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It is my honor & pleasure to share these songs with you. Hope they fill your ears with a smile…Thanks for listening! ~ GC
WORTH THE WAIT
Black Potatoe Records
released July 9, 2014
Produced by Jimmy Heffernan
Worth the Wait features 11 originals alongside of 2 classics that have become Cagno set standards. Together with producer Jimmy Heffernan (longtime Nashville sideman for acts such as Joe Diffie & Brad Paisley) Cagno serves up his thoughtful and melodic songs in a Folk/Rock/Americana/Country blend that features his smooth, soulful voice and distinctive open-tuned guitar playing.
“The songs all came from my time living in New Hope, PA and were very inspired by the vibrant musical community I was lucky to be part of there” says Gregg of the recording. “They deal with topics from Italian family history (Nonno Lorenzo), to philosophy (Waking Life, inspired by Richard Linklater’s film of the same title), to patience in marriage (Worth the Wait), to adoption (Threads to Braids, written for the Delaware Valley chapter of Families With Children From China), to growing up in the 70’s & 80’s (Clinton Times), to the dangers of technology (Butt Dialed) and more…”
Backing Cagno is a diverse lineup of stellar musicians including Heffernan on dobro, pedal steel & mandolin, Karl Dietel (The Samples) on piano, violinist Carol Sharar, percussionist David Anthony, Nashville drummer Lonnie Wilson (Brooks and Dunn), with harmonies by singers Maggie Anderson, Carol Brooks Meyners and 7-year-old Lia D’Alessandro.
The first single from the record “The Part That Repeats” (a humorous romp through the elements of a ‘hit’ song) features the reassembled House Band from Jam Night at New Hope’s Havana where Gregg spent a few years of Tuesday nights in the mid-2000’s – bass: Jerry Monk, drums: Marty Paglione, electric guitar: Joe Vadala, keyboards: Bill Levinson, saxophone: Tim Varvel.
A native of Clinton, NJ now making his home in Philadelphia, PA, Cagno is a two time ASCAP award winner for the folk genre, was a finalist in the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk competition and has a song in the Smithsonian Folkways archives. He’s had the opportunity to open for folk/rock stars Pete Seeger, James Taylor, America & Poco and also the honor of playing on The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Millenium Stage.
| It was 20 years ago today… I just came across this recording in my archives (read carboard box buried in the closet) and had a good memory of a great night at my favorite listening room, Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem PA, back in aught 3, making music with my new friend Jimmy on Dobro, my old friend Karl on the keys, and my fiancé Maggie on harmonies… I recall my buddy Christian, with whom I wrote some of the best of these tunes, watching from the sound booth behind the late, great Otto Bost who was on the soundboard that night and captured the fun on digital and took a few photos and very kindly put them together on a CD for me so I could find it 20 years later and have a listen to a snapshot in time and remember the night, and Otto, fondly.. Well, I just took a listen, and I didn’t hurl…In fact, it sounds like a few joyful musicians having a really good time on a bunch originals and some groovy covers. There were moments where some magic happened and I’m damn glad he was recording & mixing that night. As usual, I tuned a lot, and probably talked too much while doing so, but that’s folk music, and the stories between the songs are part of the show, even the long-winded ones… Anyhow, I just ripped this ol’ CDR to my hard drive while it still plays right (and computers still have CD drives), scanned Otto’s cool cover art, and decided I’d throw it up on bandcamp for whomever might want to take a listen (the site allows 3 free streams before you have to pay anything*) to some live music from 27FEB2003… If nothing else, have a listen to these cats trading off solos on Jethro Tull’s Locomotive Breath…Hope you enjoy hearing these as much as I loved playing them that night… GC |