What I thought was a crazy dream to have him singing on this song ended up reality which still blows my mind. As it turns out my buddy in Nashville, Philippe Bronchtein (who played organ and pedal steel on the album) knows Chris and connected us. I was listening to the new Field Report album “Brake Light, Red Tide” a lot around that time and I kept hearing Christopher Porterfield’s voice in the melody. Something I’ve never played before and only happens once in the song because I couldn’t get my fingers back in that position. She was learning a song from the Frozen 2 soundtrack. I was sitting on my back patio as my wife was making planter boxes, with my 2- and 5-year-old running around the yard “helping.” I actually was messing around with that opening instrumental because of a new chord my wife taught me. It wasn’t a sit down and plan to write a song type of day – it just sort of happened. This one came considerably faster than some of the other songs on the album. Fluid harmonies, languid music, and adept playing are all hallmarks of this album. Life is a daily struggle and Last Year’s Man shows you he knows this from down inside the song. “Wild, Wild Heart” is Ehren Ebbage on pads Erin Flood Fortier on vocals Lex Price (k.d.lang, Rodney Crowell) on tenor guitar Christopher Porterfield (Field Report) on vocals and Tyler Fortier on acoustic, Nashville high strung and electric guitars, bass, and vocals. Brave The Storm was produced and mixed by Tyler Fortier at Little Orange Room in Eugene, OR, and mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering in Seattle, WA. Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Last Year’s Man’s song “Wild, Wild Heart” from his forthcoming album Brave The Storm, due to be available on November 13.
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