Wyndham Baird – “Meet Me By the Moonlight, Alone”
Americana Highways presents this premiere of Wyndham Baird’s version of the Stanley Brothers’ song, with the Carter Family lyrics “Meet Me By the Moonlight, Alone.” This song is from Wyndham’s forthcoming album After the Morning, which will be released on May 31 via Jalopy Records. After the Morning was produced by Eli Smith, recorded by Don Fierro and Eli Smith; and mastered by Don Fierro. Album front and back cover photos are by Eli Smith and design is by Dio Cramer.
“Meet Me By the Moonlight, Alone” is Wyndham Baird on guitar and lead vocals; Samoa Wilson on vocals; and Eli Smith on autoharp. Every part of this song is rustic, from the recording, to the forlorn, gritty vocals, to the lonesome hobo harp and the strumming guitar. It bodes very well for the forthcoming album.
I learned “Meet Me By The Moonlight” from The Carter Family when I was about twenty years old. When I first heard the Carter Family it felt like I was listening some long lost relatives. They sounded like they had been my great grandmother’s neighbors. Taking up Maybelle’s picking style set me free from the doldrums of riffing. Her playing taught me how to make the guitar sound good enough all by itself. That being said, Eli Smith’s autoharp lends our recording of “Moonlight” some rocking chair rhythm and Samoa Wilson’s harmony vocal sounds somehow like a roll top bread box. – Wyndham Baird
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