Prairie Way

We had our hands full with a record release party last week so here’s one from the vaults.

In Tallahassee’s infancy we were meticulous documentarians. We used to record every practice, show-every idea. It was a great way of keeping perspective. It’s something I wish we were still in the habit of doing. Sadly, most of these early recordings perished in what our biographies will one day refer to as, "the great Christmas EP incident of 2008."

Prairie Way was a live staple and one of our favorites for a long time. Shawn was particularly fond of it. He was also first to throw it under the bus. At the time, I was the only member of the band to rise to its defense. I thought we were being capricious. In hindsight, I can’t see it fitting on either Cellar Songs or Wolfe Moon.

Here are two versions of the song. The first was recorded live to a handheld recorder in Brian’s old living room in Providence. Rachel Panitch joins us on violin.

The second version is the "official" demo, engineered by Loren J. Sammons.

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