Muscadine ( High Definition Download)

Muscadine ( High Definition Download)

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The new single, “Muscadine” was penned by Amy Ray and recorded with her band remotely in their respective homes. The song was produced by Brian Speiser and mixed by Bobby Tis who both helped create Amy’s most recent country release, Holler. Bobby and Brian hail from the ranks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. 

Amy sings this story of love and loss over a landscape of haunting melodic keyboard drones, mixed with acoustic guitar, dobro, pedal steel, and fiddle, laid over a heartbeat of rhythm and bass. Alt-Americana, North Carolinian, H.C. McEntire provides a whole chorus of backing vocals that are her own special flavor of sweet and devastating.

Amy says, “I wrote this song after one of my oldest dogs passed. Regardless of living deaf and blind for his last few years, he was always willing to go on adventures with me in the woods. He might run into a few trees along the way, or fall in a little ditch, but he always got up and carried on. I started the music from a riff on acoustic guitar, with some inspiration from Brent Cobb records, and the idea of simple parts that add up to capture a certain ache I was feeling. In the end, it’s a country tune about learning to love and receive love in the purest way, and to not be picky about life, but to stay the course with curiosity and gratitude.

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Credits for Muscadine

Amy Ray-Vocal and Acoustic Guitar

Jeff Fielder-Dobro and Piano

Adrian Carter-Violins

Matt Smith-Pedal Steel Guitar

Kerry Brooks-Upright Bass

Jim Brock-Drums and Percussion

Brian Speiser -Fender Rhodes

Harmonies-H.C. McEntire

Produced by Brian Speiser

Mixed by Bobby Tis and Brian Speiser at Swamp Raga Studio, Jacksonville, FL

Mastered by Mark Chalecki at Little Red Book Mastering

Music and Lyrics by Amy Ray ©2021 Aray Songs/Songs of Universal, BMI   

© ℗ 2021 Daemon Records, Inc. 

H.C. McEntire appears courtesy of Merge Records


Dobro and piano recorded by Jeff Fielder at Waterfielder Studios, Seattle, WA

Strings recorded by Adrian Carter, Atl., GA

Pedal Steel recorded Rick Cooper, Asheville, NC

Bass recorded by Kerry Brooks, Charlotte, NC

Drums recorded by Jim Brock, Charlotte, NC

Fender Rhodes recorded by Brian Speiser at 

Harmonies recorded by H.C. McEntire