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Mike McClellan - She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye

from Country folk sing Mickey Newbury by Festival Folk Sing

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    Notes from executive producer Andrew Pattison
    country folk sing Mickey Newbury is our sixth compilation of artists celebrating the talents of an influential songwriter, following on from festival folk sing Gordon Lightfoot (2016), Judy Small (2013), Bob Dylan (2012), Eric Bogle (2011) and Joni Mitchell (2010). Marina Hurley came up with the concept and produced the first four albums and then assisted me to pay homage to two of my all-time favourite songwriters and singers, Gordon Lightfoot and, now, Mickey Newbury. These albums serve at least two purposes: to bring some great songs from over a generation ago to a new audience, and, as long as enough are purchased, to inject some funds into a charity called The Troubadour Foundation.

    Mickey Newbury was one of the all-time most successful songwriters in Nashville, and was the third biggest earner for publishers Acuff Rose, after Hank Williams and Don Gibson. Originally from Houston, Texas, as a teenager he sang tenor for a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers, who opened for several famous performers including Sam Cooke and Johnny Cash. But he put his musical career on hold and joined the Air Force at age nineteen, for a four year stint that included a lengthy spell in England. On return to the USA he set his sights on a career as a songwriter and before long he was in Nashville and signed to Acuff Rose. Soon after Don Gibson had a coutry hit with Newbury’s Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings, and then Tom Jones had a worlwide hit with the song. Two years later, in the same week Newbury had four top five songs across four different charts, Pop/Rock, Easy Listening, Country and R&B, the latter three being number ones. This feat has not been repeated; and it also shows that Mickey Newbury was not really a country artist: if anything he could be seen as folk, but his style is really unclassifiable. He was a magnificent singer with a huge range, and his albums were works of art, but not big sellers, in part because of their eclecticism and also his growing disdain with the music business, especially in Nashville. But as a writer he remained huge, with over 1000 covers of his songs, by artists ranging from Elvis to Andy Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis to Joan Baez, Kenny Rogers to Solomon Burke, etc., etc. I had the great good fortune to bring Mickey to Australia for his only tour here, in 1984. On the four nights that he performed at my Melbourne venue, The Troubadour, I have never seen so much love flow from an audience to a performer. They all felt Mickey was a personal friend who had helped them through troubled times with his songs. And he was totally charming throughout the tour, a true Southern Gentleman. Sadly Mickey died at age 62 in 2002 from emphysema. I miss him and his music. Andrew Pattison

    About the Troubadour Foundation...
    By purchasing this CD you are furthering the mission of the Troubadour Foundation (est. 2007) to “Provide assistance and encouragement for the sustainability of Australian folk culture".

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Mike McClellan may be among the last of that generation of Australian singer songwriters to emerge from the great ‘folk scare’ of the 60s still actively writing, recording and performing, but there are few who would say “He should give it away, he’s too old.” (except perhaps his accountant). His late career creative resurgence has demonstrated beyond doubt that the talent that produced gold albums, classic songs, filled concert halls and led several reviewers to declare him a ‘national treasure’ remains undiminished, (although his accountant might suggest otherwise of his bank balance).Universally known as ‘The Song and Dance Man’ (yes, he still sings it but does a pretty ordinary soft shoe shuffle) his return to the stage has been greeted with delight and surprise – one festival goer leant across the table where he was signing CDs and quietly remarked “Someone told me you had died … pretty damned good for a dead bloke.”. He has no intention of shuffling off this mortal coil just yet, he’s enjoying himself too much. He’s a writer/performer of consummate skill. He might die at his desk, but not on the stage.

“I don’t recall when I first heard Mickey Newbury. I think it was around the late 60s. And I don’t remember the song. But I do remember, very vividly, being mesmerized by his voice and the quiet intensity of his music that sailed above the sea of innocuous, formulaic country music of the time. I think I knew the title of She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye before I’d heard it and was intrigued to discover that it is the very last line – a rare and wholly understandable conclusion to a remarkable song. And, as with most of his songs, it is brief yet rich in imagery, a masterly study in melancholic reflection. Among my vinyl collection are several treasured Mickey Newbury albums. Atmospheric and evocative they remain a benchmark I return to every now and then to remind myself that I still have much to learn.” mikemcclellan.com.au

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from Country folk sing Mickey Newbury, released February 26, 2021
Mike McClellan – vocals and guitar. Recorded and mixed at The Music Cellar by Rod McCormack.

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Festival Folk Sing Melbourne, Australia

The festival folk sing project brings together singers & musicians to record their own arrangements of songs written by influential & important songwriters.The concept was created by Marina Hurley in 2010 who wanted to capture the creative talents of the many artists who perform fantastic arrangements of other artists’ songs, yet often don’t record them.All profits go to the Troubadour Foundation. ... more

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