Tunesmith records6/23/2023 ![]() Rick says that he was inspired to write by seeing eyewitness accounts, preserved by the history, of the flooding in a town that simply disappeared. Anyone who saw the classic O Brother, Where Art Thou film by the Coen Brothers will recall that just such an eventuality was a central plot point in the story. The town of Dana was given over to the flooding, along with three others, when this area in the central part of the state was intentionally flooded to create a large, man-made lake. He’s definitely one of the good guys.īut don’t forget the music! Lang is a tremendous writer whose personal expansion of the bluegrass catalog has added a wealth of songs to the genre, with dozens of artists recording his compositions in addition to his eight solo albums.Īnother is revealed today, Lost Town, his first single for Dark Shadow, that tells of a the flooding of parts of Massachusetts in 1938 in order to put the Quabbin Dam and Reservoir into operation. ![]() Not only is Rick a gracious and self-effacing person, he is exceedingly generous to the bluegrass community, sharing the proceeds from his music by funding scholarships for young songwriters and other charitable efforts. ![]() While most writers are happy to see their songs cut on records by popular artists, Lang goes the other way, bringing them in to sing his songs on his own projects. And there is nobody in our industry that isn’t pleased to work with him. Rick has had an unusually prominent career as a tunesmith, producing a number of albums of his songs, performed by a who’s who of bluegrass vocalists. Dark Shadow Recording has announced the signing of award-winning bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang, with a new single for one of his songs releasing today.
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