Avetts’ Crawford Teams w/Dave Childers

Can we be the first to call the Over Mountain Men a Tarheel supergroup?

By Blurt Staff

Glorious Day, the full-length debut CD from Over Mountain Men, will be released in early 2010 on Ramseur Records. The Ramseur connection is no small one: Bob Crawford, bass player for  Ramseur alumniThe Avett Brothers is part of the band, along with the Charlotte-based singer/songwriter, David Childers. Rounding out the ensemble is guitarist Randy Saxon and drummer/percussionist Robert Childers, both formerly of David Childers and The Modern Don Juans. The album features a slew of guest players including: Scott Daley, piano; Geoffrey White, fiddle; Andy The Doorbum, vocals,  guitar; Charlie Lybrand, baritone  trumpet; John Boswell, back up vocals; Matt Ranck, back up vocals and guitar; the Avetts' Joe Kwon, cello; Ingrid Stenzel, accordion; Will Kitchen, drums; and Eric Mullis, xylophone.

 The CD features nine original tunes penned by the band, among them "Angola ," which is featured in the award-winning documentary Six Seconds of Freedom, an indie film  about the famous prison rodeo at Angola Prison.  (View a video with footage from the film on YouTube.) The songs were recorded primarily at Old House Studios in Gastonia, NC; additional material was recorded at The Grange,  Greenville , NC , and the Milestone Club, in  Charlotte ,  NC .  

Crawford, a long-time fan of Childers, comments: "David  Childers belongs in the pantheon of great  North Carolina songwriters.  I am honored to work alongside him. He is a great friend, a great  thinker, and a great man. I like to think of him as the sage of  Mount Holly ; a true North Carolina treasure."

On the web: www.overmountainmen.com. And check out a live clip of the band, below.

Over Mountain Men- Some Place Along The River from Over Mountain Men on Vimeo.