![]() He only had my rough sketchwork tape to go on. It became a new song to me, a thousand times more mournful and soulful.įM: In the studio, Gordon Mote, an amazingly musical blind pianist, took it to a whole other level. That set Fred to thinking about the song, and he went to the piano and started playing a beautiful chord progression under the melody that made me think about the song in a completely different way. We were going over what songs to do, and Sandy McGraw, Fred’s assistant, mentioned that his aunt Margaret Whiting, a big band/jazz/pop/country singer in the ‘40s and ‘50s recorded it. “I Can’t Help It If I’m Still I Love With You,” I’ve known inside out and done many times, but it’s a good example. You can have a song you really love, but until you do it, you really don’t know how it’s going to play out. We changed out some of the songs I had sung a million times, and added some that were huge hits in both country and pop.įM: There was a lot of preparation she is very astute about the history of songs and knowing what a great song is. I had done a few shows called the Nashville Songbook for some time. And it all came together really very quickly. MB: (Laughing) It helps when it all comes together and you have a great producer and a great band. ![]() It is so rare that you can have someone like her, who is so astute as a curator in one sense, and has a voice that ranks with the best ever in many styles. Mandy is truly a keeper of the flame of all that was great in country music. There are parts of it that are country, and all the songs have a strong Nashville connection. He brought all the great players and his talent to the table.ĮM: Can we speak a little about the very beginning of it?įred Mollin: At our first meeting to talk about possibly signing Mandy to record for Melody Place Records, I had a bunch of ideas on a notepad, but before I had a chance to discuss them (he starts laughing), she said, “You know Fred, I don’t want to do another country album.” And so, here we are in August of 2020, in pandemic land, and on August 21st we release a record that is NOT really another country album, it’s rather a traditional pop album. MB: We are very proud of this, and so thrilled that Fred wanted to make it happen. That song, definitely from my childhood, holds a lot of nostalgia for me as do many country songs from the ’80s.ĮM: It certainly feels great, and puts you in the mood for all good stuff that follows in a beautifully sequenced album. Mandy Barnett: It just felt right and had good energy. Įlmore Magazine: Mandy, is it a coincidence that this album, kicks off with “I Love A Rainy Night,” a song that was a huge number one when you first started singing in public? Songwriter/musician Ken Spooner Zoomed with singer Mandy Barnett and producer Fred Mollin on the making of A Nashville Songbook
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