My debut album was produced by Laurie Lewis and Jim Nunally. Some of my liner notes are below. For more information about Nell, please visit www.nellrobinsonmusic.com. ______________________________________ Loango, Alabama Picking blueberries, shelling peas, sitting on the porchswing, drinking sweet tea. Small town near the family farm where my mother was born and where several generations of my ancestors settled. There is a store there where we used to buy bottled cokes and boiled peanuts when I was a kid. I expect you still can. It was magical to walk down the dirt road and know that just about every farmhouse had kinfolk in it. A truck would pull up to me, and a fellow I had never met before would yell out the window—Hey are you Irene’s girl? You look just like her! This album is dedicated to my grandmothers, Nell Robinson and Thelma Bates. ___________________ Heartfelt Thanks I am deeply grateful to my producers, Laurie Lewis and Jim Nunally. I sang alone in my car for 25 years and these two incredibly talented and kind folks gave me guidance to bring my voice out. Love to my husband and daughter for their support, my sisters, brother and my parents, whose strong sense of humor and family roots is so very important to me. Special thanks to: Cary Sheldon, yodeling sister; Larry Carlin, whose generosity and support has been invaluable; Steve Baker; the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse; Caffe Trieste in North Beach which gave me my first gig; the California Bluegrass Association; Jeff Kazor and Lou Ponticas for their fresh ears; and most especially to the world-class musicians who performed on this album and the audiences who turn on a light in me. ____________________