Album Notes

Dene’ An Acoustic Hike through the Jackson hole Wilderness

An instrumental album by Dene’ by Denny Earnest former longtime resident of Jackson Hole, having lived there through the 80’s and 90’s when he had his “Hidden Ranch Studio’s” set up and running. This is a CD full of pleasant surprises a “Concept” album
“I thought it would be fun to do a CD with all the places I tramped and hiked, a lot of it was recorded after a jaunt in the “woods” or a hike” says Denny reflecting on the CD.
“I started doing back round music for a living back in Jackson when the ADAT revolution started, (Digital Recording Machines) so it was really fun to try and come up with sounds and try an emulate my surrounding with guitar, dobro, bottleneck, or whatever was lying around, I think I used some Mandolin also,” quoting from an old interview from the Jackson Hole News. Sue Cedarholm shot the beautiful front and back covers, while of course on her many hike through the Jackson Hole Wilderness.
The name Dene’ came about while joking with his wife “Barbara”, pronounced either Denny or Denay, it sort of became my acoustic nickname, when I was being in a “Windham Hill” mood. Some call this CD New Age, but its not that drifty or “feet running in the sand stuff”, its more organic sometimes a little Bluegrass or Blues, but it’s a real easy listen and hopefully will conjure up memories of Jackson if you ever been lucky enough to visit. Dene’ or Denny now lives a little north of Yellowstone in Paradise Valley MT same ecosystem north entrance to the park rather than south, a bit warmer.
He’s still doing back round music working for many Publishers getting a few placements on TV and Film, a few of these songs have made to the airwaves.
So kick back and let yourself be elevated naturally to some fine acoustic music played and recorded in Jackson Hole,the best of the West