photo: Beth Reineke
Lucky Peterson - vocals, duolian resonator, piano, acoustic and electric guitars
with:
Larry Campbell - acoustic guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, duolian resonator
Scott Petito - bass, shakers, octave mandolin
Gary Burke - drums
and introducing Tamara Peterson - vocals
On “YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND,” Lucky Peterson digs all through the blues - from the early days down in the Delta, to its modern-day step-children in popular music. Recorded acousticaly and live-in-the-studio in Woodstock, NY. The album joins Lucky with Americana-Rock guitar hero Larry Campbell (2 Grammy wins with Levon Helm, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello), ace studio drummer Gary Burke (Joe Jackson, Graham Parker, The Crowmatix), and multi-faceted bassist Scott Petito (The Fugs, Mercury Rev, Rick Danko Band, Leslie Ritter/Scott Petito).
YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND features a rich collection of tunes, from roots-blues standards “Statesboro Blues” and “Dust My Broom”, to civil-rights-era anthem “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free”, to modern day hits by Ray LaMontagne, Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams.
YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND is a portrait of a man truly at the Crossroads. A man with faith, and with real struggles, rising above to make some of the greatest work of his career.
Lucky Peterson
“You Can Always Turn Around”
- I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson)
- I’m New Here (Bill Callahan)
- Statesboro Blues (Willie McTell)
- Trouble (Ray LaMontagne)
- Trampled Rose (Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan)
- Atonement (Lucinda Williams)
- Why Are People Like That (Bobby Charles)
- Four Little Boys (Lucky Peterson)
- Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Rev. Gary Davis)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Billy Taylor/Dick Dallas)
- Think (Curtis Mayfield)
Produced by Doug Yoel, Francis Dreyfus and Lucky Peterson
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Scott Petito, NRS Studio (Catskill, NY)
Dedicated to the memory of Francis Dreyfus (1940-2010).
