1. Walkin Boss 3:31 Sam Amidon: Sing, banjo, acoustic guitar.

Also fiddle on Blue Mountains.

2. Down the Line 4:47
Bill Frisell: Electric guitar.
3. Blue Mountains 5:18
Shahzad Ismaily: Electric bass.
4. Pat Do This, Pat Do That 3:21 Also Moog synth on Pat Do This, Pat Do That.

5. Lily-O 8:53 Chris Vatalaro: Drums, electronics.

Also flutes on Pat Do This, Pat Do That,
6. Groundhog Variations 3:25 and his piano moment.

7. Wont Turn Back 4:40

All songs composed by Sam Amidon/Traditional,
8. Maid Lamenting 2:52 arranged by Sam Amidon, except:
Down the Line: Composed by Sam Amidon, W.O.S. Music (BMI).
9. Your Lone Journey 4:23
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10. Devotion 5:25 Your Lone Journey: Composed by Rosa Lee Watson, arranged by
Sam Amidon
Devotion: Music by Sam Amidon/Alexander Johnson (1818);
Lyric by Isaac Watts (1719)
A note on the songs: Produced by Valgeir Sigursson
Recorded at Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavik, Iceland
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Valgeir Sigursson
At one point in Iceland we were at the end of a full
Additional recording by Paul Evans at Greenhouse,
day of recording. We had just finished listening and John Spiker at Studio Supreme
through some of the takes just to see where Studio Manager at Greenhouse: Paul Evans
everything was at. It was about 8 PM, nighttime Studio Assistant: Adrian Libyere
in Reykjavik, and we were all sitting there on
Cover photograph: Swat Valley Picnic by Peter Smith (www.photosmithuk.com)
the couch at the back of the main control room All interior photographs by Piper Ferguson
in Greenhouse studios. I put some music from my Graphic design by Evan Gaffney
computer onto the big speakers. Music sounds so
Management: Tony Margherita Management (www.tmmchi.com)
strong and clear through those big speakers! I
put on Well Be Together Again by Pat Martino, Bill Frisell appears courtesy of Masterworks/OKeh Records
recorded in 1976. Bill said it was the first time he
was hearing it in ages. We listened. Then I put on Executive Producer: David Bither
Jesus Maria from Jimmy Giuffre Trio 1961 with Paul
Bley and Steve Swallow. That is beautiful music. Thank You: Valgeir, Chris, Shahzad, Bill, Tony Margherita and Deb Bernardini,
Stuart Rogers, David Bither, Lee Townsend, David Hirshland, Richard Grabel,
It lifts you up, doesnt it. We just listened for a
Eyvind Kang, Jeff Davis, Peter and Joo, Elizabeth Peyton, Rachel Kroh, Thomas
good while, before heading downstairs to dinner. Bartlett, Gabriel Greenberg, my parents, and my brother Stefan. To Beth, Nancy,
and Arthur.... In memory of Ezra Caldwell and Frances Robertson Amidon.
I am indebted to guru Jeff Davis, from whom I
learned the two banjo songs on this album Walkin
Boss and Pat Do This, Pat Do That. I learned
banjo as a teenager, half from my parents and half
from playing along with his recordings of those
songs and others on the classic Jeff & Jeff albums.

A thank-you also goes to some old friends who sing

powerful versions of songs that I do here: Bruce
Greene and Kore Loy McWhirter for Lily-O; Georgia
Rose and Suzannah for Across the Blue Mountains;
Eliza Carthy for Maid Lamenting, John Buchan
for Greenmantle, and Jimi Hendrix for...cant
remember what.
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