Nowhere Junction, by Ben Walden

Nowhere Junction

by Ben Walden

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1.	Afro Blue 06:32	info	buy track
2.	Devil's Advocate 00:45	info	buy track
3.	Lanny ft. Samdogg 04:51	info	buy track
4.	Scorpion in the Super Bloom 06:19	info	buy track
5.	Gallons 0f Coffee 02:51	info	buy track
6.	Bristlecone Pine 05:05	info	buy track

about

The genesis of this album was the joint tour of Caitlin Jemma And The Goodness and the Joseph Hein Band in the late summer of 2018. Ben Walden and drummer David Ward played in both bands for this tour. Things went somewhat cattywampus, causing David and Ben to perform the last show of tour as a guitar-drums duo at the Canvas Cafe in Virginia City, Nevada. David had the idea to record this very unusual set of underrehearsed material on cell phones and then release it as an album. The two musicians thought their troubles were over after the final gig but subsequently wound up getting stranded in the desert on their way home to Idaho.

Some choice cuts from the Canvas Cafe gig were augmented by other unreleased material. The song "Lanny" is written and sung by banjo maestro Sam Schumacher. "Lanny," along with "Gallons 0f Coffee," were part of an unfinished project from 2016 that contained mostly Schumacher's originals, recorded under the working title "Samdelic Bluegrass." The song "Devil's Advocate" was performed by Walden's band @tlas before being quickly scrapped from the set list. It appears here as a brief textural excerpt, produced by @tlas drummer Machado Mijiga.

credits

released November 26, 2018

All tracks mastered by Bart Budwig and Paul Smith
Album art by Justin Pickard

1. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria ©1959)

Paul Smith- fretless gourd banjo
Ben Walden- guitar
David Ward- drums

Recorded at the Canvas Cafe in Virginia City, NV on August 25 2018
Later overdubs recorded by Paul Smith at Palouse River Music

2. Devil's Advocate (Ben Walden ©2015)

Skyler Mendell-trumpet
Machado Mijiga- drums
Ben Swanson- bass
Ben Walden- vocals, guitar
Bowen Wolcott- trumpet

Recorded at Bucer's Coffeehouse in Moscow, ID in 2015 or '16
Produced by Machado Mijiga (aka Gohan Blanco)

3. Lanny ft. Samdogg (Sam Schumacher ©2013)

Paul Hohenlohe- dobro
Sam Schumacher- lead vocals, banjo
Ben Walden- harmony vocals, guitar

Recorded and mixed at Plastic Flower Studios in Troy, ID by Rick Johnson on October 17 2016

4. Scorpion in the Super Bloom (Ben Walden ©2016)

Ben Walden- vocals, guitar
David Ward- vocals, drums
Henry Willard- dobro

Recorded at the Canvas Cafe in Virginia City, NV on August 25 2018
Later overdubs recorded in Henry Willard's living room on September 3 2018

5. Gallons 0f Coffee (Ben Walden ©2016)

Paul Hohenlohe- dobro
Sam Schumacher- vocals, banjo
Ben Walden- vocals, guitar

Recorded and mixed at Plastic Flower Studios in Troy, ID by Rick Johnson on October 17 2016

6. Bristlecone Pine (Boone Graham ©2011)

Allison Anders- vocals
Ben Walden- vocals, guitar
David Ward- drums

Recorded at the Canvas Cafe in Virginia City, NV on August 25 2018
Later overdubs recorded at Ben Walden's parents' house on September 11 2018

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