MOVING TO THE COUNTRY

“Moving to the Country”

Winner of the 2000 W.C. Handy Award for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year

Track Listing ;

1. Kansas City Blues (Jim Jackson, arr. Rishell/Raines)

2. Moving to the Country (Rishell/Raines) - NEW! Sound Clip

3. My Washerwoman's Gone (William McCoy)

4. I Get the Blues (Bo Carter)

5. Keep Your Hands Off Her (Leadbelly)

6. Sweet Tooth (Raines/Rishell)

7. Even Good Women Have Bad Days (Raines/Rishell)

8. Twist it Babe (Bo Carter)

9. Vanessa (Rishell/Raines)

10. Turning Corner (Raines/Rishell)

11. Sweet Jivin' Woman (Arthur Blake)

12. Tears (Django Reinhart)

13. Fare Thee Well (Joe Calicott)

MUSICIANS:

Paul Rishell: Vocals, all guitars
Annie Raines: Vocals, harmonica, chromatic harmonica, Fender Rhodes piano, mandolin
Marty Richards: drums
Damian Purro: bass
Scott Shetler: Baritone Sax on "Turning Corner"
Gordon Beadle: Tenor Saxophone on "Turning Corner"
Horn arrangements by Scott Shetler and Annie Raines

CREDITS:

Produced by Paul Rishell, Annie Raines, and Chris Rival
Recorded and mixed at My Generation Studio by Chris Rival
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner, M-Works Mastering
Executive Producer: Richard Rosenblatt
Photography: Jeremy Barnard

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“MOVING TO THE COUNTRY”

When I was first approached to write the liner notes for Paul and Annie’s new CD I jumped at the chance because I had liked “I Want You To Know”, their previous one, so much. Here, once again, their accomplished musicianship and deep knowledge of tradition reveals a rich vein of music that can be profitably mined for the treasures within. Bo Carter, Django Reinhardt, Chicago harp shuffles, and appealing orginals - the glittering nuggets abound. The intricacies of beautifully finger-picked melodic lines from Paul's guitar and Annie's perfectly sympathetic harp, along with the vocals that are alternately gritty, plaintive, or even vulnerable, represent the kind of honest music that, like gold itself, is immutable. Its lustre cannot be dulled even while burried under the slag heap of corporate mass market music. --Jerry Portnoy