Rachel Yeatts
songwriter
folk mountain sound
Blue GrassFire
photo credit: Debbie Wagner
In these videos, you can see
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.
