Play at Home, by John Relph

Play at Home

by John Relph

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1.	Myopia Byrne's 02:27	info	buy track
2.	Salamanders in the Sun 02:04	info	buy track
3.	Halfway There 02:11	info	buy track
4.	Don't Tell Me 02:46	info	buy track
5.	Another Aerostar 02:57	info	buy track
6.	Pearl 02:48	info	buy track
7.	De Golyer Hornpipe 01:22	info	buy track
8.	New Age Reaction 02:43	info	buy track
9.	Invention No. 8 00:59	info	buy track
10.	Only Shallow 02:55	info	buy track
11.	Broken Nail 01:38	info	buy track
12.	Princess Beatrice 01:14	info	buy track
13.	Shot 18 02:56	info	buy track
14.	Byrne’s Favorite Hornpipe 01:14	info	buy track
15.	Technological Limitations Opus 1 04:22	info	buy track

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All songs recorded at home on the trusty Tascam Porta One four-track cassette machine by John Relph, between 1987 and 2001, except for (8). All instruments by John Relph, except slide guitar on (16) by Will Rusch.

Thanks to Will Rusch for the Tascam. Thanks to Kevin Rardin for the use of the Yamaha QR10 rhythm box on (6). Thanks to Kirk Sanders for the drum machine and electric guitar on (8). Thanks to Adrienne McConnell for the tambourine.

credits

released April 23, 2023

(1, 5, 7, 14) from Cole’s 1000 Fiddle Tunes, (2) written by Steve Vai, (3, 4, 8, 11, 15) by John Relph, (5, 6) by Andy Partridge (XTC), (9) by J. S. Bach, (10, 16) by Kevin Shields/Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine), (12) by W. B. Laybourn, (13) by Justin Sullivan/Rob Heaton (New Model Army).

John plays a 1917 Gibson A mandolin, a 1973 Gibson J-50 guitar, a 1981 John Stump octave mandolin, an Alesis SR-16 drum machine, a Washburn Series 1000 Status electric bass, an Ovation 1867 (Fripp) electro-acoustic guitar, a 1991 Lawrence Smart F-5 mandolin, rain stick, tambourine, toy piano, and other instruments, mostly in that order.

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John Relph Bethesda, Maryland

John Relph has played mandolin, acoustic guitar and other instruments since he was a boy. He plays American old time fiddle tunes, celtic, bluegrass, classical, jazz, blues and rock. He is a four-time California State picking champion on both mandolin and guitar and is in demand as an accompanist at fiddle contests in the West. He plays with acoustic bands in the Washington DC area. ... more

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