"I'm not a period
musician.
I'm a musician. . .period."
Performances by Southern Horizon give a musical
voice to the history of the Commonwealth, once home to the active Capital of the
Confederacy, and to the struggle of its people to become a nation undivided.
LINER NOTES
Do They Miss Me at Home?
1. Old Zip Coon (traditional) 1:00
2. If You've Only Got A Moustache (Cooper/Foster) 2:53
3. Lady Margaret/Lord Drummond (traditional) 2:10
4. Aura Lee (Fosdick/Poulton) 1:57
5. The Leaving of Liverpool (traditional) 2:35
6. Haste to the Wedding/Smash the Windows (traditional) 2:00
7. The Water Is Wide (traditional) 3:03
8. Do They Miss Me At Home? (Mason/Grannis) 2:26
9. The Cruel War (traditional) 3:48
10. Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms/The Gentle Maiden (traditional arrangement by Coulter, adapted by Southern Horizon) 4:24
11. Banish Misfortune (traditional) 2:04
12. Riding a Raid (traditional) 2:42
13. The Faded Coat of Blue (McNaughton) 5:10
14. The Vacant Chair (Washburn/Root) 2:22
15. Hector the Hero (traditional) 3:20
16. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground (Kittredge) 3:21
17. Old Zip Coon Reprise (traditional) 1:00
Southern Horizon
John Robison, banjo, harmonica, vocals
Su Tarr, fiddle, vocals
Victoria Hamrick, oboe, vocals
Robbie Watts, guitar, vocals
With special guests:
Janet Watts, piano
Kate Watts, flute
Produced by Patrick D. Kelley
Arrangements by John Robison, Su Tarr, Victoria Hamrick, and Robbie Watts, except Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms/The Gentle Maiden, traditional arrangement by Phil Coulter, adapted and used with permission by Southern Horizon.
Recorded at Rainmaker Studios, Richmond, Virginia in September and October 1999.
Engineered by Michael E. O'Connor
SOUTHERN HORIZON wishes to thank Janet and Kate Watts, who gave freely of their time and talents to this project; also to Bill Grishaw, Kristen Grishaw, and Jeff McManus of Rainmaker Studios. Thanks to Janet Shortt for providing her lovely hands in the cover art, and to Leigh Anne Schuler of The Art Dept. in Chesterfield, Virginia for the additional art work. Finally, we would like to thank the White House and Museum of the Confederacy, the Richmond National Battlefield Park, Henricus Park, the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, the Manassas Museum, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A portion of the proceeds from this recording will be donated to the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites and the White House and Museum of the Confederacy.
Cover Photography by John Robison; Annotation by Robbie Watts
© 1999, Southern Horizon Music
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The band consists of: John Robison, banjo, harmonica, vocals; Su Tarr, fiddle, vocals.
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