Rabbit by Buffalo Rose & Tom Paxton

"Tom initially heard of us through Paul 'Noel' Stookey and the charity organization Music to Life, since we were selected to appear on a Music to Life compilation album. And then after seeing us in New Orleans at Folk Alliance International 2020, Tom really wanted to work with us! Our booking agent introduced everyone to each other over Zoom, we hit it off, and the rest is history!

It was incredible to work with Tom! He brings a lot of joy to the songwriting process, he takes it very seriously, but has a lot of fun along the way. We have a super-similar approach, so I think that is why it worked so well! For a while, we were meeting up to write every week - I think the two songs that made it onto the EP came a little later in the process, but in total we'd written about 8-10 songs together. Someone would bring an inkling of an idea, and then we would all edit it and flesh it out. His energy is amazing too!!! Usually when Lucy and I write together as a duo, we normally work as much as we can on one tune, and then stop when we feel it's done or if we hit a wall. With Tom, we'd finish one song and then he would want to keep going and start another! It was incredible. We didn’t realize we would create this entire project together when we started, but once we had a couple of songs we really liked, we knew that we had to release them all together as a holistic project!"

- Shane McLaughlin

Tracklist

1.	Runaway	3:29

2.	Green Light	3:27

3.	I Give You the Morning	3:35

4.	Jennifer's Rabbit	2:28

Credits

released February 22, 2022

Buffalo Rose is:

Lucy Clabby - vocals
Shane McLaughlin - vocals, guitar, slide guitar, percussion
Margot Jezerc - vocals
Bryce Rabideau - mandolin
Jason Rafalak - bass
Malcolm Inglis - dobro, guitar

Featuring special guests:

Tom Paxton - vocals
Dave Eggar - cello
Phil Faconti - electric guitar
Skip Sanders - organ

C Street Brass
Scott Nadelson - trumpet
Gabriel Colby - trombone
Hakeem Bilal - bass trombone

Produced by Malcolm Inglis and Buffalo Rose

Recorded by Malcolm Inglis at The Audioscribe in Pittsburgh, PA
Additional recording by Danny Clifton and Lily Ruckstuhl at Pulp Arts in Gainesville, FL
Recording for Tom Paxton by Ken Barnum at Bias Studios in Springfield, VA
Recording for Dave Eggar at Classic Recording Studio in Bristol, TN

Vocal production by Lucy Clabby
Horn arrangements by Bryce Rabideau
Additional production and string arrangements on "Jennifer’s Rabbit" by Dave Eggar and Phil Faconti

Mixed by Malcolm Inglis with assistance from Danny Clifton at Pulp Arts
Mastered by Greg Reely at The Green Jacket

“Runaway” and “Green Light” written by Shane McLaughlin, Lucy Clabby, and Tom Paxton
“I Give You the Morning” and “Jennifer’s Rabbit” written by Tom Paxton

Special thanks to:

The Unity Center of Pittsburgh for their endless support and space to grow and record this record, Lahia and Lila for being our rock and our joy, Pulp Arts and Michael Tubbs for their hospitality and sharing their magical creative space with us to help achieve this vision, and Tom Paxton for his grace, wisdom, joy, and creativity - and for being an absolute delight to write with!

Artwork by CC Camuglia / Casual Science

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