Bright Sunny South Sam Amidon released May 14, 2013, by Nonesuch Records [ 1] [ 12] Livington Studios in London .[ 12] Doveman ), and Jerry Boys produced the album. Amidon sings and performs banjo , fiddle , acoustic guitar , and piano on the album. Bartlett performs several instruments, as do Shahzad Ismaily and Chris Vatalaro; Kenny Wheeler performs trumpet on two tracks.
Bright Sunny South includes interpretations of both traditional and contemporary songs, like Tim McGraw ’s “My Old Friend” and Mariah Carey ’s “Shake It Off," as well as a new take on “Weeping Mary,” a shape-note hymn that his parents, Peter and Mary Alice Amidon, had recorded with the Word of Mouth Chorus for Nonesuch Records on the 1977 album Rivers of Delight: American Folk Hymns from the Sacred Harp Tradition. [ 12] [ 13] NPR 's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep describes Bright Sunny South as "a new spin on very traditional American folk music."[ 14]
Background and recording
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Legendary jazz trumpet player Kenny Wheeler appears on two songs on the record, one of his last recorded appearances before his death in 2014.[ 15]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Bright Sunny South" Traditional , reworked/arranged by Amidon[ 12] 4:24 2. "I Wish I Wish" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 2:47 3. "Short Life" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 3:01 4. "My Old Friend" McEwan/Wiseman, arranged by Amidon/Bartlett 2:42 5. "He's Taken My Feet" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 4:28 6. "Pharaoh" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 4:09 7. "As I Roved Out" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 3:43 8. "Shake It Off" Cox/Carey/Austin/Dupri, arranged by Amidon 1:55 9. "Groundhog" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 0:46 10. "Streets of Derry" Traditional, reworked/arranged by Amidon 3:54 11. "Weeping Mary" McCurry/Power, arranged by Amidon/Bartlett 3:17
Sam Amidon – voice, banjo , fiddle , acoustic guitar , piano Thomas Bartlett – piano, Hammond organ , Wurlitzer , Moog synthesizer , percussion , electric guitar Shahzad Ismaily – electric & acoustic guitars, electric bass , Moog bass , drum , shaker eggChris Vatalaro – drums & percussion, flute , Wurlitzer
Kenny Wheeler – trumpet Doug Wieselman – clarinet
Tyler Gibbons – electric bass
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