Miles and Miles

Released June 2008

Acknowledgements Special Guests: Jeff Forbes (Fiddle: Tracks 2, 9, 10, 11, 12) Tracks Engineered by Joel Keys, Wormwood Sound, Idaho Falls, ID Doug Porter (Lead Guitar: Tracks 3, 12) AJ Weddington (Fiddle: Tracks 4, 7; Mandolin: Track 13) Recorded: Santa Fe/Edgewood /Albuquerque, NM, ID, VT Engineered by: Duke Weddington, Mark Smith, Dave Devlin Mixed by: Sid Fendley (Mountain Road Recording, Albuquerque, NM) & Duke Produced by: Duke Weddington and Higher Ground Mastered by: David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO Photography by: Diane Sena, Lisa Taute Higher Ground Logo: Andy Weddington Insert Design by: Amy Lujan, Duke & Diane Graphics by: Jeff Church, Lasersetter

1. Miles and Miles 3:26 © 2006 Weddington. All Rights Reserved 2. This Love is Real 2:33 © 2003 Sena/Weddington. All Rights Reserved. 3. Coffee Talk 4:10 © 2004 Devlin. All Rights Reserved. 4. Thinkin' About You 3:42 © 2003 Sena/Weddington. All Rights Reserved. 5. O Judas 3:49 © 2006 Bolton. All Rights Reserved. 6. I Love the Rain 3:28 © 2007 Weddington/Sena. All Rights Reserved. 7. Seasons 3:59 © 1997 Weddington. All Rights Reserved.

8. Crutchfield's Lake 3:34 © 1993 Weddington/Weddington. All Rights Reserved. 9. I Can't Make You Love Me 3:17 © 2004 Sena/Weddington. All Rights Reserved. 10. Somewhere in Between 4:08 © 2003 Weddington/Sena. All Rights Reserved. 11. Sellars' Mill Road 3:10 © 1997 Weddington. All Rights Reserved. 12. Stone Walls 3:13 © 2007 Weddington. All Rights Reserved. 13. Fireflies 3:34 © 2006 AJ Weddington. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright 2008 Higher Ground

From the Band: In early 2005, we started our third recording project. Unlike the first two, we opted to take our time, write and record our music in a relaxed fashion, thus three years in the making. The tunes we chose for this CD were drawn from a cache of material written years ago, written since completing our second CD, and also created during the final recording stages of this project. Across the miles and over years in our lives, we’ve experienced many seasons, with many people, in many places. To bring back a part of the past, we asked two of the original members of the band to return for guest appearances. Jeff Forbes on fiddle, and Doug Porter on lead guitar, enthusiastically agreed to answer the call. In looking ahead, we asked Duke’s son Austin James (AJ) to contribute as a new generation of musician and songwriter. Thank you Jeff, Doug and AJ for the time and efforts spent on our behalf. Their contributions and talents are exceptional, and as Jeff said on our second CD, added the icing on our third “cake”. In hindsight, the theme of the album, “Miles and Miles” turned out well by asking Jeff and Doug to contribute, completing this effort at the ten year point of Higher Ground. We captured a little bit of everything along our travels through a decade. Will the journey continue? We’ll see… Our special thanks to those that make us sound the way we do – to Sid Fendley for his superb ear and mixing skills; to David Glasser for his mastering aplomb; and to Mike Flynn, who has graciously given our first two CD’s airtime on his syndicated radio show, “The Folk Sampler”. As always, we send our love and sincere thanks to our families, friends, fans and listeners who have supported our music. We trust you will enjoy our third collection of songs, based upon the seasons of our lives and loves, across the miles and miles we have traveled, and genuinely from our hearts. Take care. Duke, Mark, Diane, Fred and Dave