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All of our CDs are available through County Sales at www.countysales.com or you can order our CDs and tapes by contacting us at vintage@vintageacoustic.cc. or calling 276-238-1375. Both SWEET PEACE and THE MASTERS GARDEN are available through CD Baby. Check it out at http://cdbaby.com/cd/billandmaggieanderson2 Our latest CD is now out:
Sweet Peace – our latest CD was released in May 2013. It was recorded at After 5 Studio by Jody King, who also did the producing, mixing and mastering. The photography was by Cheri Williams. Bill is playing a Brazilian OOOO short scale guitar he made and Maggie is playing that same sweet sapele dobro Bill made years ago for her. Bill is also playing a carved bass he put together and Jody is playing a banjo he made on “Stony Creek”. Our latest CD – Sweet Peace, is just now being released. The titles on it are:
The Master's Garden - is all-gospel! It was recorded and produced by Jimmy Edmonds, January 2010, mastered by Wes Easter with photography by Cheri Williams, and graphic design by Ben Anderson. Bill is playing the same short-scale guitar he played on our last album and a bass he put together (an all carved model). Maggie is playing that same sweet sapele dobro Bill made for her and Jimmy Edmonds played a fiddle he made on two of the cuts. It's not available through County Sales yet, but we're working on it and hope to have it available through CD-Baby and I-tunes soon. You can go to our fan page "Bill and Maggie Anderson" on Facebook for some audio clips.
Songs on it are: 1. The Master's Garden - Becky Buller, Goodnight Sparky Music, BMI 2. Tramp on the Street - Grady and Hazel Cole, Dixie Music Publishing Co. 3. It's Not What You Know - Carl Jackson/Jerry Salley, Universal Music-Mulitsong-US Latino 4. Born Again - Bill and Maggie Anderson, Vintage Acoustic 5. What a Friend We Have in Jesus - traditional 6. Fallen Leaves - Louis M. Jones 1968 Papa Lou Recordings, BMI 7. Little White Church - traditional 8. Sin City - Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman, Irving Music, Inc 9. Long Black Train - Josh Turner, Sony ATV 10. Ring the Bell - Chet O'Keefe, Street Publishing, ASCAP 11. God Spoke His Name, Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, ASCAP 12. I Am a Pilgrim - traditional 13. I See God Coming Down the Road, Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 14. How Great Thou Art - traditional High on a Mountain was recorded at Eastwood Studios, Cana, VA January 2009. Bill is playing his short-scale rosewood dreadnought and Maggie is still playing the sapele dobro he made for her.
This album has been very well received so far. The November 2009 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited said of it: "For homespun vocals supported by dynamic instrumentation, it would be almost impossible to top the music of Bill and Maggie Anderson" In it we continue to reflect our warm feelings for these beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and our love of the Gospel message. 1. "Won't You Come and Sing for Me?" - Hazel Dickens, Happy Valley Music, BMI 2. "High on a Mountain" - Ola Belle Reed, Midstream Music 3. "When Heavenly Hills Come Calling for Me" - Mark "Brink" Brinkman, Mark Brinkman Songs, BMI 4. "Silver Bells" - traditional 5. "Saro Jane" - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 6. "I Remember Memphis" - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 7. "Remember Me" - Scott Wiseman, Vogue Music 8. "Bells of Saint Mary" - traditional 9. "The Last Time" - Jerry House, Universal-Songs of Polygram 10. "God's Refrigerator" - Lisa Aschman, Nashville Geographic, and Karen Taylor-Good, KT Good Song 11. "Over the Waterfall" - traditional 12. "Take Me Over Jordan" - Becky Buller, Goodnight Sparky Music, BMI 13. "Cold Jordan" - traditional 14. "Just Like You" - Pete Wernick, Niwot Music, ASCAP
Going Home to the Fold recorded at Eastwood Studio, Cana, VA - May 2006. Bill is playing a Brazilian dreadnought that he built and Maggie is playing a sapele resonator guitar also built by Bill. Going Home to the Fold got a very nice review in the June issue of Bluegrass Now! Among other things, Johnny Pearce, the reviewer, said:" Little in the way of music exceeds the beauty of male/female harmony and Bill and Maggie harmonize to perfection. The simple instrumentation, which consists of an acoustic guitar, a Dobro, tasteful mandolin touches by Eddie Adcock, and a quiet bass track combine for an equally appealing string accompaniment." " ...A Dixie Hall song called "Follow Me Back to the Fold" is another with startlingly beautiful vocals, especially the soft harmony by Bill. The album is full of flowing songs that touch the heart. Fans of the vintage country duets will love this fine CD." In the liner notes for this CD, Martha Adcock says (the music of Bill and Maggie) "is about the pulse of life, the day-to-day striving and, most important, the search for something higher. Bill and Maggie choose songs they really connect with, and the way they sing and play them connects with their listeners." 1. City Folks Call Us Poor - Marshal Warwick 2. Going Home - Marshal Warwick 3. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - Autry Inman, ATV Tree 4. Follow Me Back to the Fold - Dixie Hall, Good Home Grown Music 5. Railroad Line - Leigh Gibson, Brown Bird Songs, BMI 6. My Heart's Own Love - Hazel Dickens, Happy Valley Music, BMI 7. His Glory Will Last - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 8. Wabash Cannonball - Traditional 9. Flatt Lonesome - Josh Graves, Peer International Corp. 10. Home Sweet Home/ Revisited - Rodney Crowell 11. Let Tomorrow Be - Becky Buller, Goodnight Sparky Music. BMI 12. Lost Soldier Son - Chris Brashear 13. Redwood Hill - Gordon Lightfoot, Early Morning Music 14. It is Well With My Soul - Horatio Spafford, Philis Bliss Road Into Town -
our fourth CD
We are honored to have Chris Stuart write the liner notes for this album and for Bill Knowlton to write a review calling it "another fine CD by two of Central New York's favorite oldtime country and bluegrass artists.... fully demonstrates (their) versatility..." This album was reviewed in the December 2004 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited in which Les McIntyre said "The music of Bill and Maggie Anderson has a warm down-home feeling, and hopefully 'Road Into Town' will introduce their music to new audiences." 1. Road Into Town - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 2. Oh Mandolin- Herb McCullogh, Debbie Nims, Taylor Pie 3. Silver Quarter - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 4. By the Mark - Gillian Welch/ David Rawlings 5. Open Road - Leigh Gibson, Brown Bird Songs, BMI 6. Wings of a Dove - arranged by Bill and Maggie Anderson 7. Silver and Gold - Lisa Aschmann/Mark Simos, Nashville Geographic (ASCAP)/Devachan Music BMI 8. Let Me Fly Low - Dixie Hall, BMI 9. Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch/David Rawlings 10. Dobro Chimes - B. Kirby, Ft. Knox Music, BMI 11. Ghost Stories - Bo Jamison/Jim Benson/Bill Cook, Dark Moon Music 12. California Cottonfields - Dallas Frazier 13. Thank You Jesus - Lyrics by Ken Oakley
River of Life - recorded at MasterView SoundCrafts/Airfire, Ithaca, NY , August 2001
Reviewed nicely in the March 2002 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited "Anyone who appreciates unpretentious vocal duets should find plenty to savor with River of Life." For this album, Bill is playing a Vintage Acoustic rosewood guitar model VA-41, Maggie is playing a Vintage Acoustic resonator guitar pictured in the resonator page of this site, model VA-D1. 1. Shenandoah Wind - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 2. Little Mountain Church House - Jim Rushing & Carl Jackson 3. Gold Watch and Chain - A.P. Carter 4. The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Jean Richie 5. The Baptism of Jesse Taylor - Frazier/Shafer 6. Jimmy Brown the Newsboy - A.P. Carter 7. Jimmy Brown Revisited - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 8. Till the End of the World Rolls Round - Newton Thomas 9. There is a Fountain - William Cowper 10. Second Wind - Claire Lynch/Pamela Brown 11. Hard Freeze - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI 12. Who Will Watch the Homeplace? - Kate Long 13. River of Life - Bill and Maggie Anderson 14. Prayer for the Road - Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI Order these albums now through vintage@vintageacoustic.cc or www.countysales.com |
