Trail Of MarsMy first solo studio album, featuring an amazing crew of musicians recorded remotely from June-August 2020. The first song was written for the Ohio Valley Filk Fest "Iron Filker" contest in October, 2019, all other songs written from Feb-July 2020, so, as you might expect, there's some pandemic themes running through here...
Available October 2, 2020. You can pre-order on Bandcamp. Track list 1. Lost In Translation 2. Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride 3. The Bottom Line 4. Sigmund Freud's 115th Dream 5. Down To The River 6. Into Thin Air 7. Gioconda Smile 8. Virus (A Heresy) 9. Trail Of Mars 10. Walking Off The Earth All music and lyrics ©2020 John McDaid (ASCAP) Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mark Dann markdann.com Featuring Craig Akin—Bass craigakin.com Abbie Gardner—Dobro (Down To The River, Into Thin Air), Vocals (Down To The River, Walking Off The Earth) abbiegardner.com Tracy Grammer—Violin, vocals (Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride, Gioconda Smile, Walking Off The Earth) Recorded at The Blue Room, Greenfield, MA tracygrammer.com Jim Henry—Electric guitar (Lost In Translation, Sigmund Freud's 11th Dream, Gioconda Smile, Trail Of Mars), mandolin (Lost In Translation, Walking Off The Earth) jimhenry.net Laurie MacAllister—Vocals (Down To The River) lauriemacallister.net Eric Parker — Drums |