NEWBURY, MICKEY - Blue To This Day

Blue To This Day" is the final album Mickey Newbury recorded prior to his death in 2002 and was released posthumously in 2003 on Mountain Retreat. The album is a moving testament to the unique talent of one of America's greatest singer-songwriters and an almost superhuman achievement given the state of his health at the time it was recorded. Mickey Newbury was plagued in later years by chronic lung disease and often had an oxygen tank on hand during the sessions. Like its predecessors, "Lulled by the Moonlight" and "Stories >From The Silver Moon Café", it again features a mix of notable Nashville session veterans (among them Mack Gayden and Kenny Malone who played on the series of albums recorded Cinderella Sound that made up Mickey's "American Trilogy") alongside guitarist Jack Williams and violinist Marie Rhines, who both accompanied Mickey on live dates. Among the highlights is a "Tilde", a staggering re-interpretation of Leadbelly's "Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie" and a poignant new version of Mickey's classic song, "Remember the Good", which first appeared on his seminal 1971 album "Frisco Mabel Joy" (reissued last year as part of the "An American Trilogy" box set) and was subsequently recorded by Roy Orbison. This new edition of "Blue to This Day" is housed in a digi-sleeve with a 24-page booklet featuring lyrics and written tributes to Mickey Newbury written by friends and colleagues Record Label: Mountainretreat Style: Folk