JA-097D (Don Rogers - The Tiny Thread That Ties Us All Together (CD))
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The Kentucky music renaissance goes on in old and new directions all at once and seems to be evolving faster than people can understand it. There is so much new homegrown talent that it takes a while for people to hear all of it and then go back for repeated listening to really understand it. The ease and speed of transmission through all the new music platforms gives an indication of what’s going on but doesn’t tell us much about where it came from. But always there is more and that more explains how and why it is happening. In the case of the best songwriters, it’s about place, a specific place in time, and people not made up to fit a Nashville formula, but real people known and observed firsthand. This authenticity is what sets our songwriters apart from the standard fare that dominates popular taste. Our writers have roots here that have been growing for a long time and their roots show. Don Rogers’ family was among the pioneers of Kentucky music that were recorded in two sessions for the Gennett Piano Company in Richmond, Indiana in 1929 and 1933. The history of the Rogers Family Band, later known as the Kentucky String Ticklers, along with a trove of photos has been preserved by Don’s father, Donnie, who has assisted researchers in reconstructing the story of this central Kentucky string band of the 1930s. One theme that emerges... more
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released October 14, 2021
"I want to thank Brett Ratliff, Kenny Miles, Roddy Puckett and Blakeley Burger for making this record possible. They are all brilliant creators and beautiful people. I am very proud of the work we did together to make this project come to life." - Don Rogers
All songs by Don Rogers except, Greek Medley (traditional), and Chanda (Don Rogers and Lee Barker).
Don Rogers – guitar and vocals
Blakeley Burger - fiddle and vocals
Roddy Puckett – bass and guitar
Mixed and Engineered by Kenny Miles
Studio Assistant Hayden Miles
Co-Producers Don Rogers and Brett Ratliff
Cover art design by Pioneer House Letterpress in Knoxville, TN
Recorded at June Appal Recordings Studio
91 Madison Ave., Whitesburg, KY 41858
- Links
- Full Release on Bandcamp