Uncommon Kinship

                                                                                                                                                                                                 B l u e - D a n c e Contra-Grass with a hint of lime... Feel good so good fiddle banjo rhyme... O l d T I m e (about time!) lose yourself in song...mandolin guitar bass we push the g r o o v e along...

 This winter the Free Seedlings have spent a great deal of time in Belmont View Studios recording their new album, "Uncommon Kinship."  We've just received it back from the printers and it sounds and looks great!  Support new and old accoustic music by bringing home a copy today!

Check out a few tracks on our MySpace site or right here:

Brushpile

Hard Tellin' Not Knowin'  

Bold Privateer 

Fisherman


      Jump! 

In 2006 Jeff and David released an album:  Jump!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Angeline The Baker 
 Traditional Arranged By Jeff and David Lewis
2. All Around This World
Traditional Arranged By Jeff and David Lewis
3. A Restless Spirit
Tim O'Brien/Howdy Skies Records/Universal Music Corp/ASCAP
4. Whiskey Before Breakfast
Traditional Arranged By Jeff and David Lewis
5. Steam Powered Aereoplane
John Hartford/Ensign Music
6. St. Anne's Reel
Traditional Arranged By Jeff and David Lewis
7. Up and Around The Bend
Bela Fleck/Bug Music/BMI
8. I've Endured
David and Ola Belle Reed/Midstream Music/BMI
9. Jump!
 Jeff Lewis/Belmont View Music/2005
10. Sad Prisoner's Song
 Art Bishop/ Fort Knox Music


Jeff Lewis, mandolin & vocals; bouzouki: 3.
David Lewis,  guitar, bass & vocals.
Sepp Huber, banjo: 1,2,4,5,8; tin whistle: 6.
Annadeene Konesni, vocals: 2, 8.
Paul D'Alessio, fiddle: 2, 4, 6, 9.
Jeff Densmore, drums and percussion: 9.
Phil Clement, lead guitar: 9.

Jeff would like to thank : My mom, Jonny, my sister Wenonah, my friends Max, Jesse, Baron a.k.a Wombat,  The Mueller Family, the guys at Northern Kingdom Music for being so cool, Scott Conley for the mando and guitar setups, Martin Macica, Neil J. Dean, Smokey McKeen, Tom and Annadeene, Tim O'Brien, Bennett Konesni, Akira Otsuko, Mr. John Oldham, Shake and Loony, Tommy, Sue, T.L. and Dan for letting me be an additional family member, Ngubo Ndaba the mighty South African mathematician, all my heros and mentors, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, Chris Thile, John McGann, and my dad, David Lewis. Anyone I forgot, I'm very sorry, but you know who you are!

David would like to thank : Lib and Rad, (God bless you both for continuing to tolerate my shenanigans all these years) Wenonah, Linda, Blue Northern: Pete, Sepp, Paul and Gregg; John Oldham, Uncle Eddie Mahonen, Bel-Isle Jazz, Edie and Andy, Ando Anderson, the PYY crew, Jene Hughes, the bluegrass community of Maine and beyond, McMahon's Rockport Grille, Woodsound Studio, the Island Pub, the Searsmont Street Band, the Diesel Bros, GreyFox, John Hartford, Tim O'Brien, Bela Fleck, and all the folks on Jeff's list. Most of all, my favorite musical collaborator ever: Jeff Lewis. We look a little bit alike but I'll be darned if I can get anyone to believe he's my kid brother! 

All selections recorded, mixed and mastered at Belmont View Music, Belmont, ME;  except Sad Prisoner's Song, recorded at the Free Will Baptist Church, Islesboro, ME. 

Engineered and produced by Jeff and David Lewis