"First Adventure" CD Liner Notes 1. Fast As I Can Crawl: This is one of the group’s original bluegrass efforts. Mark Newton recorded it and took it to the top ten on the national bluegrass charts.
2. Rainbow Café: This soulful tune set in West Tennessee gives you a glimpse of life gone by along Highway 100, a colorful road that cuts through rural Americana from Memphis to Nashville.
3. The Virginia Creeper: We’d never written a song using the name of a plant, but just the challenge made it worth the effort. Ladies, this “creeper” sure covers some ground.
4. Axe To Grind: You can almost see the mist rising off of this mournful ballad. The song won us an invitation to play at MerleFest, the “Woodstock” of our nation’s bluegrass festivals.
5. Smoky Mountain Mornin’ Song: The beauty and wonder of the East Tennessee mountains is captured through the eyes of a backcountry explorer and put expertly to song.
6. I Still Miss Someone: Don had a hit with this vintage Johnny Cash song as an artist on Epic Records. It’s time to dust it off and do it again.
7. The Roadkill Bill: Believe it or not, there’s a law in Tennessee that makes it legal to possess road-killed wildlife without the need of a hunting license. The songwriter in us couldn’t resist this one. By the way, the band had been doing this long before they passed the law.
8. Redneck Renovations: If you live in the South, no interpretation is necessary here. If you don’t, you’ll get an instant visual that’s guaranteed to be 99% accurate.
9. Nocturnal Creatures: This tune teaches a lesson or two about some of our more elusive wild critters and what the “night life” means to them.
10. Naked On The Back Porch: Written back in the 70’s, this original ditty is among the most requested by our adoring fans. This version was captured live at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the mother church of country music.
11. When We’re Gone Long Gone: We found this gem on the Trio II CD made popular by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. Life’s lessons in this song are pretty easy to understand.
12. The Roadkill Bill: (extended version) This mix includes more playful banter from our Tennessee legislators during the bill’s passage that should bring a chuckle or two.
Heart-felt thanks to: Our families for supporting our music habits; our loyal listeners, who have waited patiently for this CD; Don King, Sr., for his studio and engineering assistance; our Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency friends and co-workers for encouraging our musical “wild side.”
Special Thanks to Tennessee’s 101st General Assembly for inspiring “The Roadkill Bill.”
Photography: Joe Loesch
Package layout and design for CD: Cover Art Graphics
1. Fast As I Can Crawl 2:41
(Dave Woodward, Brant Miller) Pinspotter Music, Morganactive Songs, Inc. ASCAP
2. Rainbow Café 3:32
(Geoff Morgan) Don King Music, BMI
3. The Virginia Creeper 2:26
(Dave Woodward, Brant Miller) Ramblin' Woody Music, Final Vinyl Music ASCAP
4. Axe To Grind 4:58
(Dave Woodward, Brant Miller) Ramblin' Woody Music, Final Vinyl Music ASCAP
5. Smoky Mountain Mornin’ Song 3:28
(Brant Miller) Final Vinyl Music, ASCAP
6. I Still Miss Someone 3:04
(John R. Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) House Of Cash Southwind Music, Unichappell Music Inc. BMI
7. The Roadkill Bill 4:59
(Don King, Dave Woodward, Brant Miller, Ed Carter) Loose Ends Music, Ramblin' Woody Music, Final Vinyl Music ASCAP
8. Redneck Renovations 3:20
(Dave Woodward, Brant Miller) Ramblin' Woody Music, Final Vinyl Music ASCAP
9. Nocturnal Creatures 3:14
(Dave Woodward) Ramblin’ Woody Music ASCAP
10. Naked On The Back Porch 3:23
(Dave Woodward, Don King) Loose Ends Music ASCAP
11. When We’re Gone Long Gone 3:19
(Kieran Kane, Jamie O’Hara) Cross Keys Publishing Company Inc., Kieran Kane Music ASCAP
12. The Roadkill Bill 5:24
(extended version)
2nd Nature is:
Don King
Lead vocals: Rainbow Café, I Still Miss Someone, The Roadkill Bill, Naked On The Back Porch, When We're Gone Long Gone • harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass guitar • slide guitar: Rainbow Café
Dave Woodward
Lead vocals: Fast As I Can Crawl, An Axe To Grind, The Roadkill Bill, Nocturnal Creatures, Naked on the Back Porch • acoustic guitar: Rainbow Café, Naked On The Back Porch • harmony vocals
Brant Miller
Lead vocals: The Virginia Creeper, Smoky Mountain Mornin' Song, Redneck Renovations • harmony vocals, harmonica • mandolin: all songs except The Virginia Creeper • slide guitar: all except Rainbow Café • acoustic guitar: The Virginia Creeper, Redneck Renovations
with help from: Robert Bowlin
Acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, acoustic bass: The Virginia Creeper • banjo: Fast As I Can Crawl, The Virginia Creeper, Smoky Mountain Mornin' Song • fiddle: The Virginia Creeper, When We're Gone Long Gone
Produced by: Don King, Brant Miller, Dave Woodward Recorded and mixed at The Cypress Room, except instrumental tracks for The Virginia Creeper, which were recorded at Miller Woods Recording. Background photo of Cabin In the Woods on homepage and various other nature pictures used on this website courtesy of Charlie Freeman. Top of Page |
