Heidi Muller & Bob Webb CD Release Party

Heidi Muller and Bob Webb are thrilled to release a CD with eleven of Heidi's own songs written over the past few years, plus the Loudendale mandolin instrumental that Bob instigated… and two songs from our dearly departed songwriter friend, TR Ritchie. We had some fantastic guest musicians helping us out in the studio: David Vallelunga (Chico, CA) on accordion, Mark Eubanks (Enterprise, OR) on bassoon and contrabassoon, Caleb Samples (Joseph, OR) on fiddle, Matt Bell (New Orleans) on swing rhythm guitar, Roger McGee (Enterprise, OR) on Native American flute, and William Pint & Felicia Dale (Marysville, WA) on hurdy gurdy, uke and vocals. Other wonderful vocalists on the project included Tracy Spring (Bellingham, WA), Sharon Porter (La Grande, OR), Janis Carper (Enterprise, OR) and Carolyn Lochert (Lostine, OR).

The CD features songs of place and story songs, moon songs and songs about ticks and hummingbirds. There’s the gripping story of Helga Estby, who walked across the US in 1896 in the hopes of saving her family farm. There are songs about our Wallowa County home and a song to travel home by. Three tracks are new, improved versions of the ones I contributed to the Songs From the End of the Road compilation CD: In Wallowa, Traveler, and Keep an Eye on the Moon. For the entire list, find Up Hurricane Creek on our Books & CDs page. Lyrics and notes appear on their own page (see list on home page). Check out the Listen tab on the home page for a couple of new songs you can preview.