The Barnyard Tapes – The Basement Tapes and Bob Dylan’s Mandolin
As we were finishing our newly released CD, we were casting around for a title.   I happened to put Bob Dylan and the Band’s “The Basement Tapes” into the car CD player.  I hadn’t listened to it for a few years, but over the next few days, I listened again and again. Everything about it, from the live recording (as opposed to polished studio tracking) to the sheer joy that these guys took in the music was  appealing.  I thought about the fact that we did the recordings for our CD a couple of years ago and those tapes had sat out in the barn for a couple of years.  I thought about

Cluck Old Hen, Buffalo Girls, Weaver John and much more – The Barnard Tapes!
It has been a very long time since I have written…ooops, sorry.  Time does fly, and when I started this thing, I planned on a post a day – that lasted about 8 days.  Anyway, I have been in the studio and performing – and I am happy to say we have finished our latest CD – The Barnyard Tapes -