THE SONG "CORN"
Darin and Brooke Aldridge...the young husband and wife bluegrass duo recorded a song that Lisa Shaffer and I wrote titled "Corn". We are thrilled that it is their first single off of their brand new self titled CD for Pinecastle Records. Jerry Salley picked the song and did a wonderful job of recording it and providing some background vocals too.
Click HERE and you can see them perform the song at the International Bluegrass Show that a fan filmed from a hand held camera.
No less than Eddie Stubbs at 650 WSM and Kyle Cantrell who programs the bluegrass channels for XM have said some very nice things about the song.
But the nicest thing yet is this wonderful review from Ted Lehman who is noted bluegrass writer.
“Corn” celebrates the glories of the
rural lifestyle and the farm as providing the anchor values for a life
of love and productivity together. Written by Lisa Shaffer and Bill
Whyte, the song creates a sense of nostalgia, particularly with the
image of the field full of corn. The song goes, Two
rocking chairs on our front porch, That's overlooking green hills and a
faded red barn/Inside this old farmhouse there's an old wood stove/ and
on a cold night, you can bet it'll keep us good and warm/ Got a big bay
window with a view full of stars, and a field full of corn. No
one listening to this song could resist the urge to grow old together
in this setting as one of these people. The song stays simple and is
never hoked up with over production, keeping it well anchored as a
bluegrass song while still having many echoes of the best of
contemporary country music.
Wow...thank you Ted...you truly captured what we were thinking when we sat at Lisa's table and wrote the song. We both grew up looking off front porches with that kind of view.
And thanks to Darin and Brooke and Jerry for such a wonderful treatment of "Corn".
Posted 01/19/2010
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