Come hear the sounds of Fortune's Gale (aka Gale B. Gardiner) on her 1st full length CD, Timeless Love(TL): Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, Strong & True. 18 songs pay tribute to 3 types of love: Agape(Faith), Filos(Community) & Eros(Romantic) -one each for six title attributes. Mostly live (12-CT & ME)-13 originals, 3 covers & 2 traditional share > 60 minutes of mysteriously soulful music. TL has her 1st piano/vocals & amplified autoharp instrumentals. Gale's newest CD, another full length over 60 min. , ;Welcome Home', will be available on CDBaby February 2012! CD Release Benefit is Feb. 24th, 2012 (for 3 music programs for orphans-in Bosnia/Croatia, SD Native Am. Indian Reservation & St. Vincents, Haiti))at the Wilde Auditorium- Univ. of Hartford. Special guests and more details follow schedule below. A 2nd benefit release is Sun. March 18th at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, CT, again with special guests. Some favorites from TIMELESS LOVE are sure to be done at both releases, & piano arrangements get a treat to be played on a grand or baby grand piano!
Following a month schedule are response highlights to Gale's music & liner notes to Forever & Always. All events in CT & accessible unless noted) (P)=piano (NA)=no alcohol. Check venue if coming a distance..., also if coming to open mics (plans may change with short notice)-Long term schedule MySpace
JANUARY 2012
Wed. 25th-Collinsville-Crown & Hammer open m ic Acoustic Main St. 9pm FREE
Fri. 27th- Torrington- CAFTA (CT Academy for the Arts) Wine Event Fortunes' Gale & more 61 Main St. 6-9pm, then after party 9-11pm
Sat. 28th - Bristol - Recovery Club open mic 67 West St. 7pm - 11pm donations for club
FEBRUARY 2012
Wed. 1st -Plainville-Church of Our Savior open mic benefit for Food Pantry Bill Morrell Host 7pm $3 donation or nonperishable food item (NA) (P)
Sun. 5th - New Hartford - Michelangelo's open mic Main St. (Rt#44) 6pm (FREE)
Sat. 11th-Watertown -Ecumenical Faith gathering music-open to public, contact for more details 7-9:30pm FREE
Fri.. (date TBD) -Torrington - Paradigm Health Care Center New Year's Music Fern St. Piano, autharp, 2pm FREE
Tues. 14th - West Hartford-Women of St. James's Valentine Music/luncheon 19 Walden St. 12pm-2pm $3 (lunch) (NA) (P)
Tues. 14th - West Hartford-Brookdale Place Valentine's Torch Songs with Liz Tomlinson 22 Simsbury Rd. 3pm FREE (NA)(P)
Fri. 24th - West Hartford - WWUH 91.3FM (www.wwuh.org) Live in the Studio Larry Bilansky Host (20th Century Limited Contemporary Classical) 6pm FREE
Fri. 24th - West Hartford -Wilde Auditorium- WELCOME HOME CD release concert-Fortune's Gale & Friends Bloomfield Ave. 8pm (P) (NA)
RECENT NEWS/REVIEWS NEWS
January 2012-Mastering/mixing of next CD Welcome Home is DONE! thanks to Jeff Root at Roots Cellar Westminister, MA,*Jeff (just back from visiting Abbey Roads studios in London) responded to the Women's Composer Festival of Hartford Spring "Love Will Always Find You" 2009 live piano/vocal recording intro with a huge compliment...~echos of John Lennon's piano 'doodling'! Individual WELCOME HOME CDs available by request (contact me thru CDBaby) prior to Feb. 2012 CDBaby digital distribution/physical CD website in place. CD release concert is Fri. 2/24/12 at 8pm following 6pm interview on WWUH 91.3FM by Larry Bilansky, host. So far special guests for the concert include Cornelius Dowd (mandolin maestro with CD on CDBaby) and Colin Haskins (founder of Free Poets Collective), Roberta Banks & Kevin Gallegher (hammerdulcimer, penny whistle and guitar/dobro- both of CT Dulcimer Folk Association & their own bands)!
*June 2011) Honored to be invited to go to Brazil with a People to People delegation of Musicians in Aug. 2011, keeping focused on finishing the Welcome Home CD for Winter 2011 release & excited to discover what new music may follow me home from South America!
(April 2011) Happy to be chosen by Lucky Soul Productions for a triple bill (Suzanne Vick, best new singer/songwriter New Haven Advocate) and Liz McNichols) at The Outer Space (Hamden). Buttonwood Tree swan poem songs on Miller and Upright pianos with Marek & Colin, last recordings for Welcome Home CD! Thank you Anne Marie & Michael Arafet for space & recording talents). Picture of the upright being moved across the street right after on front page of the Middletown paper! Rennie McQuilkin of Antriam Press (Simsbury) invited me to be part of Hillstead Museum's Sunken Garden Poetry/Music Fest 2012, and Colin Haskins of Free Poets Collective invited me to be part of their Infinity Hall (Norfolk Fall 2011) debut! Wonderful turn out for New Britain Museum of American Art Ekphrastics Poetry/music event. Thank you Heather, Colin and all for including me!
(Feb. 2011) Buttonwood Tree premier of newest song 'From Here' on piano, invited to be on WESU 88.1 FM with DJ Jennifer this Spring, 3 days later on guitar at Blue Mermaid Island Grill, a huge crowd response, hoots & whistles! & 2 days later at Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse, back to the piano, told by a couple when it's on a CD they want to buy it! So...bonus track on next CD Welcome Home! Mark Pollard of West Coast Cadance has honored me by performing with me at Jitters in Jan. 2011, and inviting me to join his band at Fireplace & Central Cafe! Of all my music, he likes Dalmatian Suite best (sorry, not on CDbaby yet), but NEXT CD Welcome Home will have all of it and full length additions, instrumentals, guest artists, very excited for release this Spring/Summer! Also excited to be invited this Spring by Free Poets Collective/Riverwood Poetry Exec Dir. Colin Haskins to join poetry/music events at Russel Library Middletown, Wood Hall Memorial Library, Ellington, and...New Britain Museum of American Art! (Sept. 2010)-2 Triple Plays in a Week!-Hope Out Loud Nine Peace/Arts Fest Coffeehouse Co-host (with Vanessa Stevens of Purple Song Project), Singer Songwriter Network of Torrington 1st Anniversary concert at Historical Society in gazebo under stunning full moon with Lana Peck & Patti Wilion, & hosting music for PANASO (Pan African N. American Solidarity Org.) benefit in Blue Back Square W. Hartford, CT with Donna Gentile & friends! (2nd Triple Play was Manchester Comm. College Farmers Market, Whigville Grange (Burlington) & Our Savior Lutheran Church annual picnic with Sharon Kunay.
A huge dose of grace was dished out this week!) Heard back from Walter at Whigville Grange that Bill Benson & I were 'tremendous',Sat. 9/25/10 was a wonderful day and time for all. Heard back from Lynn Lumsfeld with her husband in Blue Back Square during the PANASO benefit that ~'your voice was beautiful, floating above the courtyard, wonderful sound, perfect venue for you.' Thank you Walter & Lynn for the feedback, and again for that higher Grace from above blessing all.
(July 2010)-Triple Play-Bull Run Soundstage (Shirley, MA) with Dale Reynolds, Bull Run Torch Song Triology (including Can't Help Fallin' in Love with You from Tmeless Love), and kicking off Yankee Days Fest in Newburyport, MA
(Feb & March & May. 2010) Haiti Benefits without pianos yielded 'Healing Gospel Blues' on autoharp per requests for Beltway Gospel Blues (TImeless Love-piano). May 1st at Jitters in Southington (Christian Mission Orphanage) was a fine event with generous attendees. Opened at the Webster 3/27 & 5/21! Great fun & turnout. Thanks to all who came and Cornelius for wonderful mandolin & 12 string Guild loan. They chose pic of me singing 'One Day ) (track #7 on Timeless Love) for Webster website PR, so sang it & request for Rose of Allendale from whence comes Fortune's Gale! Five Haiti Benefits Feb/March/May at Buttonwood Tree (St. Vincent's/Partners in Health), LaPaloma Sabanera Cafe (Hartford) for Chrisitan mission orphanage, & Wolcott (Red Cross) & Plainville (at D'Angelo's) raised ~$3,300! Buttonwood Tree benefit complimented Susan Campbell's booksigning of Dating Jesus! Thanks to all who came. Sun. Feb. 14th, at Opus Steakhouse was romantic with couples up dancing! One couple got CD & said they were heading home to build a fire & put on my CD & Diana Krall! Owner Brian Smith is looking for another date. Among songs shared as prelude for First Church of Christ, Middletown (Wheat Bows Down) , Buttonwood Tree Haiti Benefit (Port au Prince Runway (vs. Beltway) Gospel Blues, One Day, More than Horses & Men) & Opus Steakhouse (Can't Help Falling in Love with You, Never Been to Ireland, Lagan Love, Kissed by Our Souls, I Wish You Love), 9 songs from Timeless Love were shared live from all 3 types of love! (Also Rose of Allendale, Right Person, Place & Thyme, and Sea Fever from Forever & Always were favorites!)
Fan E-mailed me to say he'd heard me summer 2009, bought Timeless Love & found my music 'spellbinding....good chemistry'-really appreciate hearing things like that, inspires me to keep moving on this next Welcome Home project to release Fall 2010! He submitted latest review to CDBaby!
(Oct/09) Willimantic Third Thursday Street Fest - Events Manager Steve Allcroft ( WindhamArts Cooperative) wanted to do a celtic show in 2010 with me & 1-2 other celtic acts (but their organization is undergoing restructuring/refinancing).
(Sept.09) Unionville/Norfolk-Infinity Hall founder Bill Hincks asked me to contact him about playing autoharp for a weekend brunch at their Infinity Hall Bistro. Please feel free to contact him to ask when I might be playing :-)
(Aug./09) Thanks to friend/fan who heard me sing Leonard Cohen's Halleluia at Hope Outloud Coffeehouse (Alchemy Juice Bar/Htfd)-said it was running thru his mind the next day & if when dying that was being sung, he'd be happy... (ends '& I'll stand before the Lord of Song with nothing on my tongue but Halleluia..') Thanks to another fan who listened to my newer original 'Warm Salty Hug' and simply said...'Joan Baez'...you sound like her...wow, thanks...
(July/09) Thanks to Mark Polland of Cold Sweat for inviting me to join the band for some songs at Margaritas July 4th! Bass player Cliff especially liked harmonies on 'Beautiful' (Gordon Lightfoot) -so good could have 'recorded'! Thanks Robert, Cliff (for also wanting a CD) & Dan for encouraging music in live venues!
(March/09) Thanks to Univ. of Hartford artist, Josh, who created 3 pieces about my music for the 9th Annual Women's Composer Festival art/music collaboration (15 artists portrayed 15 composers). The exhibit was up March at Tisane Tea & Coffee Bar, Hartford, CT. The major piece was inspired by Forever & Always (Forever & Always liner notes 'tossing child in the air'), a 2nd by the Dalmatian Suite (discography below) & the 3rd by "Strands of Hair" not recorded yet...
REVIEWS
(July '10): 'Some of your songs brought tears to my eyes' - fan at Bull Run Soundstage show with Dale Reynolds(Shirley, MA)
(May '10): High Tides (Webster Underground, Hartford, CT) 'You were great' (with Cornelius on Mandolin ;-)
(Feb. '10): Opus Steakhouse Valentine night fans-'we're going home to start a fire and put on Diana Krall & this CD'
(July '09): Harvey Reid (at Redhook, Portsmouth, NH) 'You sounded great' (played Freedom Has 1000 Charms, Listen to the Rain Fall, When You Say Nothing at All, Sea Fever medley, Can't Help Falling in Love with You)
(Feb '09): Midnight Dave (at The Space in Hamden) - "You really torched the Pineloft" (Feb. 13th gig with Guy Gilchrist :-)
(Feb '09) Guy Gilchrist's comment on Timeless Love "listened to your cd, good, good stuff" (heard Gale at La Salle Market, Collinsville, CT, & requested split bill to fine reviews at Pineloft Cafe, Berlin, CT - has Nashville Songwriting Session EP & Atlanta recording contract). After Pineloft gig Guy wrote 'You're a great performer'. Back atcha, Guy. Thanks for opportunity to stretch musically & congrats on your record contract!
(Dec '08) Hartford Advocate's Local Motion column writer, Dan Barry reviewed Gale at Jitters (Southington, CT): ~vocals sound like Joni Mitchel: haunting, plaintive, ...English ballads favorite -mezmerizing instrumentals on autoharp". Thanks, Dan, for spreading the word about local live music & supporting the venues!
(Nov.'08) Linglestown (Harrisburg, PA) Blog shared pic of Fortune's Gale at St. Thomas Roasters Coffeehouse gig thanking her for her 'graceful artistry'.
PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS (not submitted to CDBaby)
CD-Multi-Emmy winner Jim Chapdelaine magically mastered it to present the fruit picked in the best light. He especially liked 'Glasgow Farewell', 'Lagan Love', 'I Can't Help Falling in Love', 'Take Me As You Leave Me' (heard shades of Scarlet Ribbon & Somewhere Over the Rainbow), & 'Kissed By Our Souls' (ended our session exploring its chord progressions on his guitar). His ultimate compliment-some of my music brought Margo Hennebach to mind (of Mad Agnes). Shades of Kurt Weil were heard in 'Timeless Love's -Beltway Gospel Blues' by Hartt faculty vocal coach Nancy Anderson.
VOICE-Harvey Reid-'the voice of an angel',
The Last Supper music dir.'quite a wonderful quality, a natural lovely musical sound added to the music she sings'.
EARLY FAN CD REVIEWS
"We love your CD!/it's really good/we're listening to your lovely CD now!" (W. Hartford, Simsbury, Farmington, Berlin, New Hartford, CT fans) & '~I enjoyed listening to it the day before my grandchild was born (MA musician fan). A business friend told me his customer said 'there's more there than can be heard digitally, I'd get this if it was out on vinyl'! If enough interest, Gale will pursue vinyl.
SAMPLE FAN VOICE REVIEWS
'your voice took me to heaven & back more than once.' Fans liken her to 'Celtic Woman', said CPTV should promote her, hers was the 'most beautiful' music at a venue, & Hartt Music faculty asked if she was a 'celebrity from the British Isles' re: her vocal phrasing. Madison, CT Cable cameraman & teen fan both likened her piano/vocals to Tori Amos. A Wethersfield, CT fan recently asked her to do Leonard Cohen's Halleluia & wrote "I was so happy to hear you sing this song, I just knew that you would do this song proud with your incredible range!" (after hearing k.d.lang on You Tube). Another Collinsville, CT fan heard her sing it & termed her voice haunting.
AIR PLAY/WEBSTREAM
Thanks WWUH (91.3FM Univ. Hartford, CT) for playing 'Lagan Love', 'Glasgow Farewell' (Steve Dietrich-Celtic Airs), 'Never Been to Ireland' (Steve & Jim) 'One Day' (Jim) & 'Unknown Soldier' (Ed). Call (860)768-4701 or E-mail requests (webstreamed). Thanks Jim Vicevich (WTIC 1080 AM, CT) & Tom Jacobson (1620 AM Collinsville, CT), & Freddie Cellis for review & webstream Rootstime Belgium. Thanks J-Cherry for playing 'Warm Salty Hug' (part of interview Nov. 10th, 2011 when I had laringitis!), Lagan Love, Dear Soldier Boy on WESU (88.1 FM) Weslyan Univ. Middletown, CT
BIO
Born in Phila., PA, Gale was told in elementary school she was the ‘most gifted musician’ in her class. At 11yo she quit piano, took up guitar/voice, & at 15yo composed instrumentals/songs for piano/guitar. At 20 yo she had her 1st gig, & was frequently asked to sing at weddings.
As an adult she studied with internationally recognized pianist, vocalist, & guitarist/autoharpist (Peter Pertis/Nancy Andersen, Hartt Music School faculty, & Harvey Reid, nat'l/internat'l guitar/autoharp champ).
Despite music & theatre passions, she followed a calling in family health policy thru the USA, Canada & Europe. While in Croatia in '98 she was asked to sing Dylan after which a demo was asked for Warner's recording VP. A Ferrari designer & girlfriend asked her to move to Croatia & perform at their bistro. Her '97 policy work is on CDC & International Congress of Military Medicine websites.
A major turning point was 1999, when a professional DC jazz pianist neighbor asked if she'd teach him to ‘play like that’ after hearing her epic Dalmatian Suite (DISCOGRAHPY below). But it was the magic of Grandma's Sweetbriar College class ring (Gale wears) that got her to enter their songwriting festival resulting in her 1st EP, Forever & Always (DISCOGRAPHY below remaining BIO).
Teaching is something that has come naturally. After playing for private events, she was asked to teach friends' children (2001). By word of mouth, she has taught privately (piano, autoharp, voice, guitar & songwriting) as well as at LaSalle Music Studios (East H artford), Baldwin Studios (Avon), Steinert Steinway & Son's Studios (West Hartford). She was most recently recommended to teach songwriting thru the Hartt School of Music Community Division (Univ. of Hartford, West Hartford). She runs two music festivals/year with multi-generational students & was also asked to develop musical theatre workshops which she ran from 2003-2006 by popular demand. These have given way to recording & producing activities for Timeless Love & her anticipated new CD Welcome Home. Gale has been grateful to earn her living doing full time music through her company, Fortune's Gale (Creative Music & Consulting Services) since 2003.
Gale has performed in CA, CT, MA, ME, NH, PA, RI, VA, WV, Norway, Croatia & Scotland, in merging styles - traditional, roots, contemporary folk, bluegrass, bluesey & jazzy parodies, unique holiday fare & originals (classically eclectic, bluesified, folk, world -[Spanish- not 'folky at all' said a fan of "What do Broken Hearts do?" on Timeless Love]).
Groton, MA's Stagecoach Inn 5- Star Friday Showcase awarded Gale it's '06 songwriting challenge trophy, & she was chosen 3/07's CT Live Music Local Spotlight. She was invited to perform Timeless Love songs for CT&Cox Cable Access Music/talk Shows "Solly's Friends" ('07 & continuing Fall '08) in Winsted, Granby, Simsbury, Enfield (CT) Cox cable towns & Westfield (MA) cable area, as well as "Did You Know?" ('08 Wethersfield & greater Manchester,CT). Most recently she was honored to be invited to perform at the 8th & 9th Annual Women's Composer Festival of Hartford by founder Heather Seaton & is involved with their plans for the 10th Annual Festival March 2010.
FULL LINER NOTES for TIMELESS LOVE: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, Strong & True
(GBG)-Gale B. Gardiner OS-Oscar Schmidt Autoharp
AGAPE/SPIRITUAL LOVE:
OLD
1) Flowers of Edinburgh - (Trad) (2:10) Heard by fiddle on a Colonial Williamsburg tape, adapted to autoharp-captures joy of creation/life. Challenge to play as fast as a fiddle. Finally played autoharp with Dave Eldridge on fiddle at Redhook Jan. '08! (Fall '05 Manchester, CT, DBockus studio, OS 21 chord amplified AH)
NEW
2) Dancing Your Own Life - (GBG) (2:35) A Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall fan told me if this was on a CD he'd buy it after I sang it with the baby grand. Speaks to the creative space needed to listen/compose/draw, etc. -to be 'alone', but not 'lonely' & 'never really alone' with our Creator encouraging/guiding. (Dec. '07 Hamden, CT, live, The Space, Young Chang upright piano)
BORROWED
3) More than Horses & Men - (GBG music/lyrics trad & GBG) (3:50) Came one January '06 night like an unexpected but welcome visitor from childhood ready to share new adult meanings. A Middletown, CT Klekolo World Coffeehouse fan stared at me as I finished & said "that song's about Jesus", and I replied, 'yes, glad you got it'. (Sept. '07 Hamden, CT, live, The Space, Young Chang upright piano)
BLUE
4) Beltway Gospel Blues - (GBG) (4:31) The Blues rode home with me to Reston, VA from Baltimore one late night (a peril of flextime). Sang acapella for 9yo niece Emily who said 'you should record that, Aunt Gale'. Shared with Seacoast Guitar Soc. friend RL Hegarty who said I sounded like Etta James. The complexities of the Blues continue to take me on a vocal/piano journey far from over for guitar (still in boot camp). Just how blue we get may depend on who we let steer- gospel blues is a powerful teacher (June '07 Hamden, CT live, The Space, Young Chang upright piano)
STRONG
5) The Wheat Bows Down - (GBG) (3:32) Began with a soft breeze on my cheek Fall '01 & took months of mysterious collaboration 'bigger than me'. Caught Harvey Reid's ear at the Dec. '02 Redhook Brewery's Seacoast Guitar Soc. Portsmouth, NH hoot & he asked me to host the next. Each day's a gift, a nod to Jimmy Durante's 'Make Someone Happy'. Previously released on CT Songwriter Assoc. '07 spiritiual/inspirational compilation 'Along the Road' (Fall '05 Manchester, CT Bockus studio, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
TRUE
6) Could You Ever Understand?-(GBG) (3:29) A question underpinning relationships, this came to me during college & is ageless. My parents at 19 & 21 asked what marriage meant & agreed it is 'growing closer to God throughout life'. Lyrics lead to next love themes (filos/community, eros / love)-while the undercurrent hints at an answer from above. I started to share this song after an '03 Groton, MA audience member was struck by my voice range/style& requested I feature there to share more of that vocal mystery (Fall '05 Manchester, CT Bockus studio, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
FILOS/COMMUNITY LOVE:
OLD
7) One Day (GBG) (2:55) Played hooky one college Easter to reclaim stripped mines with the Outing Club, planting seedlings. A 12yo left the room when I played it & came back with $10! I told her I’d give it to a mission in Haiti helping kids who are blind learn music. She said to tell them the $ 'came from a kid' (also gave her my F&A CD). Previously released on CT Songwriting Assoc.'s '06 'Share the Journey' (Fall '05 Manchester, CT DBockus studio, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
NEW
8) Never Been to Ireland (CKaldor) (3:08) Heard Connie play this at the Barns in Wolf Trap during a ’99 split bill with Harvey Reid. It was true for me until Fall '06. Speaks to love/longing of homeland & struggle with confusing violence. Hope to play this with a fiddle someday too. (Aug. '07, West Hartford, CT, live, Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse Quaker Meeting House, OS 21 chord amplified AH)
BORROWED
9) The Game (GBG music/GBG lyrics adapted from true life story by J. Sundquist in Daily Guideposts 5/19/03) (5:15) Reading Josh's story moved me to tears & I knew more people should hear it. Josh verified the accuracy & really liked the song-I hope you are as inspired by him & his childhood faith community as I am. Graduating from college, he asked his royalties go to Special Love (VA-based) to help children with cancer.(Fall '05 Manchester, CT DBockus studio, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar).
BLUE
10) Unknown Soldier (HReid (c) 1993 Quahog Music (BMI) Used by permission) (2:11) Harvey recorded this haunting melody on 6-string banjo & guitar, channeling Civil & Vietnam Wars. It captures timeless sorrow of war's highest price. Autoharp conveys sacrifices of both genders, & more synergy emerged as sirens raced by, compelling me to include it. 'We owe it to each unknown soldier, to put an end to war'. This is one song I hope won't be timeless. For our troops-no greater love hath a person than to lay down one's life for a neighbor / friend (April '07, Hartford, CT, live, Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse, La Paloma Sabanera Cafe, OS 21 chord amplified autoharp).
STRONG
11) Glasgow Farewell (GBG) (2:26) Boarded the plane with me 9/11/05 in Glasgow Scotland after a Masters World Rowing competition on the Strathclyde River (champagne & scotch, Belgian chocolate, fresh seafood, tartans, bagpipes, bipolar weather/hypothermia risk). Thanks to FVRC & NHRC friends for including me & Damien for the dance. Thanks to Judy for praying (exact time difference!) after a van door shut on my hand. Miraculously I was able to row all 5 races & had no loss of music ability (Fall '05 Manchester, CT DBockus studio, OS 21 chord amplified autoharp)
TRUE
12) Dear Soldier Boy (GBG) (4:54) Walking behind an ROTC student I had questions about what motivates someone to sign up for military service (my folks met in the Air Force-I'm an 'authentic product' of the military while Quaker ancestry encourages non- violence). Veteran responses included 'they taught us our enemies are not human' (now in lyrics). Bridge came in '07 re: need for services for injured soldiers (in mind/body &/or spirit). (Nov. '07 Hamden, CT, live, The Space, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
EROS/ROMANTIC LOVE
OLD
13) My Lagan Love (Trad music/lyrics by JCampbell) (3:44) Thanks to Miriam & her husband Edwin's trip to Ireland in the 1960's, she shared this haunting song & we did it together for a Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse (she on violin). Learned from the Irish Coor's arrangement, she wasn't there the day this was requested / recorded, but it is dedicated to the timeless love & in memory of Edwin (Oct. '07, Hartford, CT, live, Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse, La Paloma Sabanera Cafe, OS 21 chord amplified autoharp).
NEW
14) What do Broken Hearts Do? (GBG) (5:06) Perhaps my 1st 'anti-folk' (?) song? One CT fan said he liked it, sounded Spanish, 'not folky' at all. Another said it was 'going thru her head all weekend'. For lyric connection, Munich (Germany) Rose Gardens were planted on (WWII) war debris (Summer '07 Hamden, CT, live, The Space, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
BORROWED
15) Can't Help Falling in Love With You (GDWeiss, LCreatore, HPeretti (c) 19 ) I started to do this around the 50th Anniversary of Elvis' 1st recording (July 5, 1954-'04). Dedicated to my parents, who request it every time I play near them in PA. Previously released on Sawmill Music's Live 2005 Dulcimer Folk Assoc. Benefit for The Sounding Board Coffeehouse (June '05 W. Hartford, CT, Live, Sounding Board Coffeehouse, OS 21 chord amplified autoharp).
BLUE
16) Take Me As You Leave Me (GBG) (2:41) First big love, Fulbright Scholar required to go back to his country for 2 years (or at least not be in the USA) following his grad degree. I had not finished undergrad & was too young for marriage. Music helps many of us thru the highs & lows of love. Reminded mastering magician Jim of Scarlet Ribbon, another type of timeless love song for sure. (Summer '07, Hamden, CT, live, The Space, Young Chang upright piano)
STRONG
17) I Wish You Love (GBG) (4:00) First big loves are great for harvesting music, you just don't expect the songs to surface again farther along in life-but hopefully we are stronger then- hence the timelessness. (Feb. '07,Cellar Pub Hoot, York Harbor, ME, live, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
TRUE
18) Kissed by Our Souls (GBG) (4:39) CT fan/music producer, eyes wide, asked me if I wrote this after he 1st heard it at Peaberry Cafe's open mike. With my 'yes', he said 'that's a hit' (great as long as it’s a real connection for people). Groton, MA's Stagecoach Inn fan told me he voted for me (amidst field of accomplished prior winners in an ’07 songwriting challenge), as best melody building. PA friend requests & says it reminds her of Les Miserable (hope the surviving/victorious portion!). Inspired by Garnet Roger's "Soul Kiss", I hope something in this song is truly timeless for all. (Sept. '07, Hamden, CT, live, The Space, Yamaha G-100-A classical guitar)
DISCOGRAPHY:
(#101) 2001 "Forever & Always"-singer/songwriter entry
For 2002 Sweetbriar College (VA) initial festival. Encouraged by D.C. producer Jim Houck, 6 pure acoustic, 5 originals, one traditional (2 autoharp/vocals, 4 guitar/vocals). A piano student's father exchanged lessons for CD production (CT/NY based) & a 9/15/01 deadline forced final production during a traumatic time. It is an authentic 1st effort at pure acoustic recording (no splicing, overdubbing).
Full Details: www.cdbaby.com/galebgardiner
(#102) 2002 "Dalmatian Suite" - epic piano instrumental
In '03 she performed this as a contempory composer in Playing, Praying & Paying for Peace III, an American Friends Service Committee benefit covered by Fox 61. The piece encompasses ‘big/deep themes’: Creation, Love, Dissonance, War & Reconciliation back to Love. One fan listened to it all day at work, another 3-4 hours. In '06 she played it on the Chihuly Olympia, a Model D 8' 11 3/4" Steinway Concert Grand commissioned for the '02 Winter Olympics touring at Steinert, Steinway & Son's in West Hartford, CT. Immediately following she was invited to join their teaching faculty & the CD was put in their front window (& sold). Recorded on a Mason Hamlin Grand, the rest of this suite is now being recorded with vocals for her next '08 CD, "Welcome Home". Gale was interviewed 6/13/08 by Larry Balinsky, host of WWUH Contemporary Classics show featuring this piece. The multiple compare/contrast music recordings that Larry presented are enough for a double CD (12 tracks Dalmatian Suite, 4 bonus tracks presented as 'just music' and 2nd CD 'music & stories behind' )
(#103) 2002 "Dulcimer Folk Assoc. 2001 Benefit Concert"
Invited to perform solo within the week of the May 2000 benefit, this '01 Avon, CT benefit has live recordings of 2 songs (& other performers for over 60 min. of music) -autoharp-instrumental/vocal. Waltz of the Waves (H. Reid) Four Green Fields (T. Makem) Not currently available.
(#104) 2003 "Love will Always Find You" -vocal duo /guitar
Requested at the 2 yr. annivesray of 9/11 by family of Todd Ouida, who died in 9/11/01. It is a solo/duo with Gale's 17yo voice student, Matt Jones, of her original song (lyrics by Gale & St. Paul 1 Corinthians 13). Sales benefit the Todd Ouida Foundation keeping his spirit alive helping children with anxiety/depression have fulfilling lives. Todd's father requested the score for his church men's choir to sing (done,available to others by request); it was sung at a friend's funeral 3/'06, & an MP3 was E-mailed to Virgina Tech Dean of Students Fri. 4/20/07.
(#105) "Live in Studio Aug. 18, 2005 WWUH" -vocal/guitar
A Univ. of Hartford DJ heard Gale & invited her to his show-hece a 4th CD (Live in the Studio!), as fans wanted stories along with the songs. He played Love Will Always Find You & Gale sang "The Ballad of King Philip & Puss N Boots", "The Wheat Bows Down", & "Deloras, A Pony With Attitude". He had played "Rose of Allendale" & "Right Person, Place & Thyme" from F&A prior to the interview.
(#106)'06 "Share the Journey" CSA Compilation
CT Songwriter Assoc.(CSA) compilation "Share the Journey" includes spiritual & inspirational songs in range of styles from folk, gospel, country & celtic to classical, including Gale's "One Day". This CD was released the same weekend as a retreat Gale was to provide music, and this song was requested to be shared during that retreat also. More information can be found at CSA's website. Proceeds to LUNCH (Local United Network to Combat Hunger).
(#107) 2006 "DF#A 2005 Sounding Board Coffeehouse Benefit"
This is a double CD release of the Dulcimer Folk Assoc.'s Live '05 Benefit Concert for Sounding Board Coffeehouse in W.Hartford, CT. First recorded amplified autoharp instrumental/ vocals "Waltz of Waves" (H.Reid)/"Rose of Allendale"(trad) & "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You" (E.Presley et al). This 2nd live recording has become a favorite of fans & is on the new Timeless Love CD!
(#108) 2007 "Along the Road" CSA Compilation
This has Gale's previously unrecorded "More Than Horses & Men" (won a songwriting challenge at the Stagecoach Inn, Groton, MA) & "The Wheat Bows Down". CD release was 9/15/07 at CSA's 6th Ecumenical Day of Praise (St. James's Episcopal Church, W. Hartford, CT). This was a 100% benefit for the hungry, 50% CT, 50% Heifer International via Local United Network to Combat Hunger.
(#109) 2007 "Holiday Harmony" CSA Compilation
This has Gale's 1st Christmas song, "Your Happy Birth", amusing as she was born Dec. 25th... Since she had laryngitis the day of recording, her students (Sarah Petersen & George Luther) moved up from back up vocals to sing it as a duo with beautiful harmonies while Gale plays guitar. The CD has 13 songs both secular & of Winter season's faiths, including a Hanukkah song by Thomasina Levy, a CT State Troubadour. Proceeds benefit hunger relief-can be purchased from Gale or CSA.
(#110) 2008 "Timeless Love: Old,New,Borrowed,Blue, Strong & True"-Piano,guitar,autoharp,vocals,instrumentals (see separate document on Timeless Love)
FEATURE/DUO/SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCES ~ 2000-Present
1)Dulcimer Folk Assoc. Benefits since 2000 when she was
heard at It's Only Natural's Open Mike (Middletown, CT)
1st in Avon, CT, these benefits are now part of
Sounding Board Coffeehouse subscription
series (W.Hartford, CT) latest-6/5/10!
2) Hope Outloud Coffeehouse-Jan. 2003 invited to feature-
continuous with others to present-Hartford, CT
Benefit for CT Coalition for Peace & Justice
to help fund Sept. Peace Rally's annual since 9/11
3) Westminister Presbyterian Church, West Hartford, CT Playing, Praying, Paying for Peace- July 2003 - American Friend's Service Committee sponsored concert of Contemporary & Traditional Classical music covered by Fox 61. Gale performed her Dalmatian Suite almost in its entirety on the Steinway concert grand also incorporating her unrecorded guitar/vocals.
4) Seacoast Guitar Society - Harvey Reid has Gale host ~1-
2/yr Redhook Brewery Seacoast Guitar Soc. Hoots
(since Jan. '04 Portsmouth, NH).
5) Pineloft Cafe-Duo with Ray Paquette Summer '04
Open Mic Feature 2/14/08
Sun. Brunch with Eric Paradine 9/08
Sun. Brunch Veteran's Tribute 11/08
Jim (aka James) Taylor & Will Laramie
Fri. Duo -Guy Gilchrist - 2/09
Fri. Duo-Eric Paradine 4/17/09
6) CT Landmark & Antiquarian Society events
-Fall Fest-Bellamy Ferriday House, Bethlehem, CT '04
-Nathan Hale's 250th Birthday Coventry Summer '05,
-Family Day -Phelps Hathoway home Suffield '05/'06,
7) Blackbird Books & Cafe, Nashua, NH April '05
8) WWUH 91.3 FM W. Hartford, CT live in studio guest of:
Host Eugene (aka Earstretcher) 8/17/05
(became Live in Studio CD) & Spring '06 for
CT Songwriting Assoc. (CSA) Share the Journey
CD Release in Groton, CT
Hosts Kevin Lamkin & Steve Theiker-Fall '07
for CSA Along the Road CD release benefit.
Host Larry Bilinsky June '08 re: Dalmatian Suite
& classically shaded pieces from Timeless Love &
as Celtic Airs guest host - July '08
9) Griffen Books & Beans, Sturbridge, MA Dec. '05
10) Groton's Stagecoach Inn (MA) Feature 2/05, 4/08
winner 3/06 songwriting competition,
Special guest 2/8/08, Guest Host/feature 2x 12/08
11) Klekolo’s World Coffeehouse Middletown, CT-solo feature
2004-'06 (live music discontinued Spring '06)
12) The Last Supper-Middletown, CT- Spring '04 chorus
Spring '05 (Middletown) & 1/07 solo/duets (Naugatuck)
with Sharon Kunay & Tony Verrier. Musical re-
enactment of Leonardo DaVinci's struggle
to paint The Last Supper after not painting for 10
years. Invited to be on Board of Maritime Ministry
Players overseeing productions. Did solos for PR
needed to launch Newport, RI productions.
13) Wild Oat Market, W. Hartford, CT Earth Day Reception '06
14)Gundalow Boat Co. Annual Mtg -Portsmouth, NH 7/06
15) Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Dinner Benefit- July '06,
'07 & '08, Torrington, CT - Fortune's Gale,
Sharon Kunay (duos also!) & other features,
special service music 10/19/09
16) Roaring Brook Nature Center's Open Mike series opening
Fall '06 Feature-Canton, CT
17) Kingsfield B&B, Suffield, CT- Colonial music/period
dress for Children's Safe Home Benefit-Fall'06
18)Peaberry's Cafe, Simsbury, CT - solo '06 & split bill
Jim Taylor - 2nd Veteran's Tribute '07 veterans
welcome to perform during break
April & May 2008- Timeless Love CD featured
19) Flatbread (Canton,CT) Benefit for Julia's Backpacks
(9yo with ovarian cancer who wants to help other kids
with cancer!) 1/30/07
20) Winsted, CT Cable Access Channel #13 "Friends of
Solly" music/talk/humor aired May 2007, so popular
it got a 2nd time slot in Winsted, picked up by
Granby & Simsbury,CT, with interest in Worcester, MA
21) Atria Hamilton Hts, W. Hrtfrd,CT-solo '06 & 07, '08
Celtic, 4th of July '07 group with Duncan Bockus
22) Footlights & Spotlights Torrington, CT 5/26/07 WAPJ
89.9/105.1 FM interviewed by Bob DeVito
23) St. Thomas Roasters Coffeehouse, Linglestown, PA,
Summer & Fall '07, Spring & Summer & Fall '08
24) Javapalooza, Middletown, CT (solo & split bills-CT gem
Jim (aka James) Taylor summer '07, & Fall '07
with R.L. Hegarty, fave NH bluesman, both with
bass wiz Will Laramie-R.L. split bill 2/08
25) Center for Progressive Therapy, Manchester, CT 8/3/07
split bill - Jim (aka James) Taylor, & 8/8/08
26) Zion Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, PA-9/2/07 special
service music
27) Hebron Harvest Fair (CT) Sept. 2007 National Anthem
4x & full set 9/9/07
28) St. James's Episcopal Church, W. Hartford, CT-CT
Songwriter Assoc. 7th Day Day of Praise benefit
for CT & international hunger via Heifer Found.
29) St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Torrington, CT-10/6/07
Van Ministry Benefit duo-Sharon Kunay
30) Springfield (MA) Museums- Veteran’s Program 11/8/07
31) S. Church Unitarian Universalist Church, Portsmouth, NH
Special Service Music 3/2/08
32) Buttonwood Tree, Middletown,CT-Timeless Love CD Release
3/21/08, split bill/duo with Eric Paradine!
33) Wethersfield, CT Cable Access Channel 14 3/08 then
greater Manchester area programing on Cox Cable
Channel 15 starting 4/08- Host Tony Magna for
pilot show "Did You Know?"
34) 8th Annual Women Composer Festival of Hartford (CT)
Invited-Local Women's Composer concert 3/29/08
Unitarian Meeting House-World Premier commissioned
35) Passiflora Tearoom, New Hartford, CT –Earth Day 4/17/08,
Valentine's Day 2/14/09, Halloween 10/31/10, Thanksgiving 11/21/10
New Hartford Festival of Lights Dec. 5, 2010, St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2011
36) Cornerstone Coffeehouse, Camp Hill, PA- 6&11/08
5/23/09, 12/26/09
37) Hope Out Loud Peace & Music Festival-Coffeehouse/Open
Mic host, Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT 9/08 & 9/09 & 9/10 Co-hosted with Vanessa Stevens
of the Purple Song Project (education/prevention of domestic violence, surviving to thriving!)
38) Bristol Recovery Club (CT) Showcase feature 10/11/08
4/10/09 (Jeff Andersen opens), 7/26/09 open mic host 11/28/09, 6/10, next 4/26/11
39) Spin Cycle Cafe (Newington, CT) Open for Too Many
Monkeys (best CT Improv Comedy) Fri. 9/26/08
40) Christian Connection Ministries (Torrington, CT) Benefit Dinner with Sharon Kunay & Fred Berger
Oct. 2008 and Oct. 2009
41) Jitters Coffeehouse (Southington, CT) Dec. 13, '08
May 30, '09, May 1st, 2010 Hait Benefit. Aug. 13th, 2010, Jan. 2011 (with Mark Pollard!)
42) CT 612 Vietnam Memorial Escort (Rocky Hill, CT) 10/08
Honored to share a song graveside to begin escort
to Rentschler Field in East Hartford, & carry one
of the 612 names (WWII, Korea, Gulf War, Afghanistan
& Iraq fallen CT soldiers also honored)
43) PACE-People's Action for Clean Energy 11/08 & 11/09
Unitarian Society of Hartford
Renewable Energy Exhibit & program
44) Good Friday Coffeehouse (Naugatuck, CT) 4/24/09 & 9/09
45) Canterbury Residence (West Hartford, CT) 3/09 Celtic
46) Sunrise Living (West Hartford, CT) 2/14&3/17/09 Celtic
47) 9th Annual Women's Composer Festival of Hartford (CT)
Invited to perform-7 events March 2009,
6-Opening U.of Htfd Konover Hall W.Htfd.
8-Art/music/poetry-Tisane Cafe Htfd
11-Contemporary Concert-Hartt School W.Htfd
14-Local Composer I -Bliss Aud. W.Htfd
15-Sacred Music-Sisters of St. Joseph W.Htfd
26-Music+ Poetry/Open mic Unitarian Mtg House
48) Main Pub (Manchester,CT) Open Mic Feature 3/11/09
49) Starbucks (Storrs, CT) Feature 4/25/09 & 8/09
50) PACE Private event (Sandisfield, MA) July 2009
51) 3rd Thurs. Street Fest - Windham Arts Gallery (Willimantic, CT)
52) Wreaths Across America (Hartford Capitol Bldg, CT) Dec. 8th, 2009
53) South Green Coffeehouse Host (Middletown, CT) 3/09/ 12/09, 2/11
54) Bread Box Showcase - St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Willimantic, CT) Covenant Soup Kitchen benefit
12/09 (You Tube) & 2/10
55) Buttonwood Tree (Middletown, CT) Songwriting Circle with Eric Paradine & Bonnie Lee Panda
56) Boulder Coffeehouse (Fitchburg, MA) 1/9/09
57) Buttonwood Tree (Middletown, CT) Susan Campbell Booksigning (Dating Jesus) & Timeless Love Music
to benefit St. Vincent's School/Haiti quake relief 2/14/10
58) Opus Steakhouse (Willimantic, CT) Feb. 14th, 2010
59) Bread Box Showcase (Willimantic, CT) benefit for soup kitchen Feb. and April 2010
60) Brookdale Place (West Hartford, CT) 11/09, 2/10
61) La Paloma Sabanera Hait Benefit (Christian Mission Orphanage) Hartford, CT 2/10
62) Wolcott (CT) Town Haiti Benefit (VFW) March 2010
63) South Green Coffeehouse Benefit for River Valley Community Services (Middletown, CT) 3/10
64) 10th Annual Women's Composer Festival invitation to perform Welcome Home (final track for new CD Welcome Home!)
Sisters of St. Joseph (West Hartford, CT) March 2010 (3rd year in a row performing with this festival!)
65) Webster Underground Feature Opener for Bands (Hartford, CT) 3/10 & 5/21
66) Bull Run Showcase (Shirley, MA) with Dale Reynolds July 2010
Torch Song Triology with Donn Hill & Jane Fallon July 2010
67) Michelle's Gourmet Cafe on Main (Torrington, CT) May 7th, 2010
68) Night Songs Open Mic Feature (Coventry, CT) June 24th, 2010
69) Nirvana's Cafe & Juice Bar -(Torrington, CT) June 18th, 2010
70) Torrington (CT) Historical Society- Singer/Songwriter Network Event-invited-July 10th & Sept. 22nd, 2010
71) Torrington (CT) Market Street Beats-July 2010 (July 2010)
72) BIG Summer Jam (Windham, CT) featured performer July 17th, 2010
73) Yankee Days (Newburyport, MA) Market Square July 2010
74) Simsbury Public Library TGIF (Simsbury, CT) July and August 2010
75) Manchester Community College Farmers Market (Manchester, CT) August/Sept. 2010, July/Sept 2011
76) Whigville Grange (Burlington, CT) Sept. 25, 2010 with Bill Benson
77) Blue Back Square (West Hartford, CT) PANASO benefit (Pan African North American Solidarity Org.) Sept. 25, 2010
with Donna Gentile, Dan Reilert, Roseanne Krznowski, RL Roberts, Faith Montaperto
78) Our Savior Lutheran Church (South Windsor, CT) Annual Picnic with Sharon Kunay Sept. 2010
79) Nayaug Canoe/Kayak Fest (South Glastonbury, CT) Oct. 2009 & 2010 with JJ Diamond Band & more!
80) Steam Vent Coffeehouse (Winsted, CT) First Church of Winsted Fall 2009, Dec. 11, 2010
March 2011 to benefit orphanage in Mexico Youth ministry mission
81) Twisted Vine Restaurant (Derby, CT) Oct. 9, 2010
82) Our Lady of Calvery (Farmington< CT) Oct. 15, 2010 Private Tres Dias Retreat Chapel music with Sharon Kunay
83) WAPJ (Torrington, CT) Sam's Place Oct. 26, 2010 Dalmatial Suite Featured (core of next CD Welcome Home!)
89.9 FM & 105.1FM
84) Lilly's Pad (New Haven, CT above Toad's Place!) Dec. 2010 & Feb. 2011 open for bands
85) Fireplace (Collinsville, CT) Invited guest singer with Mark Pollard and West Coast Cadance Band
86) Helping Hands for Haiti- Waterbury, CT -Annual Dinner benefit March 2011
87) Baptist Church (Bethlehem, CT) Newly planted church service music March 2011
88) Russell Library (Middletown, CT) - Welsh Poetry event, featured music March 12, 2011
89) Private Bat Mitzvah event- West Hartford, CT March 13, 2011
90) Green Room Cafe-Winsted, CT March 25, 2011, May 15, 2011
91) Hall Memorial Lilbrary (Ellington, CT) April 3rd, 2011 Atrium Poetry event, featured music
92) New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT) Moderator/music for Ekphractic Poetry Event April 17, 2011
93) Funky Monkey (Cheshire, CT) Split bill with Kristen Graves April 9, 2011
94) Day of Praise CT Songwriting Assoc. Benefit Concerts (Mystic, Groton, Wethersfield, West Hartford, Hamden)
2004 to present, featured songwriter/composer and CD compilation releases for hunger relief
Next May 14, 2011 Mystic CT Union Baptist Church 7pm...featuring Healing Gospel Blues
95) Infinity Hall with Free Poets Collective Fall 2011 (date TBD)
96) Hillstead Musem Sunken Garden Poetry Festival 2012 (invited by Rennie McQuilken, date TBD)
97) Valerie Manor (Torrington) March 2011
98) Apple Rehab (Cromwell) March 2011
99) Montain Glen Manor (Middletown) March 2011
100) Enfield Adult Day Care (Enfield) April 2011
101) Avon Health Care Center (Avon) April 2011
102) Whitney Manor (Hamden) April 2011
103) Wintney Center (Hamden) April 2011
104) Outer Space with Suzanne Vick & Liz McNicholl -Lucky Soul Productions (Hamden)
105) Pendleton Health (Mystic) April 2011
106) Mystic Health (Mystic) April 2011
107) Wolcott View Manor (Wolcott) April 2011
108) Litchfield County Autistm Spectrum Assoc. Benefit -West Hills Lake (New Hartford )
109) Urban Oak Green Faire (New Britain) May 2011 with Free Poets Collective
110) Vanilla Bean Cafe (Pomfret) July 1st, 2011
111) Cafe 9 (New Haven) July 17, 2011, Sept. 2011 & Dec. 10th, 2011
112) Higganum Village Farmers Market June/October 2011
113) Hiroshima Remembrance Event (West Hartford) Aug. 6th 2010 & 2011, Quaker Meeting House
114) Paradigm Health Care Center, Torrington, October/Jan. 2011
115) Fort Hills Farm, Thompson, CT - Farmtober event with Free Poets Collective Oct. 22, 2011
116) WESU 88.1 FM River Valley Rhythms Gust host J. Cherry Nov. 10th, 2011
117) JPWalsh Country Store, Falls Village, CT Dec. 17th, 2011 (requested by owner ;-)
118) Arm to Arm Haiti Benefit Glastonbury Church April 2012
The interview 6/13/08 by Larry Balinsky, WWUH Fri. 4-7pm 20th Century Limited Contemporary Classics host (91.3 FM Univ. of Hartford, CT), re: 'Dalmatian Suite' was ~two hours (!) & included never recorded vocal/piano/guitar/autoharp music. This allows a full length CD hopefully available in Summer 2010 "Welcome Home" (final song of the Dalmatian Suite, not on EP in DISCOGRAPHY). Some additional recordings will be with/other guest musicians (including a contra dance band with hammer dulcimer, mandolin, fiddle, penny whistle! Larry shared compare/contrast pieces (same song, different instruments, performers, styles) emcompassing the Dalmatian Suite & exploring other contemporary classically leaning pieces. The upcoming CD will have over 60 min. of music (~18 tracks) weaving Dalmatian Suite themes (meditative/spirited journey from creation thru passion, dissonance/war, reconciliation &...back home). The 8th, 9th and 10th Annual Women's composer festival recorded 'world premier' performances that will be on this CD also! Larry invited me back when done & suggested a CD release right after at the Wilde Auditorium! Will keep you posted.
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