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1. Catfishin’ 4. New Season 8. Oh Kathleen 10. I Ain’t Taking My Boots Off Here 11. Last Train Out 12. One More Round
The Players Michael Falzarano - Acoustic 6-String & 12-String Guitars and Vocals also Mandolin and Bass on “One More Round” Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Acoustic Slide Guitar and 12-String Guitar Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Fiddle and Guitar Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica Frank Celenza -Bass Eileen Murphy - Drums Jeff Naimoli - Percussion Tony Campo - Accordion Professor Louie - Accordion, Hammond Organ and Piano Pete Sears - Piano Ray Grappone - Drums on “I Know You Rider” Kane Daily - Acoustic Slide Guitar on “I Know You Rider” and Dobro on “One More Round” Jon Smith - Synth on “One More Round” Alexis P. Suter, Amy Helm and Vicki Bell - Backup Vocals Jason Crosby - Fiddle on “Last Train Out” Amy Peters - Backup Vocals on “Last Train Out” Dave Berg - Guitar on “Last Train Out” Dan Ehrlich - Bass on “Last Train Out” George Hooks - Drums on “Last Train Out” Mark Rechler - Keyboards on “Last Train Out” The King James Sessions Related Links
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Drawing by Aronda Xystris I had wanted to do an acoustic album for some time. I talked to Kerry Kearney, my good friend and a great slide guitar player, about it. He had just taken over a music store in Brooklyn called King James Music. There is an empty flat upstairs from the store with two great-sounding rooms in it. We thought that this might be a good place to record. Originally I wanted to keep it simple and just record as a duo with him, but one thing led to another and before long we had assembled our usual cast of characters to record. Still, I wanted to record “old school” with a bunch of musicians in a room playing live at the same time, and I wanted to keep it acoustic – so that’s what we did. I called up my friend, Danny Sheehan, who has a mobile recording setup (The Mobile Loft). He came down from Woodstock, set his gear up in one room, and we set up in the other. We filled the bathtub full of beer, soda and juice, and over the two nights of October 20th and 21st under a full moon we recorded a bunch of songs I'd written and some that Kerry and I had written together. Each one of those songs appears on the album. I’ve also included two bonus tracks that I recorded elsewhere: One More Round (A Requiem for the New Yorker) and Last Train Out, a song I wrote in memory of the late Allen Woody, which features label mate Jason Crosby on fiddle. Although a few of the songs on this album are 9/11 related (New Season, Soul Searchlight, These Colors Don’t Run and One More Round), I did not set out to do a 9/11 tribute album. I am a New Yorker so that event is never far from my mind. I love the spontaneity of this project. Most of the songs had a brief discussion, one run-through and then were cut. We had a blast recording this stuff, and I think it comes through in the tracks. Hopefully you'll agree. One final note: We didn't know it at the time, but the upstairs flat is apparently haunted. We must have awakened the ghost that lives there because doors slam, bells ring and floorboards creak all the time now. Kerry had someone who knows about supernatural things confirm this. Who knows? It could be true. Michael F. The Who Did What Catfishin' Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Guitar and Dobro, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano The Lyrics I Know You Rider Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kane Daily - Acoustic Slide Guitar, Frank Celenza - Bass, Ray Grappone - Drums, Jimmy Fleming - Guitar The Lyrics Crossroads Avenue Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Alexis P. Suter - Backup Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Slide Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano The LyricsNew Season Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Slide Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano, Professor Louie - Hammond Organ, Alexis P. Suter, Amy Helm and Vicki Bell - Backup Vocals The Lyrics These Colors Don't Run Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Slide Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano, Professor Louie - Hammond Organ, Alexis P. Suter, Amy Helm and Vicki Bell - Backup Vocals The Lyrics Honey, I Just Want You Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Slide Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano, Alexis P. Suter, Amy Helm and Vicki Bell - Backup Vocals The Lyrics The Long Road Home Michael Falzarano - Acoustic 12-String Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano The Lyrics Oh Kathleen Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Slide Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano, Professor Louie - Accordion, Alexis P. Suter, Amy Helm and Vicki Bell - Backup Vocals The Lyrics Soul Searchlight Michael Falzarano - Acoustic 12-String Guitar and Vocals, Amy Helm - Backup Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano, Professor Louie - Accordion, Tony Campo - Accordion The Lyrics I Ain't Taking My Boots Off Here Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals, Kerry Kearney - Acoustic 12-String Guitar, Jimmy Fleming - Mandolin, Charlie Wolfe - Harmonica, Frank Celenza - Bass, Eileen Murphy - Drums, Jeff Naimoli - Percussion, Pete Sears - Piano, Tony Campo - Accordion The Lyrics Last Train Out Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar
and Vocals, Jason Crosby - Fiddle,
Amy Peters – Backup Vocals and Percussion,
Dave Berg - Guitar,
Dan Ehrlich - Bass,
George Hooks - Drums,
Mark Rechler -
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Lyrics One More Round Michael Falzarano - Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Mandolin and Vocals, Kane Daily - Dobro, Amy Helm - Backup Vocals, Pete Sears - Piano, Jon Smith - Synth The Lyrics All songs written by Michael Falzarano Except Tracks 1, 6, 7 and 9, written by Michael Falzarano / Kerry Kearney Track 2 Traditional, arranged by Michael Falzarano All songs BMI Recorded by Danny Sheehan Mixed by Michael Falzarano and Jon Smith Backup vocals and “I Know You Ryder” recorded by Vicki Bell “Last Train Out” recorded by Dave Berg Produced by Michael Falzarano
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