas. ‘Tis the season!~~ Amy Gallatin, October 1, 2020

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