We return with the 3rd Restrung-Resung-Remixed-Remastered: BURNT FIELDS & HOLDING TANK. Originally recorded and mixed at the Thunderground Sound Studio by Dan Tinker in Laramie (WY), we revisited two favorite ripsnorters.
BURNT FIELDS has always been one of my favorites. I wrote it in Stockholm of all places, staring out the window, thinking about how to overcome the confusion you dump on yourself and others. Unlikely I sorted it all out. The Jalan Crossland Band circa 2009 played on this entire album, and they were the hottest thing going in Wyoming at the time. It was a pleasure and terror to work with this amazing trio. Sink or swim.
Tell me what’s wrong
Tell me too late
Tell me I’m wrong
To leave this place
My fields been burned
I see the rain
I hear the flood
Can’t do me no good
Never seen this much mud
My fields been burned
Take my troubles, Lift them above my head
Moses & Jacob
They had a vision
they carved some tablets
still a mystery to me
My fields been burned
I’ll be your hand
on day when
Work as we know it
Has come to an end
My fields been burned
Tell me no rain
Tell me no flood
Can’t do me no good
Never seen this much mud
My fields been burned
Take my troubles, and Lift them above my head
Tell me what’s wrong
Tell me what’s right
Tell me I’m not wrong
To leave this place tonight
My fields been burned
Take my troubles, and
Lift them above my head
credits
from Burnt Fields & Holding Tank: TSS Revisited #3,
released October 28, 2021
Burnt Fields - Shanghai’d Musicians and technical support
Jalan Crossland—Banjo; Shaun Kelley—bass; Andy Phreaner—drums; Mandy (Bohlender) Gifford—vocals; Dan Tinker—vocals; J Shogren (vocals, guitars, misc); Original recordings at Thunderground Sound Studio (Laramie, WY); Dan Tinker, engineer; Original mastering by Jim Wilson. New recordings and remixing by J Shogren at the Stump (Laramie, WY); Remastered by David Benyamin (Paris, France), ), who had great suggestions on the mix. Original is on Bird Bones & Muscle (2010), JAHA!#3
This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020