Kieran Kane and One of Those Days...

I've just had one of those days.  You know....not terrible....just fafafafaFRUSTRating.  One of those days when nothing I try to do or say comes our right.

I feel like a need a big mental shaking off....and what I need at times like that is my husband, kisses from the guys, a glass of wine and some Kieran Kane. 

I came across this interview online the other day at Take Country Back and thought it was wonderful....

Kieran Kane, one of the godfathers of Americana music and founding member of the critically acclaimed Dead Reckoning record label, cracks a wide-toothed smile when talking about his new solo album, Somewhere Beyond the Roses. “We got together in a little room, basically sitting on top of each other, and had a musical conversation for two days. I’ve made somewhere between 12-15 albums and this is the album I’ve always wanted to make – I love this record.” The “we” Kane is referring to is Deanna Varagona (Lambchop) on baritone sax, Richard Bennett (Neil Diamond, Mark Knopfler) on electric guitar, and Lucas Kane (Kane’s son and member of Kane, Welch, Kaplin) on drums. David Olney provides backing vocals on “Don’t Try To Fight It” and long-time collaborator and multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin sits in on steel guitar on “Unfaithful Heart”. “I heard Deanna playing at The Family Wash in east Nashville”, says Kane, “She was accompanying a folk singer and playing the most delicate voice-like backing lines – it was absolutely beautiful. I approached Deanna a few months later about doing the album, she said yes, and off we went. When I told my friends I was making an album centered around the banjo and the baritone sax, they thought I was crazy…til they heard it. It works, doesn’t it?”

Click on over to Take Country Back for the rest of the article and some other good writing.  Me?  I'm going to go sip my wine and hang out with my husband while we listen to Somewhere Beyond the Roses.....