Earwig Music Company
  • The Jelly Roll Kings - Jelly Roll King
  • Big Jack Johnson - The Oil Man
  • Grady Champion - Wine and Women
  • Jutta & the Hi-Dukes - Ushti, Ushti Baba
  • H-Bomb Ferguson - Shake Your Apple Tree
  • Jimmy Dawkins - Kant Sheck Dees Bluze
  • John Primer - Cairo
  • Johnny Yard Dog Jones - You Can't Call The Blues
  • Johnny Drummer - Rockin' In The Juke Joint
  • Dennis Binder - Love Call
  • Honeyboy Edwards - Apron Strings
  • Liz Mandeville - Scratch The Kitty
  • Travis Haddix - Backward Baby
  • Scott Ellison - Steamin'
  • Les Copeland - Distant Train
  • Andy Cohen - Cairo Blues
  • Chris James & Patrick Rynn - Life Couldn't Be Sweeter
  • Rob Stone - You're No Good For Me
  • Tim Woods - Deep Ellum Blues
  • Sunnyland Slim - Be Careful How You Vote
  • Frank Frost - Gonna Put Her Down
  • Honeyboy Edwards - Every Now And Then
  • Louisiana Red - Back Door Friend
  • Homesick James - What Done Got Into That Woman
  • The Jelly Roll Kings - Jelly Roll King
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (02:21) [5.37 MB]
  • Big Jack Johnson - The Oil Man
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:55) [8.95 MB]
  • Grady Champion - Wine and Women
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (05:48) [13.26 MB]
  • Jutta & the Hi-Dukes - Ushti, Ushti Baba
    Genre: Ethnic
    MP3 (03:22) [7.69 MB]
  • H-Bomb Ferguson - Shake Your Apple Tree
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:04) [9.3 MB]
  • Jimmy Dawkins - Kant Sheck Dees Bluze
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (09:11) [21.01 MB]
  • John Primer - Cairo
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (05:28) [12.51 MB]
  • Johnny Yard Dog Jones - You Can't Call The Blues
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:54) [11.2 MB]
  • Johnny Drummer - Rockin' In The Juke Joint
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:50) [8.78 MB]
  • Dennis Binder - Love Call
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (02:48) [6.42 MB]
  • Honeyboy Edwards - Apron Strings
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (02:47) [6.38 MB]
  • Liz Mandeville - Scratch The Kitty
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:17) [7.51 MB]
  • Travis Haddix - Backward Baby
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (05:12) [11.9 MB]
  • Scott Ellison - Steamin'
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:29) [7.98 MB]
  • Les Copeland - Distant Train
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:06) [9.38 MB]
  • Andy Cohen - Cairo Blues
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (02:47) [6.38 MB]
  • Chris James & Patrick Rynn - Life Couldn't Be Sweeter
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:15) [9.71 MB]
  • Rob Stone - You're No Good For Me
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:02) [9.25 MB]
  • Tim Woods - Deep Ellum Blues
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:30) [8 MB]
  • Sunnyland Slim - Be Careful How You Vote
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:36) [8.23 MB]
  • Frank Frost - Gonna Put Her Down
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (03:13) [7.35 MB]
  • Honeyboy Edwards - Every Now And Then
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:11) [9.57 MB]
  • Louisiana Red - Back Door Friend
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (04:57) [11.33 MB]
  • Homesick James - What Done Got Into That Woman
    Genre: Blues
    MP3 (05:06) [11.67 MB]
Press

NEW RELEASE On Earwig Music - Payson Lyon - Long Day's Journey Into Light
EARWIG MUSIC COMPANY, INC.
2054 West Farwell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60645-4963

Michael Robert Frank
President and CEO
mfrank@earwigmusic.com
June 14, 2023

Hello

Radio DJs, Internet DJs, Writers and Reviewers

I am sending you the debut album of singer/songwriter Payson Lyon, age 78. Though Payson in his late 20s had a songwriter contract with a major label publishing company in Nashville, for which he made demos of some of his songs, that deal did not result in any released recordings of his material. He kept living, writing and teaching music to kids and adults all these intervening years.

Two years ago, a mutual friend of Payson’s and mine suggested to Payson that he contact me to help him realize his lifelong dream to release an album of his songs. Payson did so and got a friend and fellow musician who had collected all of Payson’s own demo recordings, to send many of them to me.

Payson’s personal story and heartfelt songs really moved me personally, as emotionally as the stories and music of the deepest blues musicians I have known and recorded. So
though Earwig Music is generally regarded as a blues label, I feel that what Payson has to say supersedes a blues connection. I fervently believe his songs deserve to be heard by a global audience, and that the most likely way that is going to happen is if I make it happen.

I hired Colin Linden to co-produce this album and play on it. I have known Colin almost 40 years, since he was young and bitten by the blues after meeting Howlin’ Wolf at age 11. I had a sense that Colin would get what Payson was singing about. Colin played lots of guitars on this album, and also brought in his best musicians to support Payson and his songs. Payson and I appreciate deeply the beautiful production of the 10 songs Colin and his mates played on. Payson and I produced the other 2.


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  • Members:
    Honeyboy Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Big Jack Johnson, Louisiana Red, Liz Mandeville
  • Sounds Like:
    The finest in traditional acoustic, electric, soul, and contemporary Blues
  • Influences:
    Delmark, Arhoolie, Yazoo, Malaco, Chess/Checker
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    11/11/11
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