Blue Heaven, by Jim Wann

Blue Heaven

by Jim Wann

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1.	Time & Tide 03:15	buy track
2.	First of December 02:54	buy track
3.	Marabou 03:42	buy track
4.	Dance to Me, My Love 02:31	buy track
5.	These Southern States That I Love 03:15	buy track
6.	Shuckstack 03:36	buy track
7.	Tempo Room 04:01	buy track
8.	Pretty Bird Stay 03:14	buy track
9.	Cat On the Bar 03:18	buy track
10.	Hudson Train 02:37	buy track
11.	Blue Heaven 01:10	buy track
12.	Old King Cole & His Remarkable Dog 04:14	buy track

about

I recorded "Blue Heaven" with my Chapel Hill area friends, musicians I'd known since the 1970's at Cat's Cradle. Don Dixon and Jack Herrick sketched out arrangements which were refined in the studio. String band instruments, piano, Fender Rhodes, accordion, horns, drums and more were played live acoustically. We all sang some, including Marti Jones and a female trio on vocals. The sound is like a blend of the Red Clay Ramblers and Coastal Cohorts, enhanced by the extra voices and ace players.

If there were a subtitle it might be "Novelties And Notions" as a description of these tunes and the way the Cradle allowed us to experiment back then. I dedicate this record to the memories of Marcia Wilson, who founded the Cradle with Bill Smith and me; David Robert, who taught me how to play "Mr. Bojangles" when we were in college, and later owned the Cradle for a while; and Madelyn Smoak, who played Belle Starr, Queen Of Outlaw Heaven, in Diamond Studs and won hearts South and North sashaying around the stage and singing "I Don't Need A Man To Know I'm Good". Rest In Peace, dear friends.

credits

released October 4, 2022

Produced by Don Dixon
Recorded at the Rubber Room, Chapel Hill NC
Engineer: Jerry Brown

Musicians:

Jim Wann: vocals and acoustic guitar

& FRIENDS (everybody sang):
Don Dixon: upright bass, electric guitar, melodica
Bland Simpson: piano, Fender Rhodes
Jack Herrick: banjo, bouzouki, pennywhistle, trumpet
Chris Frank: piano, Fender Rhodes, accordion, trombone
Clay Buckner: fiddle, harmonica, dawg
Rob Ladd: drums
Rod Abernethy: lead acoustic guitar
Tony Williamson: mandolin
Marti Jones: vocals

ADDITIONAL VOCALS:
Lynn Davis, Skyler Herrick, Paige Davis

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Jim Wann New York

I’m probably best known for the musical PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, a Broadway hit in 1982-83 that ran for 577 shows and continued across the country and around the world. But, I've been involved in several productions, collaborated with many talented people, and released some fine records of my own over the last couple of decades. For more, visit jimwann.com. ... more

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