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It's a NEW CD from The Rifters!

This new Howlin’ Dog Records release is the natural outcome of a couple years of maturing and evolving Rifters performances in their club, concert and festival appearances. Already receiving strong audience and critical acclaim, the CD contains a range of both original material and cover tunes from The Rifters distinct repertoire.

Songlist:

  1. The Edge of Texas (Rod Taylor and Peter Crook)  Rod Taylor – lead vocal, guitar; Steve Garry – lead guitar, harmony vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Don Richmond – mandolin, dobro, fiddle, harmony vocal
  1. Strangers (Steve Garry and Patrick Garry) Steve Garry – lead vocal, lead guitar; Rod Taylor – high string guitar, harmony vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Don Richmond – pedal steel guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
  1. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring (Henry Hipkens) Don Richmond – lead and harmony vocal, mandolin, fiddle; Steve Garry – lead guitar; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Rod Taylor – guitar, harmony vocal
  1. Twilight (Robbie Robertson ASCAP Medicine Hat Music c/o Warner Chappell Music Inc.) Rod Taylor – lead vocal, guitar; Steve Garry – lead guitar; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Don Richmond – Weissenborn guitar, accordion, mandolin, harmony vocal
  1. The Ballad of B.F.Vance (Don Richmond BMI) Don Richmond – guitar, fiddle, mandolin, lead vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Steve Garry – lead guitar, shakers; Rod Taylor – high string guitar
  1. Hungry for You (Steve Garry and Patrick Garry) Steve Garry – guitar, lead vocal; Rod Taylor – guitar, harmony vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Don Richmond – dobro, mandolin, harmonica
  1. Boxcars (Butch Hancock ASCAP Rainlight Music) Rod Taylor – guitar, lead vocal; Don Richmond – fiddle, dobro, mandolin; Steve Garry – lead guitar; Jim Bradley – bass
  1. Cranes (Don Richmond and Steve Garry BMI) Don Richmond – banjo, mandolin, dobro, snare, accordion, lead vocal; Steve Garry – lead guitar; Rod Taylor - high string guitar, harmony vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal
  1. I Can’t Stand to See Us Cry (Steve Garry) Steve Garry – lead guitar, vocal; Don Richmond – snare, pedal steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmony vocal, Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Rod Taylor – high string guitar
  1. Flip, Flop and Fly (C. Calhoun, W. Turner ASCAP) Rod Taylor – guitar, lead vocal; Steve Garry – lead guitar, harmony vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal; Don Richmond – pedal steel guitar, fiddle
  1. Tangled Up in Love (Keith Urban and Vernon Rust BMI Coburn Music, Inc., Guitar Monkey Music Inc.) Don Richmond – banjo, lead vocal; Steve Garry – nylon string guitar, harmony vocal; Rod Taylor – high string guitar, harmony vocal; Jim Bradley – bass, harmony vocal
  1. Flip, Flop and Fly (reprise) Rod Taylor – high string guitar, lead vocal; Don Richmond – accordion, harmony vocal; Steve Garry – harmony vocal, Jim Bradley – harmony vocal

Liner notes:

The only reason a bunch of guys like us are still here putting out music is for the love of the music and of the people that share that love with us. It’s music that comes from where we come from – both from the high desert and mountain landscape of our home and from the background and experiences of our lives – sort of a laid-back high-energy gentle giant old blue-buffalo-grama-grassy, cowboy, folky, shake-a-leg with a smile sort of thing.

 A rift is a split or a gap, sort of the like the Rio Grande Rift that we all live on or around. But this music is more about bridging gaps. For us the music is what ties all the different times and places together. We hope you enjoy it.

We would like to thank the following for helping us to continue on with the music.

To our families especially our wives Teri, Kelly, Sarah and Patty. Our children and yes our grand children. You guys are the ones that most often get left at home but support us the most. We are truly grateful. You are our strength and for this you are truly loved. (It’s a glamorous life ain’t it?)

 You have to cover a lot of music to do what we do. Many thanks to all of the songwriters whose material we play night after night.

 To our fans and friends who are pretty much one in the same. When you smile we are smiling back. You give us the courage to get out here night after night. Your continued support is a big reason for this recording. We hope it brings you as much happiness in the automobile and at home as it does when you are with us. After all, it’s all about the music!

 

The Rifters are:

Rod Taylor - guitar, high string guitar, lead and back up vocals

Steve Garry - lead guitar, classical guitar, shakers, lead and harmony vocals

Jim Bradley - bass guitar, harmony vocals

Don Richmond - mandolin, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, guitar, banjo, snare drum, Weissenborn guitar, dobro, accordion, harmonica, lead and harmony vocals

 Produced by the Rifters

 Engineered by Don Richmond (asst. engineer - Little Queenie)

 Recorded at Howlin’ Dog Recording, Alamosa, Colorado

 Mastered by Don Richmond - Howlin’ Dog Recording

 Graphic design - Susan Hyde Holmes

 Photography - Chris Brock, Monica Benco and Ed Richmond

 

Order: Howlin’ Dog Records at P.O. Box 825 Alamosa CO 81101

For $15 plus $2 shipping or

Email: DonRichmond@worldnet.att.net and we’ll send one out with a statement!

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