I See The Sign, by Sam Amidon

I See The Sign

by Sam Amidon

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	1.	How Come That Blood 03:31
	2.	Way Go Lily 04:18
	3.	You Better Mind 03:42
	4.	I See The Sign 06:15
	5.	Johanna The Row-di 02:28
	6.	Pretty Fair Damsel 03:06
	7.	Kedron 02:58
	8.	Rain And Snow 03:55
	9.	Climbing High Mountains 03:06
	10.	Relief 05:21
	11.	Red 03:45

about

Have you heard of Bessie Jones? She was from North Carolina, but she married a guy from the Georgia Sea Islands and moved there as a young woman. She sang many songs that she had heard growing up, but she also learned the children's singing-game songs on the Islands and sang them with the kids: Way Go Lily and Johanna the Row-di. She played tambourine like Tony Williams played his ride cymbal. She sang low and gravelly. Her tambourine playing is the best rhythms ever. Thanks to my parents for singing her songs for me when I was growing up, and to Beth and Shahzad for singing them with me here.

It would behoove you to listen to a lot more Sonny Rollins. The "deep breath and soft sweep" of his tone, and the hermetic ordering of his melodies and phrasing can have a positive effect on the electrical charges in the human body. So why are you waiting to listen to his music?

Some of the other words and melodies are from other places. I originally learned Climbing High Mountains from Lucy Simpson. Have you read Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks? Do you see the sign? —Sam

credits

released 19 April 2010
SAM AMIDON I SEE THE SIGN
HVALUR9CD/LP

Produced and mixed by Valgeir Sigurðsson
Song arrangements by Sam Amidon

PERFORMED BY
Sam Amidon Sing, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Shahzad Ismaily Drums, Vocals, Bass, Percussion, Humming, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Mini Moog
Beth Orton Vocals, Nylon String Guitar
Valgeir Sigurðsson Bass, Percussion, Mini Moog, Programming
Nico Muhly Piano, Celeste, Harmonium
Ben Frost Electric Guitar

Strings, Brass & Woodwinds arranged and conducted by Nico Muhly
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir Violin
Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir Violin
Þórarinn Már Baldursson Viola
Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson Cello
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson Trombone
Melkorka Ólafsdóttir Flute
Matthías Nardeu Oboe, English Horn
Helga Björg Arnardóttir Clarinet
Rebekka Bryndís Björnsdóttir Bassoon

How Come That Blood
Shahzad Ismaily Percussion, Mini Moog
Nico Muhly Piano

I See The Sign
Shahzad Ismaily Drums, Backing Vocals, Percussion, Electric Guitars
Valgeir Sigurðsson Bass
Nico Muhly Piano, Celeste

You Better Mind
Beth Orton Vocals
Shahzad Ismaily Drums, Mini Moog Bass
Nico Muhly Piano, Celeste
Valgeir Sigurðsson Bass, Mini Moog, Programming

Way Go Lily
Shahzad Ismaily Drums, Backing Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar
Beth Orton Vocals
Nico Muhly Piano

Johanna The Row-di
Beth Orton Vocals, Nylon String Guitar
Shahzad Ismaily Vocals, humming Electric Guitar, Mini Moog

Pretty Fair Damsel
Nico Muhly Piano, Celeste, Harmonium
Valgeir Sigurðsson Bass, Percussion

Kedron
Shahzad Ismaily Electric Guitar, Percussion
Nico Muhly Celeste, Harmonium
Valgeir Sigurðsson Bass

Rain And Snow
Shahzad Ismaily Bass, Humming, Electric Guitar, Drums
Nico Muhly Harmonium, Piano

Climbing High Mountains
Shahzad Ismaily Percussion, Humming, Nylon String Guitar, E-Bow
Valgeir Sigurðsson Bass
Nico Muhly Piano

Relief
Beth Orton Vocals
Shahzad Ismaily Percussion, Bass, Nylon String Guitar
Nico Muhly Piano, Celeste

Red
Shahzad Ismaily Backing Vocals, Percussion, Acoustic Guitars
Nico Muhly Harmonium, Piano
Ben Frost Electric Guitars

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Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at Greenhouse Studios by Valgeir Sigurðsson
Additional engineers Paul Corley, Paul Evans.
Studio manager: Sturla Mio Þórisson
Intern: Johann Strübe

Photo by Ioulex, Drawings by Sam Amidon
Graphic design by Ritxi Ostáriz, ritxiostariz.com

Publishing information: All songs are traditional, public domain. Recomposed by Sam Amidon
Except for Relief (Composed by R Kelly; Published by R. Kelly Publ., Inc./Universal Music - Z Songs (BMI)), Way Go Lily (music by Sam Amidon, words traditional), Red (Sam Amidon)

This is a Bedroom Community Record

www.samamidon.com
www.bedroomcommunity.net

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Bedroom Community is an Icelandic record label/collective formed in 2006 by Valgeir Sigurðsson, with Nico Muhly and Ben ... more Frost, later adding Sam Amidon, Daníel Bjarnason and Puzzle Muteson to the intimate roster.

"...the best record label in the whole of Iceland and maybe even the entire world" -Drowned in Sound less