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Warbler 06:41
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Sally Ann 03:58
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Troubles 02:42
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Someday Soon 03:00
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Hallelujah 04:42
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500 Miles 02:55
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Sweet Lizzie 02:39
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about

Recorded Spring 2022
by Michael Harmon at Wachusett Sound,
Princeton, Massachusetts, and at
The Record Co., Boston, Massachusetts.
Mastered by Dan Richardson
up in the basement.
Cover art by Ben Wetherbee.
Design & photos by Joe Pete Wetherbee.

Thank you to Michael Harmon for recording,
Dan Richardson for mastering,
Joe Pete Wetherbee for design & photos,
Passim Pear Fund for their generous support,
and Michael Donoghue for his input.

Enormous gratitude
to the musicians
for their guidance and
outstanding playing.

credits

released February 3, 2023

Ben Wetherbee - Fiddle, Guitar (tracks 7 & 9), Vocals
Ruth Rappaport - Guitar, Piano (track 16), Vocals
Stuart Kenney - Bass (all except tracks 7-9)
Steve Bigelow - Bass (tracks 7-9)
Joel Wennerstrom - Banjo (tracks 3, 6, 10, 13-15, 17)
Victor Furtado - Banjo (tracks 1, 2, 4, 11)
Joe Pete Wetherbee - Electric Guitar (tracks 7-9)
Michael Harmon - Percussion (tracks 7 & 9)

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Ben Wetherbee and Ruth Rappaport Boston, Massachusetts

We are a mother-son duo and string band based out of Boston, MA. Ruth Rappaport plays guitar, piano, and sings and has been playing old time music since the 1970s. She played in the seminal Boston string band The Poodles before playing with her son, Ben. Ben grew up immersed in the the Northeastern old time scene and has been playing fiddle for most of his life. He is also a songwriter and artist. ... more

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