11-The Water Is Wide (5:51)

The Water Is Wide (5:51)
Contact: Geoff Hansplant / 215-852-1570
Email:geoff@geoffhansplant.com
Songwriter: Traditional, Arranged by Dirt Track Racer
Publisher / PRO: Finger Candy Publishing / ASCAP
Produced by: Geoff Hansplant, Paul Deck, John Fachet
Release Date: 12/2/2019
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Musicians:
Geoff Hansplant - guitar
Paul Deck - drums and percussion
Julie Myers - violin, viola and vocals
Nick Terramani - bass
Adrienne Walsh - cello

When we started rehearsals for the album, we decided to include a few classic covers and auditioned a small handful of them. Julie put her foot down and demanded that we include The Water Is Wide, as she has loved the song all of her life. We kept the arrangement rather spare and open, so that Julie’s beautiful voice could shine through. She doubled her violin and viola parts again, and Adrienne Walsh sat in to add another cello part for us. As part of our arrangement, we reworked the end tag of the song, to give it a sadder, heart aching quality.