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Praying for Rain

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

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Released August 7/23 - In the fall of 2019, Max (bass, vocals) and his wife packed up everything they owned into an 8’ X 16’ trailer and hauled it from Toronto to a tiny town called Horsefly in British Columbia. They stayed in a friend’s cabin while they built their homestead. They finished just in time for the arrival of their son in late Spring

Released August 7/23 - In the fall of 2019, Max (bass, vocals) and his wife packed up everything they owned into an 8’ X 16’ trailer and hauled it from Toronto to a tiny town called Horsefly in British Columbia. They stayed in a friend’s cabin while they built their homestead. They finished just in time for the arrival of their son in late Spring of 2021. That summer was one of record-breaking temperatures. The skies turned an eerie orange and the sun a blood red as smoke drifted from a nearby forest fire. Several hours south from them, the Lytton fire ravaged the town nearly to the ground in a matter of hours. With that backdrop, Praying For Rain came to Max in a matter of minutes.

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Sweeter Sound

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Released July 28/2023 - A fascination with the spawning salmon’s return to the Horsefly river near where Max (bass, vocals) now lives was the inspiration for the opening lyrics of this song, “swimming up the river ’til the die I die.” When he heard the melody and chords of a tune that John had been developing, Max knew that they had unknowingly

Released July 28/2023 - A fascination with the spawning salmon’s return to the Horsefly river near where Max (bass, vocals) now lives was the inspiration for the opening lyrics of this song, “swimming up the river ’til the die I die.” When he heard the melody and chords of a tune that John had been developing, Max knew that they had unknowingly co-written a song: the music and lyrics fit like a glove, and “Sweeter Sound” came to life.The opening line of the chorus, “Try to make it better than the way we found”, is something of a mantra for the band. Perseverance and belief in what you love to do and trying despite evidence of success is the essence of its message.

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Smoke on the Shoulder

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Released July 7 / 2023 "Songwriting can be a real adventure. Sometimes you start with a line or two that you really like, and you slowly spin that into something that walks a fine line between emotion and craft in an effort to connect to some deep part of yourself that you need to share with an audience. Other times, you spew out an entire song

Released July 7 / 2023 "Songwriting can be a real adventure. Sometimes you start with a line or two that you really like, and you slowly spin that into something that walks a fine line between emotion and craft in an effort to connect to some deep part of yourself that you need to share with an audience. Other times, you spew out an entire song all at once before you get the chance to realize, “what the hell am I doing?? I just wrote a song about BBQ-ing pork shoulder” - John Showman

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Crossing the Junction/Deer River

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

June 2 / 2023 “Crossing the Junction” is named after the neighborhood in Toronto that John and I live on either end of. During the pandemic, we kept busy by posting a fiddle and banjo video every Friday. This was written in the early days of the pandemic when just the act of traversing our own neighborhood to play some music together (outdoors, of

June 2 / 2023 “Crossing the Junction” is named after the neighborhood in Toronto that John and I live on either end of. During the pandemic, we kept busy by posting a fiddle and banjo video every Friday. This was written in the early days of the pandemic when just the act of traversing our own neighborhood to play some music together (outdoors, of course) had an almost forbidden and ominous air to it. “Deer River” is named after the river in Ontario that I grew up fishing in. The A part of the tune was written to emulate the sound and imagery of the many small waterfalls and plunge pools that make up the upper part of the river. - Chris Coole

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