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Grayson Hugh
An American Record

Album US 2010 on Swamp Yankee Records label
Rock, R&B/Soul, Folk, World and

Tracks 1, 2, 11, 12 Recorded at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA Tracks 3 to 5, 7, 11 Recorded at Whitney Street, Hartford, CT Tracks 3, 6, 7, 11 Recorded at Good Chap Studios, West Hartford, CT Tracks 6, 8 to 10, 13 Recorded at Bar None Studio, Northford, CT Track 14 Recorded at The Hawk Nest, Newton Centre, MA The 19 Studios, Hartford, Connecticut Track 1, 2, 11, 12 Overdubs Recorded at Whitney Street, Hartford, CT Track 2, 11 Overdubs Recorded at Good Chap Studios, West Hartford, CT Track 1 Mixed at Good Chap Studios, West Hartford, CT Tracks 2 to 13 Mixed at Tapeworks, Hartford, CT Track 14 Mixed at The Hawk Nest, Newton Centre, MA Mastered by Bill Ahearn at Tapeworks Recording Studio, Hartford, Connecticut. ©℗ 2010 Grayson Hugh / Swamp Yankee Music This record had its humble beginnings in the dusty living room of a dilapidated Cape Cod-style shack in Wareham, Massachusetts. It was a "sober house" and I was living there with fourteen other wayward souls, all of us trying to find our way back to our lives. I was talking with a counselor from The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission about embarking on a course of study to become a substance abuse counselor. To my surprise this gentleman, a self-described swamp yankee named Dean Gilmore, owned my records and was a fan of my work. He suggested that I consider getting back to what I did best - writing and recording music. He told me he might be able to obtain some seed money for me to make a new record. The more I thought about it, the more this opportunity seemed heaven-sent. So with Dean's help, I began the process of making this record. I recorded the first rhythm tracks in October of 2006 and began recording overdubs in January of 2007. The details of life stretched this project into nearly four years - and the record grew and changed as the months went by. I added and wrote new songs and drove many family members, friends, fans and sometimes myself crazy. But it took as long a it took. It is a record of places, times, rivers, hills, loves and tides of the heart. This became my path and I am grateful that I was always able to see the light around the bend and finish it. I still remember that day with Dean, sitting and talking in that house in Wareham, with the faintest ray of sunshine finding its way into the dark gloom of the room. Sometimes even in the bleakest surroundings the small flame of a dream can be fanned back into life. - Grayson Hugh, March 8, 2010, Danbury, Ct.

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	Grayson Hugh voc, *1960 US arranged by, co-producer, electric piano, harmony vocals, lead vocals, mixed by, organ, hammond b3, photography by, piano, piano accordion, recorded by, synth, washboard, rub board, whistle, pennywhistle, written by, album by
	Polly Messer co-producer, harmony vocals, lead vocals
	Robert Gottfried drums
	David Stoltz , electric bass
	Tom Majesky g, voc, electric guitar, recorded by, recorded by, overdubs, twelve-string guitar, electric, guitar, tremolo, acoustic guitar
	Jim Chapdelaine , recorded by, recorded by, overdubs, banjo, ukulele, taro patch
	Bill Holloman sax, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
	Jose Goico , congas
	Robert Hugh , acoustic guitar
	Ralph Rosen h, harmonica, soloist, bass harmonica, harmonica, diatonic & chromatic
	Andy Mayo , mandolin
	Steve Baldino , baritone guitar
	Kevin Hugh , drums
	David Hugh , electric bass

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