Awkwrdquan by Fast Heart Mart
Released November 2011
[AZ] = Awkwrdquan Version. Some of these songs were released on other albums and rerecorded for this album.
* previously unreleased song
Back in 2010 I decided to put my guitar down for a while and take up the banjo. This album is what came about when I moved back to Virginia and started a string band of musicians called "The Stompers". My nephew Travis Ferrell started singing and playing guitar with me. Then his friend Davey Hall started singing and playing mandolin with us. Then I met a fellow skateboarder named Daniel Rastatter at the local skatepark and he plays bass. The Stompers play almost exclusively at farmers' markets around Northern Virginia, but we also play a lot in town called Occoquan, Virginia. It's a cute little town and things are known to get a bit awkward there from time to time. Therefore "Awkwrdquan". Furthermore, there are four folk-rock songs at the end with me on guitar along with Daniel Rastatter on bass and his girlfriend Erin Norton on drums.
Tracklist
| 1. | Oprah * [AV] | 4:26 |
| 2. | Carbird [AV] | 4:02 |
| 3. | Not Gold * [AV] | 3:51 |
| 4. | I'll be Alright * [AV] | 3:37 |
| 5. | Depression Proof [AV] | 3:30 |
| 6. | San Francisco [AV] | 3:37 |
| 7. | Hearts and Dreams [AV] | 2:26 |
| 8. | Tomorrow * [AV] | 2:52 |
| 9. | I am a Bear [AV] | 2:27 |
| 10. | Hippie Valentine * [AV] | 3:21 |
| 11. | Rabbit in a Log [AV] | 2:59 |
| 12. | Ruben's Train [AV] | 3:08 |
| 13. | A-Z [AV] | 3:50 |
| 14. | Jawbreaker Sky [AV] | 3:03 |
| 15. | I'm an Alien and I want to go Home [AV] | 4:30 |
| 16. | Movie Theatre [AV] | 6:38 |
Credits
"Fast Heart" Martin: Sing, banjo (tracks 1-12), guitar (tracks 13-16)
Travis Ferrell: Sing, guitar (tracks 1-12)
Daniel Rastatter: Sing, bass (all tracks)
David Hall: Sing and mandolin (tracks 1-12)
Liz Davies: Sing (tracks 1-12)
Erin Norton: drums (tracks 13-16)
Tracks 1-12: recorded at Stairway West
in Manassas Virginia By Pat Schnider 9/24/2011
thanks Pat :-)
stairwaywest@comcast.net
Tracks 13-16 recorded at Martin's parents' house
10/18/2011
thanks mom and dad :-)
All tracks mixed and mastered by Martin Stamper
fastheartmart@gmail.com
Cover art by Daniel Rastatter: djrastatter@hotmail.com
Thanks to everyone in the world who has ever danced to music, threw money in a musician's tip jar or just smiled at a musician!!!
All songs written by "Fast Heart" Martin
except songs 11 and 12 which
are public domain
