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The Lac Sam Session

by Bluebird, Townie, Joe Abbott

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about

The Lac Sam Session is a collaboration between three Canadian alt-country acts—Bluebird, Townie & Joe Abbott—and it comes out on March 17th 2023 via Baby Horse Records.

After a long drive from Montreal and into the Gatineau Hills in February, the group hiked up to a small cabin on Lac Sam, pulling sleds in deep snow carrying gear, instruments and enough provisions for 3 days of recording.

The entire album was recorded with the musicians placed around a kitchen table with a single microphone array at its centre, all live off the floor with only acoustic instrumentation and no overdubs. One person would present a song and then everybody else would fall into place, picking up an instrument and seeing what ideas they had to fit into it. The result for the listener is a raw, magical and intimate portrait of a moment in time with these incredible musicians and songwriters.

This is the third in a remote session series of albums produced by James Healey, where the bands and James go to a remote setting and record on location, the first two being The Wakefield Session (Bluebird, 2020) and The Healey Sessions (Evrytt Willow, 2021). This is the first, though, on which James plays and sings.

credits

released March 17, 2023

Musicians:
 
Theo Story, Dan Beasy, Joe Abbot, Jon Evans, James Healey, Lenny Sharp 


Production:

 
Produced by James Healey
 
James Healey - Recording Engineer 
 
James Healey & Liam Choi – Mix Engineers
 
Matt Damron – Mastering Engineer
 
 
Additional Production:
 
Dan Beasy – Production Coordination
 
William Poulin – Post Production Coordination & Press
 
 
Artwork:
 
Photos on cover taken on location by Theo Story 
 
Cover Design by William Poulin  
 
 
Label:
 
Babyhorse Records 2023
 

Special Thanks:
 
Jen Gibbs and the whole Gibbs family 
Lenny Sharp for helping with logistics leading up & during
Daniel Bevc & John Klepko for the helpful feedback


Songwriters:

James Munro Lewis Healey

Theodore Cole Story

William Joseph Alexander Abbott

Jonathan Evans

Helene Sharp


Foolish Man 

Written by Theo 


Pick Me Up 

Written by James Healey


Where the Coho Flash Silver 

Written by Lloyd Arntzen



Coming Up Roses 

Written by Dan Beasy


Six More Weeks of Winter 

Written by Joe Abbott


Out Of Tune Out Of Touch 

Written by Theo Story


Peninsula 

Written by James Healey


The Witch

Written By Theo Story


Something is a Way 

Written by Dan Beasy


The Engine Flow 

Written by James Healey


Coffee and Her Smile 

Written by Joe Abbot

**Additional Writing contributions by Dan and Theo


An End to An Evening 

Written by Jon Evans 

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Baby Horse Records Montreal, Québec

A community based, artist run label out of Montreal, Quebec.

Indie, Alt-Country, Rock, Canadiana.

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