Released as "Okey Dokey Records" MSCB005Liner Notes for "A House of Gold" (2002)
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Released as "Okey Dokey Records" MSCB005
1 Preachin' to Myself
Ron Colby (Colbjörnsen)
Ron was the original banjo player with the Middle Spunk Creek Boys and is responsible for
the band's name.
Alan: guitar and lead vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: banjo and baritone vocal
Chuck: bass and tenor vocal
2 I'll Meet You In The Morning
Albert E. Brumley (Alfred E. Brumley and Sons/Hartford Music Company)
Our arrangement of a song learned from Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.
Alan: tenor vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: guitar and lead vocal
Chuck: baritone vocal
3 Come On Little Children
J. D. Jarvis (BMI)
We learned this from Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.
Alan: guitar arid tenor vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: banjo and lead vocal
(;hick: bass and baritone vocal
4 God Put a Rainbow In the Clouds
(Traditional)
A wonderful old traditional Gospel song that we first heard done by Jake Landers and the
Dixiemen.
Alan: guitar and baritone vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: lead vocal
Chuck: tenor vocal
5 Going Up
Vernon Gosdin arid Equen Gosdin (Cherry River Music Col Sealeen Stars Music, BMI)
We also recorded this on our very first album, The Middle Spunk Creek Boys.
Alan: guitar and lead vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: banjo and baritone vocal
Chuck: bass and tenor vocal
6 Beyond the Gates
Bill Monroe arid .Jake Landers (Bill Monroe Music, BMI)
We used to play this song with full instrumentation. Now, we like it "nearly" a
capella with just a few guitar strums.
Alan: guitar and lead vocal
Bruce: bass vocal
Mark: baritone vocal
Chuck: tenor vocal (high lead on chorus)
7 I'll Wear the Banner
Don McHan (Central Songs, BMI)
Jim and Jesse are noted for their duets but they have recorded some fine Gospel trios
along with Don McHan.
Alan: guitar and lead vocal, tenor on chorus
Bruce: mandolin and baritone vocal
Mark: banjo and lead vocal on chorus
Chuck: bass
8 Alone With the Lord
Leo Rosenstein (Mountain Empire Music, BMI)
Mark and Leo were friends in high school in South Dakota and coincidence found them both
playing bluegrass in the Twin Cities.
Alan: guitar and baritone vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: banjo and baritone vocal
Chuck: bass and lead vocal
9 Over in the Glory Land
(Traditional)
Our own arrangement of this classic. A different version of this was on our fourth album,
Table for One.
Alan: guitar and lead vocal
Bruce: mandolin and baritone vocal
Mark: banjo
Chuck: bass and tenor vocal
10 Seeking a Far Off Home
Wallace Lewis (Fort Knox Music Inc./ Trio Music Inc., BMI)
This Lewis Family song was also on our third album, No One Else, with different vocals.
Bluegrass Unlimited magazine called it "wonderful."
Alan: guitar and lead vocal
Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal
Mark: lead guitar and baritone vocal
Chuck: bass and tenor vocal
11 Where the Soul Never Dies
(Traditional)
Mark and Chuck continue the tradition of brother duets in bluegrass on our own arrangement
of this traditional song.
Alan: guitar
Bruce: mandolin
Mark: banjo and lead vocal
Chuck: bass and tenor vocal
12 A House of Gold
Hank Williams (Acuff-Rose Music, BMI/ASCAP)
A terrific Gospel song by the immortal Hank Williams, but one he never recorded. The words
come from a CD of his demo tapes. We found them more inter esting than the ones we've
heard elsewhere. Alan: baritone vocal Bruce: mandolin and bass vocal Mark: guitar and lead
vocal Chuck: tenor vocal
Recorded at POD Studio, Minneapolis, MN by Leo Whitebird
Mixed at POD Studio, Minneapolis, MN by Mark Kreitzer and Leo Whitebird
Mastered at Wild Audio, Minneapolis, MN by Doug Wild
Cover photo by Jerry Flynn
Graphic design by Balancing Act and Jerry Flynn
Additional cassette artwork by Bruce Jaeger Technical Services
Produced by The Middle Spunk Creek Boys
©2002 The Middle Spunk Creek Boys and Okey-Dokey Records
5721 39th Avenue S. Minneapolis, MN 55417 (612)727-2489
www.mscb.com