The Hard Part of Flying, by Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus

The Hard Part of Flying

by Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus

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Official national release July 1, 2017. Available now.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Going the Distance, Live at Jumping Dog Studio Halloween Eve 2020, 27 Voices (Live), I Never Give Up (live), Collection 2008-2018, The Hard Part of Flying, The Great Unknown, Ray of Hope, and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore 03:05	info	buy track
2.	Learning To Fall 02:34	info	buy track
3.	How Did We Come To This? 02:19	info	buy track
4.	When I Was The King 02:32	info	buy track
5.	Ghosts in This Room Tonight 03:03	info	buy track
6.	Drunk in Baltimore 03:00	info	buy track
7.	She Doesn't Love Him Anymore 03:23	info	buy track
8.	Doin' Time 02:50	info	buy track
9.	I'm Not Singing For You 02:08	info	buy track
10.	Down at the Anchor Inn 04:17	info	buy track
11.	Still Got A Little Wild In Me 02:52	info	buy track

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released July 5, 2016

Produced by Ron Flynt
Recorded and Mixed by Ron Flynt at Jumping Dog Studios, Austin TX
Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio, Inc, Austin TX
the photo on this page is by Jenny Eskey
Cover by Matt Eskey

Jim Patton: vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Sherry Brokus: vocals, percussion
Ron Flynt: bass, piano, keyboards, acoustic rhythm guitar, harmonies, percussion, accordion
Warren Hood: fiddle
Rich Brotherton: acoustic lead guitar, mandolin, cittern, dobro, classical guitar
Marvin Dykhuis: acoustic lead guitar, 12-string guitar, classical guitar, mandolin, dobro
John Bush: Percussion
Mary Cutrufello: acoustic lead guitar
Scrappy Jud Newcomb: classical guitar
Julie Carter: cello

1. My Hometown's Not My Hometown Anymore (Patton-Talmadge)
2. Learning to Fall (Patton-Brooks)
3. How Did We Come to This? (Patton-Talmadge)
4. When I Was The King (Patton-Talmadge)
5. Ghosts in This Room Tonight (Jim Patton)
6. Drunk in Baltimore (Patton-Himes)
7. She Doesn't Love Him Anymore (Patton-Talmadge)
8. Doin' Time (Patton-Talmadge)
9. I'm Not Singing For You (Jim Patton)
10. Down at the Anchor Inn (Jim Patton)
11. Still Got a Little Wild in Me (Patton-Brooks)

tracks 1,3,4,7, and 8 © Independent Alligator Pub. Co. (ASCAP) and Tot Ziens Music (BMI)
tracks 2 and 11 © Independent Alligator Pub. Co. (ASCAP) and Casa del Frog Music (BMI)
track 6 © Independent Alligator Pub. Co. (ASCAP) and Red Wheelbarrow Music (BMI)
tracks 5, 9 and 10 © Independent Alligator Pub. Co. (ASCAP)

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Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus Austin, Texas

Austin folk rock songwriters Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus released “Collection 2008-2018” and it went to #12 on the Folk-DJ Charts in Feb. 2020. Songs which dive deep into characters whose lives haven't worked out as planned with Airplane/Everly Bros. Wall of Sound harmonies and fiddles, mandolins, and acoustic guitars passionately playing Byrds/Band style roots music. ... more

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