Sometimes a song arrives almost fully formed after inspiration strikes.
'Big Stone Lifter' is one of them. Inspired by a Blindboy podcast interview with an Irish fella called David Keohan. As well as being top crack and a great musician, David lifts massive stones. There are many reasons why, but one of them is to resurrect and preserve ancient pre-Christian folklore & traditions. It's a tradition almost wiped out by the many famines in Ireland.
In my mind, it immediately needed to be a bluegrass song.
Recorded at Homefire Studio in Yorkshire.
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