At the time, Leventhal had recently discovered the tuning C G D G B E, which, he writes in the liner notes, “opened up a world of new and elusive chord voicings, and they immediately seemed like a perfect match for Shawn’s unresolved narratives.” Colvin herself didn’t use that tuning (though it is very close to what became a common tuning for her: C G D G B D, or open-G with C in the bass), and she reworked some of Leventhal’s parts to play the songs live. He co-wrote all but two of the songs, and layered guitars, mandolin, keyboards, and more in the album’s deft pop-folk arrangements. The release includes seven bonus tracks-live recordings from the late ’90s, including strong solo versions of “Sunny” and “Get Out of This House.”Ĭolvin’s long-running collaboration with Leventhal, who also produced her Grammy-winning debut, Steady On, is at the core of A Few Small Repairs. “Sunny Came Home” and A Few Small Repairs are back in the spotlight with the recent 20th anniversary edition from Sony/Legacy. “I looked at this and thought, ‘You need to write a story about this woman who’s got a lit match and a big fire in the background.’” And that led Colvin to imagine Sunny, with her mysterious mission to “light the sky and hold on tight.” “In fact, I think I had it as ‘Jimmy Came Home’ at one point before I’d written the lyric to ‘The Facts about Jimmy.’” Then Colvin thought of the cover art she’d already chosen for the album-a painting by Texas artist Julie Speed. “I tried many things, and I didn’t crack it easily,” Colvin recalls. At the 11th hour of making the album that ultimately became A Few Small Repairs, Colvin was trying to complete a song based on a demo by John Leventhal, the album’s producer, and she struggled to find a lyrical angle. “S unny Came Home,” Shawn Colvin’s bright-sounding but lyrically dark song that scored Grammys in 1998 for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year, has a highly unlikely origin story. Tags: 000 Maniacs, 10, Amazon Prime, André Moran, Best Country Album Grammy, Billy Crockett, Billy Harvey, Blue Rock aLive!, Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Studio, Blue Rock Studio,, , Bob Merkett, Check the Oil,, Dixie Chicks, Dodee Crockett, Emily Saliers, /susannng, Gibson CL-35, Gibson EC-30, Gibson Guitars,, Grammy Awards,, , Immersive Virtual Concert, /susangibsonmusic, Jana Pochop,, John Denver, Kyle’s 88 Key Café, LEO KOTTKE, Lloyd Maines, M Music & Musicians Magazine, Merlin David, Michael Tarabay,, Nancy Gibson, Nancy Sue Ellison Gibson, NATALIE MAINES, Netflix, Randy’s Music Mart, SHAWN COLVIN, Steady On, Suburban, Susan Gibson,, Suzanne Vega, The Belle Sounds, The Blue Light, The Bugle Boy, The Chicks, The Congress House Studio, The Groobees,, Top Country Albums, Twitter.From the January 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERS Tags: ACL Live,, Allen Toussaint, Austin City Limits, Austin Vintage Guitars,, Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro, Beyerdynamic headphones,, Billie Holiday, Billy Crockett, Black Fret,, Blue Microphone, Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Studio, Blue Rock Studio, Blue Snowball, Bluebird,, , Bob Marley, Bobby Arnold, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Smither, Christopher Cross,, Chuck Pinnell,, Collings DS2H, Collings Guitar, Collings mandolin, Collings MTO Mandolin,, Dave McClinton,, David Gilmour, David Goodrich,, Dick Dubois, Dick Dubois Guitar Repair, Dodee Crockett, EDIE CAREY,, Emmylou Harris,, Epiphone F-45 Cortez, Epiphone Guitar, Epiphone Texan,, Erin Ivey,, /ErinIveyMusicPage, Goody, Grammy Festival at Sea,, Guild guitar,, Hamilton Pool, HANSON,, Harriet Wheeler, HEART,, , INDIGO GIRLS, /erinivey, JD Souther,, Kodaly, Kyser Capo,, Linda Ronstadt, Lost Girl, LR Baggs, LR Baggs Element,, M Music & Musicians Magazine, Martin 000-16, Martin Guitar, Martin Strings,, Merlin David,, Neumann KMS 105 mic,, Patrick Conway,, Paul McCartney, Pedernales Studio, Pink Floyd, RALPH STANLEY, SHAWN COLVIN,, Shure microphone, Shure SM58,, , Solace in the Wild, Suits, Taylor Hanson, The Client List, The Recording Academy, The Sundays, /erinivey, WILLIE NELSON
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