August 03, 2016 | Nick Payne
Recorded over a two year period Rise Up Like A River has been a labour of love and I’m really proud of what I’ve created.
The album was features twelve songs across two “sides” recorded with two bands, plus a few others. Side A features five songs played with current and former members of The Wildes, and recorded in a friend’s art studio in Melbourne. Side B features the Dear Orphans band.
Side A is named “Salvation Jane” and all it’s songs are set in the present. Side B is named “Paterson’s Curse” and these songs are set in the past. The instrumentation of each side matches the time the songs are set – hence the two bands. Each song on a side pairs up with the same numbered song on the other side and has a matching theme, being – hardship, revenge, death, happiness, loss, and salvation.
Many thanks. Nick.
Lachlan Bryan: Yamaha CP70 electric piano
Andrew Wrigglesworth: twangy Telecaster electric guitar
Shaun Ryan: electric bass
Damian Cafarella: drums
Plus appearances from:
Jy-Perry Banks: pedal steel on White Line Fever
Lyn Taylor: backing vocals on White Line Fever, Queensland, and Salvation Jane
Jolyon Gray: backing vocals on White Line Fever, The Last Bend, Queensland, and Salvation Jane
Michael Carpenter: hammond organ on The Last Bend
Aaron Langman: pedal steel on The Last Bend
Kath Morrison: trumpet on Queensland
Martin Taylor: trombone on Queensland
Katie Brianna: vocals on My Darling Kate
Kelly Elia & Jackie McCaughan: violins on Salvation Jane
Ella Jamieson: cello on Salvation Jane
Carlyn Chen: fiddle
Jolyon Gray: backing vocals, mandolin, wurlitzer
Lyn Taylor: backing vocals
Paul Sun: double bass
Plus appearances from:
Jenny Shimmin: banjo on Old Sydney Town
Katie Barker: backing vocals on Old Sydney Town
Michael Roberts (AKA Mickey Blue Eyes): Poorly tuned upright piano on Rising River, piano accordion on Never Had A Sweetheart
Oscar Henfrey: snare on Rising River, drums on A Shipwrecked’s Lament
Richard Galluzzi: clawhammer banjo on Never Had A Sweetheart
Katie Brianna: backing vocals on Never Had A Sweetheart
Anna McInerney: fiddle on A Shipwrecked’s Lament
Ben Hurley: uilleann pipes on A Shipwrecked’s Lament
Ben Thomas: clawhammer banjo on Peace Tonight
Megan Cooper: vocals on Peace Tonight
Produced by: Nick Payne, Lyn Taylor
Mixed and masetered by: Glenn Santry – Heartbeat Studios