Raising boys is a huge responsibility. I never want one of my sons to grow up to harm someone else's daughter. In the past few years, going through the "Me Too" era, as well as the 2016 election and aftermath, a lot of past trauma that I thought I had "gotten over" was brought up for me. Many circumstances, things I just chalked up to what I could expect going through life as a woman.... I felt angered by these experiences again. I look at these sweet, innocent little boys I am raising and I see future men. How do I raise them to be good men? How do I not put my own past anger and trauma from other men on their backs? These are things I think about daily.
from
Witness,
released October 28, 2022
All songs written by Angela Easterling
©2017-2021 DE L’EST Music (ASCAP)
Except:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
By Woody Guthrie and Martin Hoffman
©1961, 1963 Ludlow Music (BMI)
Produced by Brandon Turner.
Tracks 1, 3, and 10
Recorded at Studio 101, Woodruff, SC
Engineered and mixed by Brad Phillips.
Tracks 2, 4, 8 and 9
Recorded at Southeastern Sound, Campobello, SC
Engineered and mixed by Buddy Strong.
With additional recording at Mill Street Studio, Inman, SC.
Tracks 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12
Recorded at Studio 101, Woodruff, SC
Engineered and mixed by Ian Guthrie.
Additional recording for all tracks at Crooked Floor Studio, Greer, SC
Engineered by Brandon Turner.
Mastered by James DeMain at Yes Master, Nashville, TN.
Musicians:
Brandon Turner: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Lap Steel, Resonator Guitar, Bass (Track 2), Upright Bass (Track 5), Piano, Organ, Banjo, Harmony Vocals.
Don McGraw: Bass
Jeff Hook: Drums and percussion (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12)
Scott Stinson: Drums and percussion (Tracks 3, 5, and 8)
Ted Lucktenberg: Mandolin (Track 5), Cello (Track 11)
David Rice: Fiddle (Track 5)
Fayssoux Starling McLean: Harmony Vocals (Track 5)
Ian Guthrie: Harmony Vocals (Tracks 5, 7, and 12)
Angela: Vocals, Harmony Vocals, and Acoustic Guitar.