Don't You Marry No Railroad Man

by JP Harris

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mikkelbang I was so happy to see that this record is coming out on vinyl, and that Mole in the Ground is on it.
Besides that, House Carpenter is special to all Danes, but in the evergreen danish version Byens Hotel by our national poet Kim Larsen who died recently. Funny thing is, all Danes knows Byens Hotel. But only nerds knows the original House Carpenter. Since I discovered the original, I’ve listened to a lot of versions, Joan Baez, Karen Dalton, Lankum (I think) and danish Myrkur. & now this one Favorite track: Mole in the Ground.

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1.	House Carpenter 04:40	buy track
2.	Closer to the Mill (Going to California) 02:28	buy track
3.	Mole in the Ground 03:41	buy track
4.	Country Blues 03:20	buy track
5.	Last Chance 01:51	buy track
6.	Old Bangum 03:13	buy track
7.	Barbry Ellen 03:20	buy track
8.	The Little Carpenter 03:30	buy track
9.	Otto Wood 02:41	buy track
10.	Wild Bill Jones 02:48	buy track

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JP Harris has a secret: his name is actually “Squash.” Long before Harris became a well regarded honky-tonker, he used his childhood nickname while playing archaic “old-time” American tunes at underground fiddlers’ gatherings, engrossed in this punkish folk music world. Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man, his debut recording of traditional music under the moniker JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind and Rain, features ten tracks spanning the breadth of American old-time repertoire. Harris wades between ancient ballads that traveled from the British Isles to Appalachia like “Barbry Ellen,” to droning banjo ditties such as Hobart Smith’s entrancing “Last Chance,” here played on one of Harris’ coveted homemade banjos. Harris also works as a serious carpenter which adds a unique authenticity to his versions of the classic “House Carpenter” and lesser known “The Little Carpenter.” Alongside Harris’ haunting vocals, the album prominently features the low-tuned fiddle and harmony singing of his longtime friend and Old Crow Medicine Show member Chance McCoy, who produced the record at his West Virginia studio in an old barn. On this sparse and arresting recording, Harris isn’t mining his roots as a marketing pitch, he has the chops to back it up. In fact, this collection of songs made him who he is today. Welcome home “Squash."

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released June 25, 2021

Recorded at Hunter Springs Studio, Greenville WV, July 202
Engineered and produced by Chance McCoy
Mixed and mastered by J. Ryan Francis, Ashland City TN

Fretless banjo and vocals: JP Harris
Fiddle and backing vocals: Chance McCoy

Photography by Libby Danforth
Letting and layout by Laura Baisden at Camp Nevernice

This album is dedicated to the memories of Will Fielding, John Bekoff, and Bill Dillof.

Special thanks to: my dear friend Chance McCoy; gracious hosts and dear friends Greg Galbreath and Cindy Cook; Pete, Cooper, and Lucia of The Devil Makes Three for many years of friendship and sarcasm; Melody Grace Greer; Bill Hunt of Cow Island Music; Jeff Colvin of MC Entertainment Law PLLC; the Old Time Music community at large; Free Dirt Records Service Co. for their continue support.

JP Harris uses: JP Harris banjos; Enoch banjos; Recording King banjos and guitars; LR Baggs acoustic amplification Fender guitars and amplifiers.

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Long before Harris became a well known honky-tonker, he used to play archaic “old-time” American tunes at underground fiddlers’ gatherings, engrossed in this punkish folk music world. 'Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man', his debut recording of traditional music under the moniker JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind and Rain, features ten tracks spanning the breadth of American old-time repertoire. ... more

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