THE SUMMER OF 2010 PRESENTED ITSELF AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD
A DIFFERENT PROJECT FROM SHANE'S NORM. SHANE REACHES BACK TO HIS YOUTH TO RECORD A HYMNAL STYLE SONG (PRAISE YE THE
LORD) CO-WRITTEN WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS A BIG SPIRITUAL AND MUSICAL INSPIRATION DURING HIS CHILDHOOD. SHANE ALSO
INCLUDES TRACKS ON THIS PROJECT RECORDED WITH SOME OF HIS REGULAR LIVE PERFORMANCE BAND MATES SUCH AS ZENITH STAR AND SCOTT
KNIGHT.
" 'I MADE IT
HOME' WAS WRITTEN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FUNERAL OF MY STEPSISTER, MICHELLE MCGOVERN UPON THE REQUEST OF HER SON. IT
WAS PERFORMED THE NEXT DAY AT THE FUNERAL WITH PIANIST ZENITH STAR." IT WAS RECODED IN A STYLE SIMILAR TO SHANE'S
PREVIOUS RECORDINGS.
THE CHORUS FOR "PRAISE YE THE LORD" HAS BEEN SUNG BY MARGARET
RITZ, SHANES MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, FOR MANY YEARS (~30). SHE SAYS THAT "THE LORD GAVE ME THAT CHORUS. " THIS YEAR
SHANE SAT DOWN TO FINISH WRITING THE SONG WITH HER IN A STYLE THAT FITS THE TONE OF THE SONG. THE DUO GOT TOGETHER TO RECORD
THE VOCALS ON THIS SONG IN AUGUST 2010 IN A COUNTRY/GOSPEL STYLE.
"I'LL FLY MEDLEY" IS A COMPILATION
OF MANY SONGS THAT SHANE GREW UP ON RAISED IN A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND FAMILY. HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE RECORDINGS WITH
HIS GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT AUNTS SINGING AS THEY DID IN HIS CHILDHOOD COUNTRY CHURCH. SINCE HIS GREAT AUNT, MAC, IS NOW GONE
HE BROUGHT ON HER DAUGHTERS, PHYLLIS AND CASSIA, AS THEY HAVE SIMILAR TONES TO HER. IT MAY BE COUNTRY GOSPEL BUT ITS
STILL ROCKIN!'
"I Made It Home"
Written by Shane Prather
Guitar Iguana Publishing, ASCAP 2010
Scott
Knight ~ Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Zenith Star ~ Piano
Gabe Katona ~ Organ
Allan Marler ~ Drums
Tyler
Bridge ~ Bass
Coleman Stuart ~ Banjo
Background Vocals ~ April Sandridge Adams, Ashley Sandridge Jackson, Marissa
Haye
"Praise Ye The Lord"
Written by Shane Prather and Margaret
Ritz
Guitar Iguana Publishing, ASCAP 2010
Scott
Knight ~ Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin
Allan Marler ~ Drums
Tyler Bridge ~ Bass
Coleman Stuart ~ Banjo
Background Vocals ~ Margaret Ritz
"I'll Fly Medley"
Arranged
by Shane Prather
Guitar Iguana Publishing, ASCAP 2010
Scott Knight ~ Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin
Zenith Star ~ Piano
Allan Marler ~ Drums
Tyler Bridge ~ Bass
Coleman Stuart ~ Banjo
Background Vocals ~ Cassia Upton, Margaret Ritz, Phyllis Upton, Zenith
Star
All songs produced by Shane Prather
Recording Studios (Monticello, MS): Route 1 Studio
Recording
Studios (Nashville, TN): Good Knight Studio, Wynwood Studio
Engineers: Nick Smith (Route 1), Scott Knight, Glen Kykendal
Edits: Scott Knight and Shane Prather
Mixed by: George Tutko - Nashville, TN
Mastered
by: Mike Rosen - Nashville, TN
CD Graphic Design: Mediaworks, Nashville, TN
Cover Photo by Krishna Sethi Wojcik
Back Cover Photo by Shane Prather (Bonaire, N.A.)
Thanks to GOD for his many blessing and the gift of music.
