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Amy Gallatin, born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, lived in several states before settling in the West, where she was raised. During her ten years in Idaho and Montana, she had the good fortune of being able to work at two of her loves in life: horses and music. Amy helped to organize the horseback riding programs and was the featured entertainer at various guest ranches. Her performing background had been as a solo artist out West prior to her meeting some Connecticut musicians while wintering in New England in 1992. The next winter Amy scheduled recording sessions with her new musician friends for her first release, Northern Girl. She also walked away from that studio venture with the nucleus of a working band, which included mandolinist/guitarist Kevin Lynch.
So, with the opportunity to tour as a working unit, Amy packed her guitar and moved east in the fall of 1993 to pursue her music. Four albums later (including a live album and a project recorded in Nashville with ace producer Rich Adler), Amy Gallatin and her band Stillwaters have taken the stage at some of the most prestigious venues in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe. They were invited in 1996, '98, and 2003 to tour several European countries. Their most recent performances in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark drew extremely enthusiastic crowds at house concerts, music clubs, theaters, country & bluegrass festivals, and National Radio. Amy & Stillwaters represented the United States as the featured performers at the European World of Bluegrass convention in The Netherlands in May '98. Amy is at home singing various musical styles -- country, folk, bluegrass or western swing; branding each song with soulful sincerity.
The Long Way Home, recorded in Nashville, TN, is Amy's first solo effort. Grammy award-winning producer Rich Adler, who has worked with such noted musicians as Alison Krauss, Johnny Cash, Tom Paxton, David Mallett, Iris DeMent and Neil Young, assembled a cast of top-flight musicians for the project. In addition to fiddle wizard Randy Howard (who also plays mandolin on the project) the album features1998 IBMA Bass Player of the Year Missy Raines, and 1997 and 1998 IBMA Dobro Player of the Year Rob Ickes. Awards aside, it's the cohesiveness of the project as a whole--an Adler trademark--that makes this album a triumphant national debut for Amy Gallatin. "I'd say the album has an acoustic country feel, only with a wider range of contemporary, varied material," Amy says. "l knew without a doubt the instrumentation had to be acoustic, as all my albums have been." Jeff White, currently touring with Vince Gill, and a superb bluegrass musician in his own right, joins Amy for a lively duet on "Wake Me When That Sun Goes Down" penned by South Dakota songwriter Hank Harris. Guitarist and session leader Steven Sheehan, a Nashville veteran, has chalked-up projects with David Mallett and Claire Lynch, among many others. Percussionist Pat McInerney, renowned for his studio work as well as his tours with folk artist Nanci Griffith, rounds out the cast along with Jim Hoke on harmonica and clarinet.
The album is garnering airplay from coast to coast and has been featured on Prime Cuts of Bluegrass and Acoustic Rainbow compilations. The title cut was co-written by noted bluegrass singer/songwriter Claire Lynch and Steven Sheehan. Gallatin's fans have long awaited her recording of Guy Clark's "Immigrant Eyes," as well as the finale "Rancher's Lullaby," both of which she has been performing with her band Stillwaters for some time. "I couldn't be happier with Rich's production and all the musicians on this album," Amy says. "It's a dream come true for me to be able to work with any one of them, much less all of them together."

Personnel & Songs

Amy Gallatin -- Vocals

Including special guests:
Randy Howard--Fiddle and mandolin
Steven Sheehan--Guitar
Missy Raines--Upright bass
Rob Ickes--Dobro and "Ickesenborn" steel guitar
Jeff White--Harmony and duet vocals
Pat McInerney--percussion
Jim Hoke--Harmonica and clarinet

Check out the artist's website:
http://amygallatin.com

Track List:
1. Baton Rouge
2. On the Road
3. The Long Way Home
4. Waiting For You
5. I Get Lonely for You
6. Here We Go
7. Immigrant Eyes
8. Wake Me When That Sun Goes Down
9. Voice of the Big Guitar
10. Pete's Lovesick Blues
11. This City Life
12. Just Passin' Through
13. Rancher's Lullaby

Other Genres:

• COUNTRY: Bluegrass
• COUNTRY: Country Folk
• SOLO FEMALE ARTIST