Last Rose - New Honky-Tonk Country Music by Ted Silar

New Honky-Tonk Country Music Album by Ted Silar

HONKY-TONK COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM
“LAST ROSE”
(release date: December 30, 2022)
by Ted Silar, with Byron Berline, Dan Dugmore, Jason Carter, and Kristin Scott-Benson

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RIYL: Classic Country, Americana, Honky-Tonk, Old Crow Medicine Show, Mark Chesnutt, Billy Strings, Mumford and Sons, The Country Side of Harmonica Sam, Ray Price, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam

The Last Rose Album was inspired by great Honky-Tonk Country Music artists like Ray Price, Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam. What luck when technology advanced far enough to let me enlist some of the greatest guest musicians in the land. First and foremost, renowned fiddler, Byron Berline, famous for playing with all the greats, Bill Monroe, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, Vince Gill, to name but a few. Also, pedal steelist Dan Dugmore, veteran of Linda Ronstadt’s and James Taylor’s great bands, and 5-time Banjo Player of the Year Kristin Scott-Benson. Oh, so sadly, the world lost Byron Berline before we could finish the album. For the last song, then, 3-time Grammy winner, 5-time Fiddle Player of the Year winner, Jason Carter, of the legendary Del McCoury Bluegrass Band, did the fiddle honors.

About Ted Silar

I’ve been around for 70 years and have been writing songs for 60. I’ve played rock ‘n’ roll at high school hops, blues in Texas roadhouses, country in rural fire halls, jazz piano in smoky cocktail lounges, sung Bach in Saxony and twelve-tone music a cappella. I don’t expect to be a rock star. Never did. But I would like to find a small following who like my kind of music. I think maybe that’s possible. In my time, I’ve written country, rock ‘n’ roll, classical, jazz, rhythm and blues. The Last Rose album is in a Honky-Tonk Country style. Strictly Retro. I like that kind of music from the 40s, 50s, 60s. And so I’m doing it. Kind of like Tony Bennett. He didn’t pay attention to trends.

Contact – Ted Silar

SAMPLES

Why Do We Have to Dream?

That One Last Rose

I’m Gonna Haul Off and Love You, Elena

She’s the One

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LINER NOTES

All songs written by Ted Silar
Mixing and Mastering: Andrejs Sadkovojs, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Cover Art: Nutsa Avaliani, Tbilisi, Georgia
Recorded in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Guthrie, Oklahoma,
Nashville, Tennessee and Boiling Springs, South Carolina

Vocals, Rhythm Section, Guitars – Ted Silar
Fiddles – Byron Berline, Jason Carter
Pedal Steel – Dan Dugmore
Banjo – Kristin Scott-Benson

Why Do We Have to Dream? with Byron Berline, Dan Dugmore
That One Last Rose with Byron Berline, Dan Dugmore
I’m Gonna Haul Off and Love You, Elena with Byron Berline, Dan Dugmore
She’s the One with Kristin Scott-Benson, Jason Carter

Bonus Tracks with extra Byron Berline fiddling:

Why Do We Have to Dream? Mix 2
That One Last Rose Mix 2
I’m Gonna Haul Off and Love You, Elena Mix 2

Dedicated to Ed and Jane Silar, and Byron Berline

Honky-Tonk Country Music - Montage of the Players