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Live Revival of Folk Blues Track, Originally from "Trick Fiction"
From Paul Mark:
In front of live mics and cameras in New York City with long-time collaborator James Strain, a style purist who always keeps you pointed towards musical true north.
Over the years James and I would joke that we should cut an album of duets – we’d rehearsed together for so many years in prep for band sessions that we began to think we sounded pretty good playing without them. Well maybe…
The original Fear of Grief track (listen here) was recorded as part of the album Trick Fiction by Paul Mark & The Van Dorens, released in 2006. Given the slam-bang tone of much of that album (opening track was Fritos, BBQ and Scotch), I’d intentionally written a couple of change-of-pace songs just before those sessions began. The idea was to slow things down a bit. Grief was a folk ballad that resulted.
“‘Trick Fiction’, recorded in Memphis at Ardent Studios, is jam-packed with killer guitar and some of the coolest lyrics we’ve heard in quite some time!…A definite breath of fresh air on the blues scene, Paul Mark and the Van Dorens have hit it big with ‘Trick Fiction’.”
– Music City Blues