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Song of the Month
Wind in the Valley
Written by Rich Schleckser
and Rick Lang
I have been co-writing with my good friend Rich Schleckser
for several years now. The first song we actually
worked on together was Wind
In The Valley. I heard Rich singing the tune one
day at the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass festival,
and it really caught my ear.
We got to know each other that weekend, and started
a songwriting collaboration that has resulted in several
songs that we are both very proud of. I helped Rich
refine some of the verses of Wind
In The Valley (which really didn't need very much
at that point) and further developed the musical setting
to reflect the melancholy feel of the song. We then
recorded a demo of the tune which Rich sang on.
A couple of winter's ago, I was sitting with Amy
Gallatin backstage at a Christmas concert we were
performing at, and played Wind
In The Valley for her. Amy immediately fell in
love with the song.
That next summer Amy went to Nashville to record
a country duet album with Roger Williams and told
me she was considering including Wind
In The Valley on the project. Next thing I knew
I received a copy of Amy and Roger's new album "Something
'Bout You" in the mail, which included Wind
In The Valley.
The cut was wonderful - a very effective interpretation
of the piece with a sound and feel "as lonesome
as it gets." Amy's voice is just perfect for
this song. She really nailed it. The cut also features
Andrea Zonn on fiddle and Kathy Chiavola on harmony
vocals.
Below is a condensed version of the album liner notes
for "Something 'Bout You."
Something 'Bout You, recorded in Nashville
with ace producer Rich Adler of Soundwave Studios,
is Amy's first collaboration with resophonic
guitarist Roger Williams. Amy and Roger have
been performing together in Stillwaters since
2000 and share a common love of good country
harmony singing. Roger's country music pedigree
is impeccable; he is the son of Northeastern
country singer Gerry Lee and steel guitar player
Curly Williams. For this project, Amy and Roger
culled from hundreds of vintage duets, some
of which Roger learned at his mother's knee,
everything from the Louvin Brothers to bluegrass
greats Jim and Jesse to the Everly Brothers,
from obscure duos like Merle Haggard and Bonnie
Owens, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Delia Bell
and Bill Grant, and threw into the mix a few
contemporary tunes from the likes of Kevin Welch
and New Hampshire songwriter's Rich Schleckser
and Rick Lang. Add some stellar session musicians
providing some classic pedal steel, fiddle,
and honky-tonk piano, and the result is 14 tunes
that put the "K" back in country!
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I hope you enjoy Amy and Roger's rendition of Wind
In The Valley!
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