All Day Long

Barry Hollow Songwriter: Dave Preston

All Day Long

11172 All Day Long 1 All Day Long Plays: 78

When Dave Preston was thinking about entering a church talent contest back in the mid 1990's, he asked his eight year old daughter, Katie, if she'd be interested in joining him up on stage. She said, "sure." That night they sang, "If I Fell", by the Beatles and well might have won the contest if it weren't for an amazing golf ball juggler named Harry. However, the harmony was pure and sweet that night and a musical connection was made between the two that has grown deeper and deeper over th...View MoreWhen Dave Preston was thinking about entering a church talent contest back in the mid 1990's, he asked his eight year old daughter, Katie, if she'd be interested in joining him up on stage. She said, "sure." That night they sang, "If I Fell", by the Beatles and well might have won the contest if it weren't for an amazing golf ball juggler named Harry. However, the harmony was pure and sweet that night and a musical connection was made between the two that has grown deeper and deeper over the years.

Today Katie Preston is a talented young woman who has been composing her own music and performing in her own bands for a number of years. Dave is a highly regarded preschool "rock star" and has performed with a few bands (and a barbershop quartet) on his own. Occasionally Katie and Dave perform together. One of those performances led to the idea of creating an all original album. The result is Barry Hollow.

Now, Barry Hollow is a real place. In 1851 Dave's great grandfather (that would be Katie's great great grandfather, of course) came from Ireland during the Potato Famine and spent the rest of his life farming there. Down through the decades his descendants remained and farmed the rocky soil in the hollow. Well, not all of the descendants. It ended sometime in the 1950's, before Dave and Katie came along - but, anyway.....the thought behind the album was to tell the stories of David Barry and his descendants over the decades, from the day he left Ireland (The Parting Glass - 1851) on up to the present (Barry Hollow - 2015). With a wee bit of poetic license, that's what The Prestons have created.

"The Prestons" is mostly Katie and her dad, but to make the album they needed much help. Katie enlisted Steve Roessner, a Grammy winning sound specialist to record them at Temperamental Recordings in Geneseo, New York. Steve also provided the percussion on the album. Also helping out on the album are Erick Perrine (electric guitar), Matt Werts (bass guitar), and Mike Brown (mandolin). Dave provided the acoustic guitar and Katie all of the keyboard sounds and a bit of accordion. The project was mixed and mastered by Steve in early November.

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This is the sixth song on a ten song album recently released by my daughter Katie and me. The album is called, "Barry Hollow" and it's currently available at cdbaby.com. Here are the lyrics:

Mrs. Tinker told them right

“Sammy, didn’t take your red bandana”

He may have done some bad things,

But he never was a thief

Margaret Stevens took the car keys

She made Sammy do all the drivin’

‘time they left the county seat

He was shakin’ like a leaf

It didn’t matter much to Margaret Stevens

If the world said they’re wrong

Just as long as she had Sam beside her

She was singing their song…

All day long, all day long

All day long, all day long

All day long, she was singing their song

All day long

Sheriff Ingham called his captains

“Boys, we got ourselves a new dilemma”

Seems wherever Margaret goes

There’s trouble close behind

Henry Wilson found the Chevy

Parked outside of the railway station

But all they left were apologies

For the Sheriff’s boys to find

All they wanted was a life together

They didn’t think that was wrong

So they ran and left it all behind them

Margaret singing their song… (Chorus)

Sammy Tinker, Margaret Stevens

Said their vows out in Butte, Montana

“What you youngin’s running from”,

Said the Justice of the Peace

She was white, he was black

In her hair was tied a red bandana

Justice said, “with these vows I hope

Your running now can cease”

That’s the story that my Grandpa tells me

As we sit on the swing

Through the porch screen I can see my Grandma

And she smiles as she sings (Chorus)

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