A new song from Alison Brown and her talented sidekick Steve Martin is always welcome. Their latest collaboration began as a gentle clawhammer banjo melody and evolved into a wistful song about unrequited love, shimmering with melodicism and poetic lyrics. But it needed something else – it needed the warm, tenor voice of Vince Gill.
Everyone had something to say about the song with Alison Brown saying “Steve has such a great instinct for crafting strong melodies and it’s almost effortless to pick up on his melodic thread and carry the idea forward. What was amazing to me, though, was to see the lyrics come together. I was really struck by the emotional intimacy Steve conjured.”
Bashful Steve Martin added that: “Alison and I have a highly creative and enjoyable musical ‘thang’ going on, and to have Vince Gill as well as some of the finest musicians in Nashville join us is the ultimate icing on the bluegrass cake.” Whilst Vince Gill added “I’ve known Alison since I was 19 years old — what a joy to watch her become the musician she is. And Steve Martin has made me laugh for 50 years. On top of that, he’s an amazing banjo player. What a great experience it was to record this song with them.”
Performances from some of Music Row’s most respected players round out the track: Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Rob Burger (accordion, piano), Andrea Zonn (harmony vocals), Garry West (bass) and Jordan Perlson (percussion).
