Recordings

Warmer Kind Of Blue

(2004/Copper Creek CCCD-0237)

The new Kathy Kallick Band release, Warmer Kind Of Blue (Copper Creek Records), is the first one recorded with fiddler Brian Wicklund as an official band member. Continuing to play with the band, which was formed in 1996, are Tom Bekeny, Avram Siegel, and Amy Stenberg.

The sessions were done at Tomland Studios, where Kathy recently recorded Reason & Rhyme.

Warmer Kind Of Blue is a collection of flat-out bluegrass. It contains eight powerful and evocative Kathy compositions, hot new tunes from Tom and Avram, Amy’s glorious treatments of Jake Landers and Don Gibson songs, tasty fiddling throughout from Brian, and distinctive versions of classic songs learned from Jimmy Martin, the Carter Family, and Hank Williams.

Kathy Kallick: guitar, lead & harmony vocals
Tom Bekeny: mandolin, harmony vocals
Avram Siegel: banjo, lead guitar, harmony vocals
Amy Stenberg: acoustic bass, harmony & lead (7,10) vocals
Brian Wicklund: fiddle, harmony vocals

Co-produced by The Kathy Kallick Band and Tom Size
Executive Producer: Peter Thompson
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tom Size at Tomland Studios

Track Information

1. Friend Of Mine (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI) Lyrics
   After years of playing music for kids, we’ve come to know that a person’s never too old for a song about good behavior.
2. The Messenger (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI)  Lyrics
3. Hey, Hey, Hey (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI) Lyrics
   Everybody fought over who got to sing on the song with the bad word.
4. A Warmer Kind Of Blue (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI) Lyrics
5. Late Last Night (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI) Lyrics
6. Metropolis Blues (Tom Bekeny, Old Red Mandolin Pub. Co./BMI)
7. This Last Request (Jacob Landers/BMI) Lyrics
   Amy sings this for her Mom and Dad, with love and thanks for giving her a green thumb and sweet peas.
8. Burn Down The House (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI) Lyrics
9. That’s How I Can Count On You (Shorty Long & Bob Newman, Mamy Music/BMI) Lyrics
   Once in a while, there’s a happy song that flat-out gets it, like this one from Kathy’s hero, Jimmy Martin.
10. Just One Time (Don Gibson, Sony/ATV-Acuff Rose/BMI) Lyrics
    Grab your partner, get an egg coffee, and polka to this Don Gibson classic.
11. A Dirty Riff (Avram Siegel, Twistyriff/BMI) 
12. Honky Tonk Blues (Hank Williams, Sony/ATV-Acuff Rose/BMI) Lyrics
    This song carried over from the Good Ol’ Persons repertoire. Always fun to play and sing and, after years of jamming on it in the van, the ensemble parts are pretty tasty.
13. Still (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI) Lyrics
14. God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign (Traditional, arr. Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI)  Lyrics
    Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Global Warming, Rock & Roll, eek!
15. In The Middle Of My Town (Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI)  Lyrics
    This song was inspired by Alice Sebol’s book, The Lovely Bones , though not everyone will feel the connection between the two. Still, who doesn’t love to think of those who have passed inhabiting the space all around us?