– photo credit to Andy Carrell … of Heidi and Quenby at 12th Street… Hi Andy!!

With 5 tunes ready for the final mixing and 5 or 6 with some fine tuning to go… time for an update on the new album project! I’m taking a turn at the blog updates as both ‘Super Fan’ and having road-tripped to Austin, TX in November with Quenby for the initial studio recording at 12th Street Studio. It’s my good fortune to get a firsthand accounting of much of the evolving music making, art and general shenanigans along the way. Last week some additional tracks on ‘Easy’, ‘Falling Off Horses’, and ‘No Sweat’, were laid out with Kevin Toll and Claudia Williams at Fred Baker’s Electric Peak Studio in Gardiner, MT. Phil Hurley was back in 12th Street Studio in Austin, TX with Kevin Szymanski touching up ‘You’re No Good Unless You Are Mine.’ A trip to Austin again to finalize some of the songs and mixing is planned in March. Stay tuned!

For fun, I’ll be highlighting one song from the new album in a weekly posting about upcoming events. The first person to recognize the song being played at one of that week’s gigs will get a free Q&WOW Coozie from Quenby at the merchandise table during the break …and we’ll mention you in our next post if you like!

If you don’t already own Quenby’s first CD, Long Time Comin’, it’s available for purchase at her shows or here on the website. It’s fun nowadays to chat with friends listening and dancing at shows about what songs are on the current CD versus what’s coming. These songs are great stories AND super fun to dance to!