
VAL MINDEL & EMILY MILLER 'Close to Home'
This is a pleasant, low key recording by a mother & daughter team residing in Vermont (though Ms. Mindel recorded in the 1970s in California with the group Any Old Time String band). With sparse but appropriate backing by a few guest pickers, they play a dozen songs & tunes from a variety of sources. These include SWEET CHARIOT, Kitty Wells' LONELY STREET, REMEMBER I FEEL LONESOME TOO, Mr. ENGINEER, CRAZY HEART, and the Carter Family's YOU TIED A LOVE KNOT IN MY HEART. Especially noteworthy are a respectable version of Blind Roosevelt Graves' masterpiece I'LL BE RESTED, and a very nice version of the Carlisles classic GONE HOME.
Artists:
- VAL MINDEL - Vocals & Mandolin
- EMILY MILLER - Vocals
- SPECIAL GUESTS:
- JESSE MILNES - Vocals & Guitar
- JOE DEJARNETTE - Bass
- RYAN HOMMEL - Electric Guitar
- BRUCE JONES - Dobro
Track Listing:
- I'LL BE RESTED
- WEEPING WILLOW
- LONELY STREET
- CRAZY HEART
- MR. ENGINEER
- MY PILLOW
- REMEMBER I FEEL LONESOME TOO
- YOU TIED A LOVE KNOT IN MY HEART
- SWEET CHARIOT
- DRY WALTZ
- GONE HOME
- RAINBOW MID LIFE'S WILLOWS