This is the first single off my new album, THE BOOK OF MOSS, that was started (and then shelved) some years ago with my friend and musical companion Alex Abraham, who is no longer with us and brought back to life with another dear friend and musical partner Justin Guip.  It deals with the media, politics, our history and the ongoing assault on indigenous culture and OUR WATER SOURCE! The song was written during the publicized protests of the Keystone Pipeline by the Lakota people of North Dakota. The headlines have since subsided but the problem has not. In a nutshell, it is crazy that we collectively allow for the poisoning of the resource that is necessary for life...and that makes up most of the human body. I am all for science and technology, and yet we are dismissing the greatest scientists on the planet. I don't think any western scientist would dispute the benefit of prolonged observation. The indigenous tribes have looked at and pondered the natural world for thousands of years and made strong and accurate predictions, yet we give them no platform.  I don't need to go into the history or the degradation modern society has imposed here. Nor do I need to explain the importance of water. I can, however, write a song about it...it's called Ogallala. I hope you enjoy it.

Ogallala

A song about our friend Woody (DOB 4/19)

Jeff Berlin - drums
Paul Rogalski - bass
Bow Thayer - vocals, guitars
Lisa  Pimentel - horns 
Joanie Pimentel - vocals 
Mike Scotti - guitar
Kevin Condon - organ , vocals
Mike Press - vocals

Final mix and master by Vincent Freeman at the Underground

500 Pound Canary

The Ride

Secession

A cover of the Morphine classic "Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave" from their 1992 album GOOD

Recorded live on the "Bluegrass Breakdown" radio program in Nashville, TN circa 2003  

The Benders:
Bow Thayer - banjo/vocals
Jabe Beyer - guitar
Nolan McKelvey - upright bass
Sean Staples - mandolin
Tim Kelly - dobro

Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave (a Morphine cover by The Benders)

From the album "Driftwood Periodicals Vol. 2"
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/driftwood-periodicals-volume/id277391208
http://music.bowthayer.com/album/the-driftwood-periodicals-volume-ii

Also found on the Bow Thayer's compilation, "Hindsight"
itunes.apple.com/us/album/hindsight/id551544564
music.bowthayer.com/album/hindsight

You And Everybody Else

From the album "Spend It All" featuring Levon Helm
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spend-it-all-feat.-levon-helm/id289916376
http://music.bowthayer.com/album/spend-it-all

Also found on the Bow Thayer's compilation, "Hindsight"
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hindsight/id551544564
http://music.bowthayer.com/album/hindsight

Wingless Angels

released January 18, 2016 
Bow Thayer - Vocals, Telecaster, Bojotar 
Alex Abraham - Upright Bass 
JD Tolstoi - Organ 
Jabe Beyer- Drum Sequencing 

Recorded and engineered by Jabe Beyer at his studio in Nashville, TN
Mixed by Justin Guip at Milan Hill Studio in Red Hook, NY 
Mastered by Alex McCollough at TrueEast Mastering in Nashville, TN 

Written by Bow Thayer (SESAC / ELBOP MUSIC) 
Copyright 2016

Hope My Maker

A ditty I wrote and recorded to celebrate this year's summer solstice

She Keeps it to Herself

A fan-requested cover of the great Funkadelic tune

Red Hot Mama

A Better Version of the Truth

The Rita Effect

Released May 10, 2019
Written by Bow Thayer (Elbop Music, 2019)
Produced by Justin Guip and Bow Thayer
Mixed by Justin Guip
Mastered by Alex McCullough (True East Mastering)

Bow Thayer - Vocals, Wavedrum Bojo, Tele Bojo, Acoustic Bojo, Drum Program
Justin Guip - Drums
Steve Ferraris - Percussion
Alex Abraham - Bass
Jessica Anderly - Backing Vocals

Song Artwork - "The Goat, the Gut and the Glory" painted by Bow Thayer
Photo of Painting - Tom McNeill

Morning Glory

This song is a tribute to Alex Abraham, Bow's bass player who took his own life in 2018. The song deals with coming to terms with a close friend who decided to commit suicide while still trying to honor his achievements.

Released August 27, 2019
Songwriter - Bow Thayer
Recorded, mixed and engineered at Milan Hill Studio by Justin Guip
Produced by Justin Guip and Bow Thayer.

Performers:
Bow Thayer - lead vocals, Bojo guitar
Jeff Berlin - drums
Krishna Guthrie - bass, vocals
Jackson Kincheloe - harmonica
Russick Smith - cello

Al's Solution

All songs written by Bow Thayer (Elbop Music (SESAC)) © 2021
Produced and arranged by Bow Thayer and Justin Guip
Mixed by Justin Guip at Milan Hill Studio, Red Hook NY
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville TN
 
Bow Thayer - vocals, banjos, guitars, mandolin, bojos, bass, synth, organ, Fender Rhodes, percussion (recorded at The Woodshed, Stockbridge VT)
Jeff Berlin - drums, percussion (recorded at Chateau Berlin, Barnard VT and The Woodshed, Stockbridge VT)
Jeremy Dryden - electric and acoustic bass (recorded at Peddles Productions, Somerville MA)
Val McCallum - electric guitars, vocals (recorded at Vamps Laboratories, Los Angeles CA)
Chris McGandy - pedal steel guitar (recorded at Spirit Goat West, Petaluma CA)
Dana Colley - saxophones and penny whistle (recorded at Third Floor Music, East Somerville MA)
 
Cover photo by Vincent Freeman
Layout by Margo Strauss
Management: Battenkill Music (battenkillmusic@gmail.com)
 
For Doug
 
Special thanks to Bob and Peggy Magner, Stuart Blain, and Joe Defino whose generous donations made this album possible.
 
www.bowthayer.com

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Bow Thayer is an accomplished and prolific songwriter who cultivates influences from the worlds of rock, blues, folk, prog, bluegrass and everything and anything in between to produce music that is heartfelt, soulful and uniquely his. He has lived up to his “reputation as a sublimely gifted artist” by pursuing a creative vision that seeks to lead Americana music into the future. Finally gaining national recognition, American Songwriter Magazine says this "onetime Levon Helm compatriot is the best artist to come from New England in recent years." On July 24, 2015, Bow will release his new album, "Sundowser", the much anticipated follow-up to his 2013 critically-acclaimed record, "Eden".

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