Thanks, Praise!!!

And, at your request, here's the story of how the cd came about.

I have long thought that Keith writes wonderful stuff (of course, after all,:-) I married him.) I have also thought that we should get his original songs on a hard copy somewhere, to have for our grandkids if nothing else. But, we never seemed to get around to it. Well, last year just before Christmas, I had what I thought was a great idea. I would give keith an hour of recording time for a gift. He's notoriously difficult to buy for. So I got on the Internet and started looking for studios.

As it turns out there were several that seemed as if they would work out, one that was even in our town. So we called around, and Keith spent some time on the phone with the three most likely studios. The one that is in our small town turned out to be three blocks away, on a street that we drive on every day, yet we didn't know it existed! It's in a converted house, and all the guys live in a different house next door. I really wanted to go with the local guys, because they were so close and convienient. But their rates were WAY higher than the other two places. Well, Keith talked to Dale, the man who was in charge of booking, etc at the studio and told him the project was for Christian folk influenced music, and Dale got excited. Dale said since it was Christian, he would cut us a deal. And so we decided to do a whole cd. When we went into the studio, the project really blossomed.

We had originally planned to do a demo cd, send it to "real" musicians, and hope that someone would record them. But the engineer would say things like, "this would sound really good with a stand up bass", or "I'm hearing keyboards". We don't know anybody who plays a stand up bass, but we started asking friends from church if they would be willing to come to the studio and play or sing, even tho we couldn't pay. Jessi, Jennifer and Dan all agreed, and we ran with it.

I have to admit that we are fairly pleased with the end result, and had a blast making it. The fact that our 16 yr old daughter (who doesn't like organized religion) really likes the cd, and plays it every time we get into the car is *very* satisfying.

On a sad note, and in a nod to those good ol' mysterious ways of our Maker, Dale passed away in mid-August. (he was in his foties.) If it had not been for him, the cd would not be what it is. It probably would have been a demo, with just Keith and his guitar, and me singing a tiny bit of harmony. Our friends have added so much to the overall feel of the music, that I can't even imagine it without them. Dana Parker, the young musician who added keyboards is a friend of the engineer and Dale, who was just playing around and after listening to the tape twice, laid down the keyboard track.

The fact that we have produced a cd, that some people think it's pretty decent is more amazing than you can know.

That kid of mine said he'd get the sound clips on the website "muy pronto" so I'll let y'all know when it is up (and there I go, mixing Spanish and Kentucky into the same sentence again...)

Thanks again for your kind words, guys!