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Patty Griffin's 'Downtown Church' slated for Jan. 26
Just a quick news item here.
The folks at Big Hassle have announced a release date for Patty Griffin's upcoming gospel disc, Downtown Church, which includes collaborations with Buddy and Julie Miller, Emmylou Harris, Raul Malo, Jim Lauderdale, Shawn Colvin, Mike Farris, and Regina and Ann McCrary. Adding to the star power, the backing band includes Jay Bellerose, the fabulous Stuart Duncan, Dennis Crouch, Doug Lancio (who's been playing with Griffin for some time), John Deaderick, Russ Pahl and others. In other words, it's a community affair, it would seem - not unlike your average downtown church.
According to the press release, Griffin only wanted to do this record if Buddy Miller was willing to produce. Needless to say, that's exactly what happened. It'll include her originals (which she says she wrote after listening to a lot of Dylan), as well as her versions of gospel tunes by Hank Sr. and others. Due date is January 26, 2010.
The folks at Big Hassle have announced a release date for Patty Griffin's upcoming gospel disc, Downtown Church, which includes collaborations with Buddy and Julie Miller, Emmylou Harris, Raul Malo, Jim Lauderdale, Shawn Colvin, Mike Farris, and Regina and Ann McCrary. Adding to the star power, the backing band includes Jay Bellerose, the fabulous Stuart Duncan, Dennis Crouch, Doug Lancio (who's been playing with Griffin for some time), John Deaderick, Russ Pahl and others. In other words, it's a community affair, it would seem - not unlike your average downtown church.
According to the press release, Griffin only wanted to do this record if Buddy Miller was willing to produce. Needless to say, that's exactly what happened. It'll include her originals (which she says she wrote after listening to a lot of Dylan), as well as her versions of gospel tunes by Hank Sr. and others. Due date is January 26, 2010.
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Comment by the Good Intentions on November 26, 2009 at 8:30am -
wow - looks great - give us a sneak preview when you know what any of the tracks are!
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Comment by Grant Alden on November 27, 2009 at 2:18pm -
Well...since I'm here, and have the answer...
House Of Gold
Move Up
Little Fire
Death's Got A Warrant
If I Had My Way
Coming Home To Me
Wade In The Water
Never Grow Old
Virgen de Guadalupe
I Smell A Rat
Waiting For My Child
The Strange Man
We Shall All Be Reunited
All Creates of Our God and King
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Comment by the Good Intentions on November 27, 2009 at 3:29pm
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well thank you for sharing that - much appreciated !! some I know ( and that's good ) and some I don't ( and that's good too!! )looks like it's on the 'to get' list!
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Comment by Arlene on November 27, 2009 at 3:44pm -
FYI. Here's a link to a terrific site, Pattycentral.com, with links to video clips of Patty Griffin performing live many of the songs that will be on her forthcoming album. See http://pattycentral.com/2009/07/01/downtown-church/
If you scroll down a bit, you can hit a link to hear audio of "Little Fire", which is one of two songs on Downtown Church written by Patty-- this song, which you can hear in its entirety-- not just a 30 second snippit-- has Emmylou Harris singing prominent harmony vocals on it.
I can't wait to hear this album. :)
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Comment by the Good Intentions on November 28, 2009 at 2:22am
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thanks for sharing that link - beautiful song - definitely gonna get the album now!
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