Single released February 10. It’s off the album, DobroSinger, due out May 13. The single gently waltzes into Valentine’s Day with sentiments of lovers’ romantic embrace.

She recorded this song late at night in her tiny home studio, all alone. The Beard Deca-Phonic resonator guitar romances with a woody, grounded dobro sound. The lyric, “leave the flowers in the dirt, leave the cork in the wine,” goes against traditional romantic gestures and towards something more meaningful. She says, “I’m releasing this song close to Valentine’s Day to remind people that they don’t need flowers and cards and chocolate to feel romantic. I love thinking of a couple playing the song and swaying barefoot in the kitchen together.”

DobroSinger

05 Three Quarter Time

Bringing together a back-porch musical vibe with some big-city chromatic slide guitar licks. The contrasting combination is kind of like me - playing this traditionally male bluegrass instrument, but doing it as a woman, in Jersey City within view of the Empire State Building.

04 Born In The City

03 See You Again

02 Only All The Time

01 Down The Mountain

Seven songs recorded on a single condenser mic at the Arcata Playhouse (Arcata, CA) on January 12, 2018. One dobro, one guitar and two voices. This was the first gig of our tour, but the crowd was so great, the room sounded amazing and the songs felt fresh. There are a few flubs here and there, we know it's not perfect but it IS authentic. We got into some nice jams on a few of the songs, I forgot the words a couple times, and you can even hear me congratulating JP on some stuff he plays. Like I said, it's just a real, authentic show. 

Unlike any other album, I'm encouraging you to share and copy this, spread it around to your friends. We want to see how far this little bootleg will go on a grassroots level!
credits
released March 1, 2018 

Abbie Gardner: Dobro, vocals 
Jon Paul Ruggieri: guitar, harmony vocals 

Sound by Chris Parreira 
Recorded at The Arcata Playhouse, Arcata, CA 
Thanks to David Ferney for organizing & booking the show

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"Abbie Gardner gives the grit to Red Molly with her Dobro playing. On her new solo CD we get to hear not only her instrumental and songwriting prowess, but her marvelously versatile voice, which can convey pain or playfulness or pure bad girl blues power." -John Platt, WFUV

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