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The Tioga Recording Sessions

by Wilson-Fairchild

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Roses in a Teapot 04:26
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No Expectations 04:57
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Liberated Lady 02:14
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Diane 06:08
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Blind 02:43
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Window Pains 06:10
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A Man is Only as Good as His Guitar 05:48
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Thinking About You 03:04
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Beam Me Up Scotty 04:11
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Carter Wilson and Les Fairchild began their musical association in 1965 as guitar players in the Twin Falls, Idaho rock & roll band, "The Betas." They would reunite in 1970 when Les replaced the bass player in Carter's Boise-based band, "Of Cambrian Heritage" that later morphed into the progressive rock band, "Sailor." After "Sailor" disbanded in 1971, Carter and Les performed at open mike night at The Brass Lamp, each playing a twelve-string guitar, and "Wilson-Fairchild" was born! The duo recorded a home-made demo tape, landed a great gig in Sun Valley and became full time musicians. In addition to Carter' original tunes, Diane and Blind, (performed together in "Sailor"), Les contributed his first original song with the tongue-in-cheek Liberated Ladies*, featuring Carter's balalaika virtuosity. Soon both were individually composing new songs, adding varied instruments to their performances such as the dulcimer, slide guitar, mandolin, banjo and bowed psaltery. Based in Boise, Idaho, Wilson-Fairchild toured extensively from 1971 to 1977. In 1973 they had the good fortune to record five songs at the brand new Tioga Studio in Coos Bay, Oregon, returning in 1975 to record an additional four original tunes. During their time together, Wilson-Fairchild played colleges throughout the West, clubs from California to Connecticut, and opened for Steve Miller, Elvin Bishop, Leon Redbone and even Cheech & Chong, before amicably moving on to other endeavors. In 2013, after a 36 year hiatus, Wilson-Fairchild reunited to play the Sandpiper Circuit Reunion Concert in Boise, Idaho. They had so much fun playing together again they dusted off the Tioga Studio tapes and released their first CD. Enjoy!

*The song "Liberated Ladies" was written as a joke to razz a good friend who was and is a very liberated lady. The writer is in no way a sexist, chauvinist or misogynist as his liberated wife of 25 plus years will attest.

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released November 25, 2013

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Progressive acoustic folk-rock strewn with bits of Idaho, Sci-Fi and russian folk music.

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