In 2016, after a tough few years, Miranda Lambert, along with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall hit the road to get away and write some new music. Along the way, they 'stumbled' upon Marfa, Texas. Pulling into town at 4am, they were struck by the landscape. Lambert recalled looking up and asking, "Oh my gosh. where are we?" Looking like a National Geographic photo, Ingram has said that that moment is embedded in his brain forever. For his part, Randall said that he has never gotten over that star-gazing stop on their road trip.
Three years later, the three returned to Marfa. Lambert said that she 'missed music'. And Marfa was the perfect place to re-connect with the pure joy that comes from sitting on a porch or around a campfire with friends, writing and playing music. With two guitars and two microphones in hand, parking themselves where ever it fit their fancy, the three went about playing and recording a handful of new and old songs. Captured mostly on first takes, these field and demo-like recordings are unvarnished and unfashioned or as Ingram has said, 'music that just is what it is.' And what it is is music in its purest form and it's wonderful.
.jpeg)
No comments:
Post a Comment