Our Time
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Our Time was released by folk music
duo The Gordons
on March 19, 2008
. It was recorded and engineered, mixed, and mastered by Gary Gordon at Inside-Out Studio in Sparta, Illinois.
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
duo The Gordons
The Gordons
The Gordons may refer to:*The Gordons - Folk/bluegrass duo consisting of Gary Gordon and Roberta Gordon.*Bailter Space - At one time, called "The Gordons".*The Gordons...
on March 19, 2008
2008 in music
2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
. It was recorded and engineered, mixed, and mastered by Gary Gordon at Inside-Out Studio in Sparta, Illinois.
Track listing
- "I Can't Settle Down" (Roberta Gordon, Tim Carter) - 2:48
- "300 Miles from Hazard" (Si KahnSi KahnSi Kahn is an American singer-songwriter, activist, and founder and former executive director of Grassroots Leadership.- Early life and education :...
) - 3:10 - "Rock-a-Bye Cindy" (R, Gordon, Gary Gordon) - 3:09
- "Blackjack Davey" (Traditional; arr. and adapt. by R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 4:52
- "All My Tears" (Julie MillerJulie MillerJulie Miller is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981...
) - 3:43 - "Widow Mae" (R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 2:56
- "When I Get Over You" (Randy Leiner) - 3:02
- "Give Me Water, Lord" (R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 1:19
- "Lincoln's Funeral Train" (Norman Blake (American musician)Norman Blake (American musician)Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
) - 4:01 - "Thank You For Reminding Me" (R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 2:50
- "Shady Grove" (Traditional; arr. and adapt. by R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 4:24
- "Randall Collins" (Norman Blake (American musician)Norman Blake (American musician)Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
) - 3:05 - "A Child's Song" (R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 2:33
- "After All This Time" (R. Gordon, G. Gordon) - 3:11
The Gordons
- Gary Gordon – vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar... - Roberta Gordon – vocals, autoharpAutoharpThe autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers, which, when depressed, mute all of the strings other than those that form the desired chord. Despite its name, the autoharp is not a harp at all, but a chorded zither. -History:There is debate over the...
Additional personnel
- Robert Bowlin – fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, guitar - Tim Carter – banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
- Noah Gordon – vocals
- David Johnson – fiddle
- Bruce Molsky – banjo, fiddle
- Ross Sermons – upright bass
- Mark Stoffel – mandolin, fiddle