Tag: Eric Brace

LISTEN: Eric Brace & Last Train Home, “Dear Lorraine”

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Artist: Eric Brace & Last Train Home
Hometown: Washington D.C./ Nashville
Song: “Dear Lorraine”
Album: Daytime Highs & Overnight Lows
Release Date: January 31, 2020
Label: Red Beet Records

In Their Words: “This was a fragment from the early days of the band, one that needed another verse. I’d been nominally inspired by the song ‘Sweet Lorraine’ so I recently went back to it and gently lifted a slew of lyrics. Please don’t tell Mitchell Parish. (Longtime LTH listeners will recognize my brother Alan’s harmonica playing and harmonies right away, and Jen Gunderman’s elegant, defining piano.)” — Eric Brace

Photo credit: Bill Thompson

LISTEN: Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, & Thomm Jutz, “King of the Keelboat Men”

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Artist: Eric Brace, Peter Cooper & Thomm Jutz
Song: “King of the Keelboat Men”
Album: Riverland
Label: Red Beet Records
Release Date: February 1, 2019

In Their Words: “When we were looking at the history of the Mississippi River, it was clear that the steamboats were the biggest thing that ever happened to it and on it. But what about before the steamboats? Before steamboats were the keelboats, pushed up and down river by big men with poles. They were the rock stars of their time, from the 1700s til about 1830. The mightiest of the keelboat men was the near-mythic Mike Fink. His tale was told in stories and books and songs of the time, but we wondered what happened to him when steam took away his job. Buy him a drink, and he’ll tell you exactly what happened.” — Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, & Thomm Jutz

Photo credit: Chris Richards