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Press Release
ALAN MOBERG launches 16th CD, REMEMBER ME
Soon to be inducted into the BC Country Music Hall of Fame
Who knew? That Salt Spring's own Alan Moberg had recorded that many CD's.
The same age as Bob Dylan, he has continued to make music for decades.
And because of an exciting repertoire that is uniquely Moberg-country folk-songs
of his beloved British Columbia and its peoples-Alan is to be inducted into the BC
Country Music Hall of Fame this August 17 at the Terry Fox Theatre in Port Coquitlam.
Alan has been recording his best CD yet over the past six months, with Ramesh Meyers
of Allowed Sound. REMEMBER ME has Songs of the Coast, Songs of the Country, Songs
of the Heart.
Hear sound clips from the CD here. The CD will be available
on iTunes by mid-August and is available right now on this web site! See
CD page here.
The heart of the collection is undoubtedly Rodney Crowell's Please Remember Me, which
Moberg delivers with the passion and power it demands. Blue Bayou and Roy Orbison fans,
get ready! This will be the version to have, with soaring, bell-like vocals and
Louisiana rhythms. And of course, there's something spiritual from his hero,
Johnny Cash.
These are songs to Dream by, Dance to, Delight in. Alan explores perhaps previously
uncharted territories of the heart, whether in the exquisitely slow and romantic
accordion rhythms of The Ganges Waltz; or in Above the Clouds, a most tender song of
love. Love has many forms and Sally June lyrically paints the caring and concerns of
parents for a rural child who has left home for the city.
This is also vintage Moberg, in reprises like the Ashcroft Stampede, backed by the
fine toe-tapping, swing-your-partner fiddle of Adrian Dolan of Victoria. Or
his signature song, Saltwater Cowboy, which reflects his blended musical influences.
Alan adds to his extensive body of British Columbia folk songs with Sunday Night
Seine Boats depicting the heyday of the fishing industry.
Some of the finest island musicians have worked on the recording. Bill Henderson's
guitar breaks out in Alan's hot country dance tune, Working Fool. Donn Tarris
adds incredible dimensions with his soft and swaying slide guitar. Ramesh Meyers
provides harmonies so fine they seem like shadows, as well as the solid and stylish
bass underpinnings.
A breakout for Moberg is a song co-written with his Vancouver Island friend, Ed
Peekeekoot, of the Ahtahkakoop Cree First Nation. A saucy, sentient song called
Red Man Plays the Blues, this duet was chosen as the first track.
Order your "Remember Me" CD now!.
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