Rachel Yeatts
songwriter
folk mountain sound
Blue GrassFire
photo credit: Debbie Wagner
Rachel Yeatts, mandolin, lead vocals
Becca Maxwell, upright bass, harmonies
Steven Sellers, acoustic guitar
Simeon Davis, fiddle
Daniel Gussman, acoustic guitar
"Songwriting isn't brain surgery;
it's heart surgery."
--Guy Clark
Appalachian music...
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I've never lived in Appalachia, but people often say my music reminds them of their home in the mountains. Let me bring you high lonesome, down-home songs from the heart.
"I spilt the dew -
But took the morn - " (ll. 23-4)
--Emily Dickinson, "One sister have I in our house"
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Songwriting combines poetry and nonfiction in the mountain songs I love to learn and to write. This was the lucky year I found my way east to record a new album of songs coming in May 2022. Trouble Ain't Ours to Keep features all original songs and the first two co-writes I've ever done. Here's a sample track for you. Peace.
