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RECOVERY RECORDINGS RELEASES PROUD HEART
Recovery Recordings announces the release of PROUD HEART by Texas expatriate singer/songwriter, David Rodriguez. PROUD HEART is Rodriguez' first CD released in the United States in over ten years. Produced by noted Dutch bandleader and songwriter, Ad van Meurs, aka The Watchman, PROUD HEART, was recorded in the Netherlands in the southern town of Eindhoven and mastered in the United States in Houston, Texas. The CD contains 14 tracks; 12 new ones penned by Rodriguez, one by Van Meurs, and one by Italy's poet laureate, Luigi Grechi.
Known as a songwriter's songwriter, Rodriguez' body of work remains highly praised by both songwriters and industry insiders. "He's the best still-living singer/songwriter today," testifies producer Van Meurs. During his musical career, Rodriguez has collaborated and shared the stage with Nanci Griffith, Dar Williams, Ani Di Franco, Eric Taylor, Michelle Shocked, The Very Girls, Lyle Lovett, his younger brother, Philip Rodriguez, and his daughter, Carrie Rodriguez. However, it was Lovett who paid Rodriguez the highest compliment one songwriter can pay another by recording the Rodriguez composition, "Ballad of the Snow Leopard and the Tanqueray Cowboy," for the 1998 Lyle Lovett double CD, STEP INSIDE THIS HOUSE. "Ballad of the Snow Leopard" was also included in the soundtrack of the Lawrence Kasdan movie, MUMFORD, distributed by Touchstone/Disney.
Rodriguez is also known for his collaboration and long-time friendship with Grammy Award winner, Lucinda Williams. On a previous Rodriguez album, he and Lucinda shared a duet on the poignant Woody Guthrie ballad about the plight of migrant farm workers, "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos" - a favorite still today of radio music directors and folk-music program hosts. During a recent concert in Holland, Lucinda Williams told an audience at Amsterdam's massive Paradiso club of which David was seated, "I'm a little nervous...I'm in the presence of genius because my friend David Rodriguez is here tonight."
Living in self-imposed exile in the Netherlands since 1994, when he decided not to return home after a European tour, this former Austin resident last took the stage in the United States at the 1995 Kerville Folk Festival [in Kerville, Texas]. However, the enigmatic songwriter left for Europe soon after his performance and hasn't returned since.
PROUD HEART is an album about a man who is torn between the loss of the love of friends and family he left behind in his native Texas, and the hope and optimism he holds for a bright new future in the lowlands of Holland that's extending him the opportunity to reinvent himself and start life over again.
If you are a fan of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS era Bob Dylan, then you will enjoy PROUD HEART by David Rodriguez.
*Produced by Ad van Meurs
*Recorded at the Daltoon Studio, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
*Engineered by Eric van der Lest and Ankie Keultjes
*Executive Producer: Ivan Koop Kuper
*Re-Mastered by Rodney Meyers, Houston, Texas
*Photography: Herman Mertens
THERE YOU HAVE IT...ANOTHER FINE RECORDING FROM RECOVERY RECORDINGS!
RECOVERY RECORDINGS would like to thank the following radio stations (worldwide) for their support:
KUT FM, Austin, Texas (Phil Music, Folkways)
KDHX FM, St. Louis, Missouri (Songwriter's Showcase)
KCLC FM, St. Louis, Missouri (Acoustic Edge)
WCUW FM, Worcester, Massachusetts (Crosstracks)
WRIR FM, Richmond, Virginia (Lost Music Saloon)
KWRP FM, Pecos/Santa Fe, New Mexico
KCLP FM, Gallup, New Mexico (Green Chile Revival)
WYEP FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (American Sampler)
WRIU FM, Kingston, Rhode Island (Boudin Barndance)
Allegeheny Mountain Radio, Dunmore, West Virginia
KRCL FM, Salt Lake City, Utah
WWUH FM, W. Hartford, Connecticut
KZSU FM, Stanford, California
2RRR 88.5 FM, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Cosmic Cowboy Cafe)
Access Sacramento Community Radio, California (Semi-Twang)
Radio ISW FM, Waldkraiburg, Germany (Folk & Country Corner)
CountryMusic24 Radio, Berlin, Germany (Hillbilly Rockhouse)
CKUT FM, Montreal, Canada (Folk Roots/Folk Branches)
WRKF FM, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Hootenany Power)
KSYM FM, San Antonio, Texas (Third Coast Music Network)
BRTO FM, Bergen Op Zoom, Netherlands (Crossroads)
WMBR FM, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Three Ring Circus)
Bay FM, Bryron Bay, NSW, Australia (The Cowboy's Sweetheart)
Spydar Radio, Ireland (The Miller Tells Her Tale)
107.5 FM Landsmeer, Purmerend, Netherlands
Radio Winschoten, Netherlands (Alt. Country Cooking)
Radio Venray, Venray, Netherlands (Peel Grass)
KDVS FM, Davis, California (Saturday Morning Folk Show)
KDRP FM, Dripping Springs, Texas (The Country Store)
KPFT FM, Houston, Texas (Spare Change, Lone Star Jukebox)
KTRU FM, Houston, Texas (Chicken Skin Music)
KEOS FM, Bryan-College Station, Texas
WSCL FM/WSDL FM, Salisbury, Maryland (Just Folks)
Montana Public Radio, Missoula/Great Falls, Montana
Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, Oregon
Live365.Com, Santa Rosa, California (Freight Train Boogie)
96.5 Inner FM, Melbourne, Australia (Folk & Roots)
WKZE FM, Sharon Connecticut (Harmony Junct., The Beat-n-Track)
WHUS FM, Storrs, Connecticut
WGBU FM, Bowling Green, Ohio
WAPS FM, Akron, Ohio (Just Plain Folk)
Radio Avesta, Avesta, Sweden (Country Corner)
WFDU FM, Teaneck, New Jersey (Traditions)
KGNU FM, Boulder, Colorado
KGSR FM, Austin, Texas (Sunday Night News)
BBC Radio Shetland, Lerwick, Scotland
Radio ZuSa 95.5 FM, Lueneburg, Germany
Radio Voce Spazio, Alessandria, Italy (Highway 61)
CJSW FM, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Radio Herford-CF/JGM, Buende, Germany (Just Good Music)
Radio Schouwen Duiveland, Ouwerkerk, Netherlands
Don Valley AM, Stainforth, Doncaster, S. Yorkshire, England
WDBX FM, Carbondale, Illinois (TGIFolk)
KABC FM, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Transitions Radio Magazine)
Radio Teutoburger Wald, Herford, Germany (Old Stringhouse Music)
PBS 106.7 FM, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (What The Folk!)
KRFC FM, Fort Collins, Colorado
KPSU FM, Portland, Oregon (Suspect Terrane, Town & Country)
Radio Upper Galilee 103.5 FM, Katzrin, Israel (World Waves)
VLOK Radio, Kalwijk & Valkenburg, Netherlands (Country Festival)
Radio Compagnie, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Netherlands (Country Stew)
WXPN FM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (The Morning Show)
WMHB FM, Waterville Maine (Jerry's Place)
WSPN FM, Saratoga Springs, New York (Simpatico)
KOOP FM, Austin, Texas (Around The Town Sounds)
Regio FM, Nieuwolda, Netherlands (Texas Radio)
CJSW 90.9 FM, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Folkcetera)
Radio FM Goud, Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium (Roots Revival)
KSIL 105.5 FM, Silver City, New Mexico
KFJC 89.5 FM, Los Altos Hills, California
CHES 101.5 FM, Erin, Ontario, Canada (Acoustic Planet)
KUSP FM, Santa Cruz, California (Skylarkin')
Texas Top 40 (webcast), San Leon, Texas
Radio Aria 99.6 FM, Longwy, France (Country & Co.)
CKMO Village 900 AM, Victoria, British Columbia, Australia
Radio Ariane, Tongeren, Belgium (Dippity-Do)
Origineel FM, Korenjijk, Netherlands (Let There Be Country)
Hoss The Boss Radio (webcast), Corpus Christi, Texas
Taproot Radio (webcast), Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Radio Gold Popolare Network, Carpeneto Al, Italy
Live365.com (webcast), Bridgewater, Virginia (Americana House Party)
CRS 38, Radio Waves International, Rueil, France
Radio Galere 88.4 FM, Marseille, France (The Dixie Show)
CJLX FM, Belleville, Ontario, Canada (Sunday Coffee House)
Radio NOF 107 FM, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (Tuesday Night Americana Music Club)
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