Deep Water
Contact Information
Bob Phillips (910) 308-0113
cumberlandcountyline@gmail.com
Facebook.com/CCL.Bluegrass/
About "Deep Water"
Written by band member Bob Phillips
Inspiration for song lyrics can come from a lot of different experiences. The lyrics for this song were brought on by cold North Carolina river water one icy January morning in 2019 while duck hunting. While trying to retrieve a duck wedged under a deadfall tree in the middle of the river, Bob wound up in the icy water with one hand on a tree limb and a foot on the boat, where his life jacket sat high and dry, and his wife Sheila’s reminder about wearing that life jacket echoing in his head. At that moment Bob called out, “Lord Jesus help me! I’m in deep trouble. Don’t let me be that guy on the evening news that drowned with his life jacket laying in the boat!” The Lord gave him enough strength to get to the riverbank. There are two lessons Bob wants you to learn from his experience: (1) Make sure you know that your soul is saved through Jesus Christ. We don’t know the hour or the day that He will come back or to decide to call us home. (2) Never ever, and he means EVER, come home and tell your wife what happened while you were hunting!
About the CD: "The Road I Traveled" is a collection of 6 originals* and 6 traditional classics: The Road I Traveled*, Spanish Grass, Poor Boy Blues*, You're The Girl Of My Dreams, Deep Water*, Red Clay Halo, House of Gold, Up And Down The Mountain, The Killin' Of Kelli Bordeaux*, Down By Mabry's Mill*, How Hank Felt*, Whiskey Before Breakfast.
Recorded in 2019 and produced by Skip Cherryholmes (Sideline) at Old Stage Recording Studio in Garner, North Carolina. In addition to producing, Skip also contributed the guitar work on “Spanish Grass”. Other musicians helping to make this CD extra special were Gerald Bozarth, and two current members of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Matt Hooper and Randy Graham. Gerald contributed the banjo work for “The Road I Traveled” and “The Killin’ of Kelli Bordeaux”. Matt contributed the twin fiddle on several songs and the lead fiddle on “Up and Down the Mountain” and “How Hank Felt”. Randy (founding member of The Bluegrass Cardinals) contributed the tenor on “Up and Down the Mountain”.