JUST 12 YEARS OLD / WHEN HIS MOTHER DIED / HE WAS AN ORPHAN, THOUGH HIS FATHER SURVIVED
ONE OF 18 BORN, OR SO / THE REAL NUMBER NO ONE KNOWS / AND SHE WAS ONLY 39
NOT WELCOME AT HOME / STEP MOM COULDN’T COPE - SENT TO WORK A FARM / THAT AN UNCLE OWNED
COULD NOT ABIDE BY THEIR / ADVENTIST DECREES / VOLUNTEERED FOR WAR / AT ONLY SEVENTEEN
HIS STORIES ECHO IN MY EARS / AND WHEN MY PATHWAY ISN’T CLEAR
IT’S HIS GUIDING VOICE I HEAR….AND I’M STILL LISTENING…
RUNNING WILD AT 21 / A NAVY VET OUT ON THE TOWN / A HELLION WITH AN UNTAMED HEART / NO THOUGHT TO SETTLE DOWN
SHE WAS A SWEET 15 YR OLD / FROM AN ANGRY, TROUBLED HOME / MET A CHARMING OLDER MAN / THE STORY IS WELL KNOWN
AND NATURE RAN IT’S COURSE / AND NATURE HAD IT’S SAY / NATURES E-TERNAL SURPRISE / A BABY ON THE WAY
ALL THEY HAD WERE POOR EXAMPLES / EITHER WEAK OR ABSENTEE / HAD TO GROW UP AS THEY LEARNED / TO MAKE A FAMILY
THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE GONE ALL WRONG / AGAINST ALL ODDS THEIR LOVE WAS STRONG
AND THEY WROTE THEIR OWN LOVE SONG…. …
A JUNIOR INHERITS A WEIGHT / A PATRIMONIAL ESTATE / ALTHOUGH I CARRY ON HIS NAME / I’M NOT THE SAME
BUT I’M STILL LEARNING …AND LISTENING STILL
MY OLDER SISTERS TRIED HIS PATIENCE / THEIR TEENAGE BATTLES PAVED MY WAY / AND I WAS BORN A SON, A JUNIOR /
THEN DAVE A FAVORITE MISTAKE
LOVING, GENEROUS AND KIND / HE BUILT A LIFE TO HIS OWN PLAN / I CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE / A BETTER FATHER OR A MAN
GONE NOW ALMOST 30 YEARS / WHEN MY PATHWAY ISN’T CLEAR / IT’S HIS GUIDING VOICE I HEAR
AND I’M STILL LISTENING…
from
Americana Motel,
released March 5, 2022
Rosco & FOR Collective:
1-62 (Selley, Reed)
2- Soaring (Selley, Reed, Robertson, Kranz)
3 -Better Off (Selley, Reed, Petty)
4-The Home (Selley, Reed, Kranz, Robertson)
5- Let It Wash Away (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
6- I’m Still Listening (Selley)
7-The Next Rodeo (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
8-Tomorrow Starts In The Dark (Robertson, Selley)
9-Happy Song (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
Produced by Andy Reed, Michael Robertson, and Rosco
Engineered and Mixed by Andy Reed, Recorded at Reed Recording, Bay City, MI
Mastered by Duncan Ferguson at The Voltage Exchange in East Nashville, Tennessee
Musicians:
Andy Reed: Drums (Tracks 3,5,8), Bass, Electric Guitar (Lead on Track 3), Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals (Tracks 1,5,7,9), Keyboards (Track 6), Drum And Percussion Programming
Michael Robertson: Electric Guitar (Lead on tracks 1,4,6,8), Acoustic & Resonator Guitar, Lead Vocal (Track 8), Background Vocals (Tracks 1,5,7,9)
Loren Kranz: Drums (Tracks 2,4), Keyboards (Tracks 1,3,4,5,7) , Accordion (Track 5)
Donny Brown: Drums (Tracks 1,3,6,7,9) Background Vocals (Track 1,5,7,9)
Scott Van DelL: Electric Guitar (Tracks 1,7)
Amy Petty: Lead Vocal (Track 3) Background Vocal (Track 2)
Lora Dale: Background Vocal (Track 4)
Sayge Ackerman: Background vocals (Track 9)
Dave Selley: Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn (Track 9), Background Vocals (Track 1,5,6,9)
Joe Balbaugh: Trombone (Track 9), Background Vocals (Tracks 1,9)
Christin Nielsen: Background Vocals (Track 1,9)
Kora Nixon: Background Vocals (Track 1,9)
Rosco: Lead Vocal, Harmonica (and fake Cello, Double Bass, Horn, and Organ Patches), Electric Guitar (Track 9)
