Synopsis

The intent in recording this album was to preserve Coye Phillips’ voice, performance and his musical traditions reflecting his upbringing in the mountains of East Tennessee. All songs were chosen by Phillips and reflect a wide range of country, folk, bluegrass and gospel music familiar to him and representing his life and legacy. All tracks were recorded with consideration to clearly exhibit his voice and guitar performance. All additional instruments and their roles were both dictated and chosen by Phillips. Minimal audio editing was done to each track including some leveling and frequency equalization. As a result, some additional extraneous sounds including some finger tapping on the guitar body were left in the mix as it contributes to Phillips’ guitar methods and the authenticity of his performance.

Track List

"Intro Part I" - Coye Phillips (1945-2020)
"Intro Part II" - Coye Phillips (1945-2020)
"Lonely Tombs" - Hank Williams Sr. (1923-1953)
"Jesus Pilot Me" - Edward Hopper (1818-1888)
"House of Gold" - Hank Williams Sr. (1923-1953)
"Purple Robe" - David G. Wilson (b. 1940)
"Purple Robe, F# Version" - David G. Wilson (b. 1940)
"I’ll Fly Away" - Albert E. Brumley (1905-1977)
"How Beautiful Heaven Must Be" - George Jones (1931-2013)
"Mother’s Not Dead" - Charlie Monroe (1903-1975)
"Old Country Church" - John D. Sumner (1924-1998)
"Cabin on the Hill" - Lester Flatt (1914-1979), Earl Scruggs (1924-2012)
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - Fred Rose (1897-1954)
"Your Cheatin’ Heart" - Hank Williams Sr. (1923-1953)
"Lonesome Road Blues" - Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1982), Gene Austin (1900-1972)
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" - A. Habershon (1861-1918), C. Gabriel (1856-1932)
"Bonus Track One" - Coye Phillips (1945-2020)
"Bonus Track Two" - Coye Phillips (1945-2020)

Credits

Lead Vocals and Guitar performed by Coye Phillips;
Double Bass, Acoustic Bass Guitar and Bass Vocals performed by Weston M-A Bernath;
Mezzo-Soprano Vocals performed by Yvonne Bernath;
Cover Art Photo taken by Yvonne Bernath;
Recording assistance provided by Yvonne Bernath;
All songs recorded, edited, mixed and compiled by Weston M-A Bernath.

Intro Part I

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

I'll Fly Away

Purple Robe

Cabin on the Hill

Amazing Grace - guitar and vocals performed by Coye Philips (1945-2020), double bass performed by Weston M-A Bernath (b.1995)

This was Coye Philips' last song recorded one year prior to his death on January 3rd, 2020.



Amazing Grace (2018)

Rooted Noise Episode 1 6-4-25

Today on Routes & Branches & Beyond it's another set of spring rambles, spiced with the glorious human diversity in music-making.  Don't let those pasty-faced whiners and their obsession with the "dangers of diversity" get to you.  As a species, we have a grand panoply of music, and I can get to only a tiny slice of it on this show.  But I try anyways.

So I'll play spooky modal stringbands, salty Cajun classics, Newfoundland rabbit-snaring tunes, yearning prairie ballads, slides from County Kerry, high-hoppin' bluegrass chops, mischievoursly charming Scots/Breton music, original newgrass, shady folk blues, Dutch Django Swing, Algerian-French celtic DADGAD, and Appalachian chicken chokers.  From musicians such as The Woodticks, T-Salé, Rawlins Cross, Neil Young, Séamus Begley & Stephen Cooney, John Reischman & the Jaybirds, Cantrip, Tony Rice, The Dreadful Snakes, Ken Whiteley, The Rosenberg Trio, Pierre Bensusan, The Chicken Chokers, and Mark Howard & Friends.  Join us.


Routes & Branches & Beyond show # 372 2025 06 05

everywhere i go

(This is a re-run of a show from 4 years ago, back when we were trying to emerge from the pandemic and go back to concerts...]

"Vaccination?"
"Check!"
"Mask?"
"Check!"
"Hand sanitizer?"
"Check!"
"Two-metre pole to help maintain physical distancing?"
"Check!"
"OK, let's head to our first post-Covid concert. Yippee!"
"Wait, did we remember to buy tickets...?"
"Darn!"
"We can't blame that on the pandemic...!"
This week on "Routes & Branches & Beyond" we eagerly await the beginning, any moment now, of concerts and festivals and generally music made in front of our eyes so that we can see the guitar chords that they are playing. I have another week of live tracks, from bands like A Crowd of Bold Sharemen, Neil Young, 1755, Erich und das Polk, Floyd Westerman, the Avett Brothers, Johnny Clegg. Québreizh, Le rêve du Diable, Tariq Abubakar & the Afro-Nubians and Dirk Powell & Christine Balfa. Get out that uncomfortable low-slung canvas festival chair and join me!



Routes & Branches & Beyond for 2025 06 19

Music Theorist - Composer - Arranger - Audiophile - Teacher - Multidisciplinary Enthusiast

Marshall University's award-winning public radio station, 88.1 FM the Cutting Edge.

New tracks tagged #appalachian