The Hartley Family

Random News

I know, I promised videos from our NY trip. However, we had technical difficulties at first and now I've lost all gumption for it! :) We've been playing locally now, seeing a few familiar faces and still meeting a lot of new ones!

We're starting to do some thinking about our next CD. Right now it's mostly just playing around with songs, trying to figure out what would go best, where to put it if we use it. Some requests we've had are: "Keep Watch" and "Muleskinner Blues." The first is almost certain to end up on the CD, but the 2nd will be harder. Abby sings MB with so much emphasis (one way to put it) and so piercingly (and I mean that in the best possible way--I love to hear her singing this song) that it will be very hard for us to figure out how to record it right! Any sound engineers with helpful tips?

More personal news: Daddy/Tom has invented a new piece you can attach to a chain-saw to help make a straight cut, Anna/I took the biology CLEP test last week and passed, gaining 4 college credits without entering a classroom, we're still getting bell peppers from the garden, and Micah's getting a new tooth!

The picture of the gravestone is one I took in Thurman, NY, in the Adirondack Mtns. It's for a Civil War soldier who was killed in VA, and it made me stop and think . . . I forget about the horrible casualties in the North because we're Southern. Thank God it's over. (I can just hear my Pappy debating that last statement!) :D

God bless and keep you and may we see you soon!

--Anna

Buy "A Million Things" Online!

Something exciting: you can buy our new CD online now! County Sales just featured our CD on its "New Releases" page. Here's where you can get A MILLION THINGS: http://www.countysales.com/php-bin/ecomm4/products.php?product_id=5857&prev_id=&next_id=

County Sales has the best collection of bluegrass CDs that I have ever seen, and we have ordered probably hundreds of CDs from them in the past. Now they have one of ours to add to their stock!

So, if you can't make it to one of our performances, you can still get a CD! (Or you can always email us to ask for one! We just don't take credit cards!) :D

New York City!

We just got back from New York City! All our neighbors were wanting to have a video of us in NYC--that had to be the ultimate rednecks-meet-the-big-city picture! I uploaded a few of the pictures from our trip (I had mercy on you folks and tried not to include TOO many of the hundreds I took!) on our facebook page. You can see them right HERE: (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=119367&id=121763012096.)

We had a great time at each of the places we've played at--thanks to everyone who has given us such a warm welcome to the state of New York, both country folks and city folks! We're so excited to be able to do this!

When I get back home, I'll start posting a few videos from our trip. Right now, we're still getting ready for more performances in New York state and trying to catch up on everything after our big weekend! Hope you enjoy the photos!