featuring Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson, Kenny Malone
Full Light Records
© 2004Live in NC pairs Scott, a stateside wizard of guitar and song, with Danny’s bass and the syncopated, deeply grooved timekeeping of drummer Kenny Malone. Scott is a beautful writer, deeply informed by his native folk culture and musical druids. He’s a powerhouse singer, and whether by himself or, as here, with gifted collaborators, he can take both acoustic and electric guitar to dazzling, unexpected heights of flat-out jamming.
Matching wits and intensity with Danny Thompson might intimidate some, but Scott proves here what those who’ve followed his rise through Americana and country songwriting already know—that he toiled for years playing long hours in bars and on endless road swings, making the rent, finding himself, and honing the precision and passion you hear in his playing today.
Kenny Malone’s vast experience on drums in Nashville studios, Danny’s tone and articulation on the thundering bass, and Scott’s extraordinary songs (plus a few tasty classics) unify and organize an intimate communion between performers and audience on this latest release.
01. Miracle of Living
02. It's The Whiskey That Eases The Pain
03. With a Memory Like Mine
04. River Take Me
05. Helen of Troy, PA
06. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
07. Folsom Prison/White Freightliner Blues
08. I Still Miss Someone
09. Wayfaring Pilgrim
Produced by Darrell Scott
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Sinko at Studio 5 at Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN
Recorded at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, NC 11/21/03 and at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC 11/19/03.
Engineered by Chris Mitchell, Dave Sinko & Miles Wilkinson