Edit for headphones. The album has been reissued Check the album's site:
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/2385-the-family-of-apostolic
I like this music a lot, so I decided it deserves a place on Youtube.
About The Family of Apostolic. John Townley, interviewed by Kurt Benbenek:
"It was a general set of what my then wife Gilma and my friends and I were playing with at the time, both musically and recordingwise.
We were just seeing what a brand-new expensive toy like the first-ever 12-track state-of-the-art studio could do, along with the complete set of all kinds of international instruments I invested in to go along with it.
I produced the album and am all over it, but you'll notice fiddler Jay Ungar (of later "Achoken Farewell") fame from the PBS Civil War series) and a lot of other incredible talent mixing and matching to see what came out...
"Apostolic" in the title of the album refers to the 12-track recording equipment of the studio. (There were twelve apostles.)
- John Townley: guitar, bass, drums, banjo, mandolin, recorder, Del Ruba, Krumhorn, Rauschpfeife, beather, vocals, piano
- Gilma Townley: fiddle, drum, tambourine, organ, bass, harmonium, piano
- Deirdre Townley: vocals harmonium (on: "Taking me home")
- Jay Ungar: violin, mandolin, vocals
- Lyndon Hardy: vocals, tambourine
- Bob Berkowitz: piano, organ
- Peter Smith: bass, oud
- Richard Amster: bass
- Jerry Burnham: bass, drum, vocals, wind
- Randy Rand: Del Ruba
- Travis Jenkins: sax
- David Ames: clarinet
- Cyril Caster: trumpet, French horn
- Genie Ames: vocal, organ
- Nick Osborn: water, coughing, sniffling, yawning
- John Kilgore: water, coughing, sniffling, yawning
- Ben Syfu: water, coughing, sniffling, yawning
- Monica Boscia: weeping
- David Weiss: squalling
- J.K. Adams: chimes
- Ellson Standler: flute
- The Whole Family: party
Photography: John Townley - Gilma Townley
Engeneering: Randy Rand, Peter Atchley, John Kilgore, Matt Hoffman, John Townley
Recorded at: Apostolic Studios
Cover by: John Townley
Produced by: John Townley for Tenth Street Productions
Art direction: Jules Halfant
®© John Townley
®© therock&rollingsixties
(All rights reserved by the copyright owners. This nonprofit fan-made video is solely to promote awareness and interest in the artists and the music.)
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