My Better Days, by Ron Ireland

My Better Days

by Ron Ireland

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1.	Oh, Babe it Ain't No Lie 03:37	info	buy track
2.	A Song is A Mountain 02:19	info	buy track
3.	Corrinna, Corinna 03:43	info	buy track
4.	Absence of Light 02:48	info	buy track
5.	Finally, Love 01:36	info	buy track
6.	My Better Days Are Gone 03:41	info	buy track
7.	Hungry For A Little Love 02:30	info	buy track
8.	One Hundred Eyes 01:29	info	buy track
9.	Just a Closer Walk With Thee 02:59	info	buy track
10.	Two Horizons 02:42	info	buy track
11.	There it Is 03:20	info	buy track

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This album is entirely handmade. Only real stringed instruments were used. The discerning listener will also be able to tell that there is no pitch correction or auto-tuning in use. Two of the cuts, "A Song Is A Mountain" & "One Hundred Eyes" are overdubbed, but I played both parts on a Taylor 414 guitar. "Corrinna, Corrinna" was recorded with a Goodtime brand 5-string banjo in standard tuning. For all the other cuts, I played a vintage Harmony guitar, made in the USA back in the mid-1960s. It's the same model I had as a teenager, the one I carried with me everywhere I went. It has a solid spruce top and solid mahogany sides and back. All the recording was done in my home studio, Bespoke Crow, in the mountains of southwest Virginia. I did the recording, mixing, and what passes for mastering. It's handmade, fer sure. I hope you enjoy it.

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released October 28, 2012

Ron Ireland.....all instruments and vocals. All songs are by Ron Ireland, except for "Oh, Babe It Ain't No Lie" by Elizabeth Cotten (used with licensed permission), and "Corrinna, Corrinna" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", both traditional tunes.

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Ron Ireland Virginia

Ron Ireland is a singer-songwriter from Virginia. He was a shy and lonely kid until he found an old Silvertone guitar with three strings and taught himself to play. Ron's voice is a gentle, time-worn instrument, with hope and cynicism coexisting in every note . He is also a fine guitarist with wide musical range. Ron says his songs feature a touch of country, a little blues, a pinch of rockabilly. ... more

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Calamity

Aug 2015
Traditions

Aug 2013
My Better Days

Oct 2012
Handmade Too

Sep 2012
Handmade

Dec 2011

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