Various Artists
Oct 4, 2010
Chris Hillman and musician Herb Pedersen, who formed two-thirds of the Desert Rose Band, have released a new live collaboration. The album is called "At Edwards Barn" and includes live versions of 15 tunes from the contributions each has made to the music scene in America.
Chris lives in his native California now. "I do still write a lot," he told The Boot blog. "On the new album there are a couple new songs. Much of this live album that Herb and I did covers a lot of my life and career, so we did a couple Byrds songs, including 'Turn Turn Turn' which I have not recorded since 1966. We also did 'Have You Seen Her Face' which I always wanted to do again because I didn't do it good enough in '67. There are also a couple Flying Burrito Brothers songs and a few from the Desert Rose Band. We have Bill Bryson playing bass, Larry Parks on acoustic guitar and David Mansfield playing fiddle. The songs run through a 40-year history of my music. Herb does 'Wait a Minute,' a beautiful song he wrote."
Other tunes on the disc range from the Byrds' "Eight Mile High" to "Tu Cancion" and the Desert Rose Band's "Love Reunited." The Chris/Gram Parsons co-write "Wheels" and the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Sin City" are also included.
There are also a few new tunes, co-written by Chris and frequent writing partner Steve Hill, including "Our Savior's Hands," "The Cowboy Way" and "Heaven's Lullaby." They also cover the Buck Owens hit, "Together Again."
"At Edwards Barn" is in stores now. The music was recorded almost a year ago, on November 7, 2009, at the Southern California location, which Chris said was chosen for its wonderful acoustics.
Check out more about the project at http://www.theboot.com/2010/09/22/chris-hillman-herb-pedersen-at-edwards-barn-album.
By Karen Goodner