When on Memorial Day weekend, 2012, a long-standing recording session at Mason Jar Music was cancelled at the last minute, MJM co-founders Dan Knobler and Jon Seale decided to make the most of the lost time. Inviting a handful of artists & musicians from the burgeoning Brooklyn indie-folk community into the studio, they set out to pay tribute to some of their favorite American music. The result was Decoration Day, a six track EP of songs written over a 200 year span of American history.
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released May 28, 2012
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Produced by Mason Jar Music
(MasonJarMusic.com)
Recorded and mixed by Dan Knobler & Jon Seale at Mason Jar Music in Brooklyn, NY between Thursday and Sunday of Decoration Day weekend, 2012
Jon Seale – Vocals
Dan Knobler – Guitar & Banjo
Cover Photo by Sasha Arutyunova
(sashaarutyunova.com)
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1. Let The Four Winds Blow
(Antoine “Fats” Domino / Dave Bartholomew)
Featuring: Sammy Miller – Tambourine; Zack Rosen – Bass; Billy Aukstik – Trumpet; Shannon Barnett – Trombone; Connell Thompson – Clarinet
2. I’m So Glad (Trouble Don’t Last Always)
(S.R. Crain)
Featuring: Jake Sherman – Organ; Nathan Miller – Tambourine
3. On The Sunny Side of the Street
(Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)
Featuring: Connell Thompson – Clarinet
4. I Want You To Want Me
(Rick Nielsen)
Featuring: Zack Rosen – Bass; Sam McDougal – Fiddle; Cameron Scoggins & Tift Merritt – Background Vocals
5. Mary Don’t You Weep
(Traditional)
Featuring: Anais Aida, Kris Nolte, Cameron Scoggins, Brittany Buongiorno – Background Vocals
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Special Thanks:
Carrie, Katrina, Flearoy, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers, Billie Holiday, Cheap Trick, Georgia Field Hands, Levon Henry, Brian Cooper, Ray Mason, Darius Jones, Aimee and Andrew Janzen.
And a big thank you to Zack, Sammy, Billy, Shannon, Connell, Jake, Nathan, Sam, Anais, Kris, Brittany, Cameron, & Tift for lending your time and talents.
For more music from Dan & Jon: Flearoy.com