DISTANT by Stripmall Ballads
DISTANT is the newest addition to the Stripmall Ballads oeuvre.
There are two kinds of people who will pullover and stop when they see a stranger with a guitar singing at the crossroads: the kind you wish who would, and the kind you wish who wouldn’t.
Phillips Saylor Wisor (Stripmall Ballads) has been taking the backroads since he started troubadouring in ’93. On one such excursion, freshly heartbroken and adrift across dirt roads in Middle America, Phillips sat down at a crossroads – and Susan stopped. The ensuing summer of wandering through the American heartland and underbelly led inexorably to encounters with various souls, both fraught and forlorn. The songs that came out of those various free rides and intersections are herein collected.
Based out of Maryland, Phillips has opened for/toured with the likes of The Be Good Tanyas, Danny Barnes, The Sumner Brothers, The Old 97's, Sarah Harmer and others. He was a founding member of the acclaimed old- time duo, Shiftless Rounders, a touring member of IBMA award-winning bluegrass band, King Wilkie, and is an in-demand clawhammer banjo teacher.
Tracklist
| 1. | Susan at the Crossroad | 4:36 |
| 2. | Juice and Sage | 4:04 |
| 3. | Don't Mind Me | 4:12 |
| 4. | Valerie | 2:28 |
| 5. | Pull Over Johnny | 4:20 |
| 6. | Marietta | 4:57 |
| 7. | Jennifer Pine Tree | 7:06 |
| 8. | Slinger | 4:19 |
Credits
Recorded in Columbus, Ohio
Produced by Evan Harris
Phillips Saylor Wisor - lyrics, guitars, vocals
Jeremy Ebert - lap steel guitar
Evan Harris - upright bass, marimba, vocals
Brandon Woods - drums
Darren Whitaker - electric guitars
with
Morris Paul Lippens - lyrics
Simone Schmidt - lyrics
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Stripmall Ballads (Phillips Saylor Wisor) is outsider folk music from the odd state of Maryland, USA.
Since 2002, Wisor has been an active figure in the folk underground as half of the widely celebrated old-time group The Shiftless Rounders or as the touring banjoist with IBMA award-winning King Wilkie.