Gratitude

We are forever grateful and indebted to these extraordinary artists for the songs they helped create on this album.

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Dana Rath

Dana Rath, a brilliant multi-instrumentalist, colors Mountain Road with his vintage mandolin magic, adding to the string tapestry that transports you a magical world. Dana has shared the stage and recording studios with some of the most virtuosic performers in the music industry, including the 3 time Grammy nominated Modern Mandolin Quartet. 

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Jessie Ivry

Jessie Ivry weaves her soulful, expressive classically trained cello with an improvisational flair on Face The Music, Roots and On My Way Out. She is a music educator, has performed live with many outstanding artists and has recorded on numerous albums, including on the Grammy nominated album Blueprint of a Lady with Neena Freelon. She also co-managed and promoted the Real String Quartet, a world music, string and vocal ensemble pushing the boundaries of repertoire for string quartets where she and her fellow musicians also sang.

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Joshua Zucker

Joshua Zucker anchors like a soulful Redwood tree on Corner of the River and Mountain Road with his tastefully grounded and buttery-sounding acoustic stand up bass. Joshua, one of the most sought after bass players in Marin County, plays and records with various bands, including most notably the Wreckless Strangers on the electric bass.

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Jon Mitguard

Jon Mitguard infuses his ethereal, sonorous, and multi-textured pedal steel guitar on Something Beautiful, Mountain Road and Runaway Train. Jon can be heard playing with various bands in Marin County, including the ever popular Danny Click and The Hell Yeahs where he adds the magic of his versatility and unique sound to every song he touches.

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Gary Bauman

Gary Bauman adds his tonally brilliant and dynamically nimble acoustic guitar solo on Curious. He currently plays and sings with Keystone Canyon, Todos Santos, and tours the country playing with The Ghostwriters Squaredance Band.

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Jari Suomalainen

Jari Suomalainen combines his classical training brilliance with improvisational, expressive flare on both Runaway Train and On My Way Out. He plays concert violin with several prominent Bay Area Symphony orchestras, including the Monterey, Stockton and Marin County Symphonies. Jari, originally from Finland, also plays with Musical Feast in Mill Valley and brings an improvisational style born from playing traditional Finnish folk songs, with a joy and flare that is contagious, beautiful, energetic and joyful.

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John Pearce

John Pearce adds his delicate and soulful harmonies to Face The Music. In addition, his leadership of the community-driven Musical Feast group’s weekly concerts at the Depot has not only sparked the revitalization of Mill Valley’s downtown plaza, but those musical gatherings were also pivotal in creating a network from which Sapphire and Patrick were able to assemble the amazing talent on this album. 

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Larry Carlin

Larry Carlin plays his vintage Fender electric bass on  On My Way Out, driving and anchoring the earthy feel of this song. He has been a fixture in the Mill Valley Music scene for decades, having produced many types of shows, including the long-running Sweetwater Bluegrass Concert Series. Larry can be heard playing with Musical Feast weekly on bass and vocals and Keystone Canyon on the acoustic guitar and vocals at the Depot with Gary Bauman and his wife Claudia Hampe.

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Brian Judd

Brian Judd, multi-instrumentalist, brings his special percussive strumming coloration on the vintage 1924 Gibson mandolin on Like The Wind. In addition to playing and singing with Musical Feast in Mill Valley, showcasing his versatility, he can be heard playing with some of the most prominent bluegrass musicians from the Bay Area in various capacities and venues.

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Jimmy Baldwin

Jimmy Baldwin brings his soulful harmony voice into the choral crescendo on Face The Music. Jimmy can be heard singing and playing his horns with some of Marin County’s dynamic mix of funk, blues, bluegrass and rock groups. Known as “Hurricane”, he instills that kind of energy and joy with every performance in his vocals and harmonica playing.

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Photo by Jay Blakesberg

Steve Savage

Steve Savage brings his decades of experience while mastering the 12 songs on the album. With a PhD in Musicology as an educator, Steve has also made a huge impact on the Music industry. His many accolades and accomplishments include recording, mixing and producing numerous Grammy nominated artists, including Robert Cray. In addition, he was The Co-founder of the widely influential Blue Bear Music School in San Francisco, and the author of Mixing and Mastering in the Box, a definitive technical guide on engineering sound for recording professionals.

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Tim Weed

Tim Weed provided extremely valuable mixing feedback to Patrick and Sapphire on the final stages of the album development. Tim is a grammy winning producer, recording engineer, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has been involved in no fewer than 100 recording album projects. Along with Steve Savage, he provided feedback that makes the album sparkle with clarity and high fidelity.