Hey BG friends! Marc here. This is just a quick note to thank all of our supporters for getting behind our new CD…Papertown. The label and my band mates were very accepting of my work as a writer to let me put a couple of new songs on the CD. I was so thrilled to get to work with Jerry Salley and Carl Jackson on our collaboration ANY OLD ROAD. Over the years, I’ve appreciated and collected motivational phrases that meant something to me…and this one was “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” For me, that speaks to the need for each of us to have a positive direction in life. I really hope this song conveys a good message as to that…and I had a friend tell me once that even if your life is a mess…you can start now…go from here and build good things in your life. The thought hit me once…and I laugh when I say this…the best way to get on the road is to get out of the ditch! I don’t know if there is a title there or not, but I think about stuff like that.
The other song I have on the disc is called I COULD DO YOU SOME GOOD. I know…the title does sound a little adult themed…but…I was extremely careful in writing that one to “not go there.” I just wanted a fun song to happen. (Hank did HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ you know.) I did my best to not waste a word…and just me speaking…I like songs about real people in identifiable situations that are conversational. I especially want to thank our friends at XM-Sirius and the contributors to the Bluegrass Today Chart for giving us play on the disc…and I am very honored that Balsam Range is #1 this week on the BG Today Chart with I COULD DO YOU SOME GOOD! It’s my (and our) desire that our music make you feel good emotions…inspirational…fun…nostalgic…jazzy…and yeah, some honky-tonk (swing-tonk I like to say). Quick story: When my buddy Chris Austin was alive, he pitched I COULD DO YOU SOME GOOD to Ricky Skaggs on a flight we were all on from and island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence back to Halifax. Now…it was an early version…but I can still see Skaggs bouncing as Chris sang him that. Good memories there. Anyway…I love my BR family…and come see us when you can. Ol’ Marc signing off here…have a great week there friends…