About ten years ago, my band the Kennett Brothers was asked to provide soundtrack music for a Norwegian fishing show. Always keen to break into the Scandanavian market, we holed up in the Champaign loft that Ed Burch shared with Jay Bennett, and spent a day recording a soundtrack.

Everyone contributed material to the sessions. This song, dubbed ‘Hank’s Fishin’ Song’, was what I used to use to warm up on steel guitar. We recorded several different versions of this tune over the course of the day. One was a slow waltz that featured Ryan Jerving’s excellent yodeling. Tangleweed adapted that waltz version on our last record as ‘Last Call Waltz’. This version was the first, done as a straightforward stomp, called ‘Hank’s Fishin’ Song’.

The personnel:

• Edward Burch: acoustic guitar
• Ryan Jerving: baritone ukulele and electric guitar
• David Wesley: bass
• Kenneth Rainey: pedal steel guitar and drums

Hank’s Fishin’ Song (MP3)

Edward Burch engineered the original recordings. The mix is mine, done “in the box” with CoolEdit Pro about five years ago.