Patuxent Music Releases Tom & Jeremy RADIO FAVORITES!

RADIO FAVORITES AND SACRED SONGS

Duet singing may be the finest distillation of the high lonesome sound, with its roots lodged deep in theboulders of the Blue Ridge and its soul in the rarified ether where the Monroes, the Stanleys, the Louvins, the Delmores and the Blue Sky Boys will meet to tradetunes up in heaven. Now you have the good fortune to encounter Jeremy Stephens and Tom Mindte, linked up for some Old Time Duets. As Tom puts it, "Duet singing is the nexus of music, as I see it. Everything else is peripheral."

Mindte, who has produced several recordings with bluegrass virtuosos The Patuxent Partners, is a dynamic mandolin picker and powerful singer well known on the music convention circuit. He recounts that "when Jeremy Stephens happened by our campsite a couple of years ago, carrying a guitar instead of his banjo, I kicked off 'The Lord's Last Supper,' written by one of Jeremy's banjo heroes, Don Reno. Jeremy caught the tenor vocal and the blend sounded pretty good. We discovered that we knew a lot of the same songs, so we decided to do the album."

Jeremy, a relative newcomer to recording and performing, says he "began listening to old time and bluegrass banjo and guitar players, but some of the first traditional music I ever heard was Dock Boggs, so I've always loved old time music."

For their second album, "Radio Favorites & Sacred Songs," Tom and Jeremy dig deeper into the old time and bluegrass duet repertoire.  With songs learned from Bill & charlie Monroe, Ted Lundy and Bob Paisley, Paul and Roy, Reno and Smiley and many others, they evoke memories of AM radio and camp meetings. 

Tom, Jeremy and Patuxent have thought of almost everything to give this package and sound that retro feel including a CD Disc reminiscent of the old vinyl LPs with tracks. The only thing really missing are the pops and clicks but if you really want them, there is software available for that.

Tom Mindte - Vocal and Mandolin

Jeremy Stevens - Vocal and Guitar

Patuxent Music

TRACK LISTING:   Full Song Length Listening Here

1 Columbus Stockade Blues 2 It Rained a Mist 3 On the Jericho Mist 4 I Stood on the Bridge at Midnight 5 Sparkling Brown Eyes 6 Tragic Love 7 You Made the Break 8 What is Home Without Love 9 Do You Call That Religion? 10 He's Coming Back to Earth Again 11 Don't Forget to Pray 12 There's an Open Door Waiting