Jeffrey Silverstein - Doggone [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: FTH610CD
Barcode: 5060626469884
Release Date: 23 Oct 2026
Genre: Folk/Americana

 ‘Doggone’ was recorded in Portland, Oregon in January of 2025 at the Center for Sound, Light and Color Therapy with longtime collaborator Ryan Oxford. It features Akron/Family founding member Dana Buoy (drums), Rick Pedrosa (Rose City Band/Abronia) on pedal steel and guitar and Alex Chapman (bass). Guest contributions come from Devendra Banhart and Portland singer-songwriter Merle Law. The album is mastered by Amy Dragon (Nathaniel Rateliff, Big Thief, Moon Duo).
 ‘Doggone’ centres around themes of community, aging, recognizing your gift is in your blood, carving out your own version of success, planting seeds / growing roots and the impact of place on creative work. Jeffrey Silverstein continues to explore the intersection of loner-folk, cosmic country and Krautladen choogle found across his previous releases.
 While writing the songs for this record, Silverstein discovered his uncle was a songwriter and manager for North Country Band, a 1970s Grateful Dead-inspired country rock group from Minnesota. Silverstein had been DJing the album and showing live performances to friends before knowing his uncle’s involvement. This furthered his understanding of his uncle’s life in music (performing with Doc Watson, putting on shows for Jerry Jeff Walker, etc.) and gave him the inspiration and motivation to keep pressing on with the album.
 Album art features an archival photo of Hat ‘n’ Boots, a famous landmark designed by Pacific Northwest artist Lewis Nasmyth in 1953 for a Western-style gas station, now in Seattle’s Oxbow Park due to a community-led effort to save them from demolition. The iconic roadside attraction fell into disrepair after the original gas station closed in 1988. In 2003, the community rallied to have the structures moved, and they were restored and reopened as a park landmark in 2005.
 LP pressed onto Clear vinyl.
 For fans of Silver Jews, Bill Calahan, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Rose City Band, Steve Gunn.
 “Jeffrey Silverstein’s Full Time Hobby debut is built on slow-mo choogle and a talkin’-blues drawl indebted to Tony Joe White - patient, low-register, unhurried, until the guitar decides it’s time to bust out.” - New Commute
 Further Marketing - Press photos & video have been captured in front of the landmark in the album artwork & will be used to tell the story of the record.

Tracklisting
Coming Back Around
Out of Tune (feat. 
Devendra Banhart)
Drop of a Dime
Portland Works
Realize (feat. Merle Law)
Patchouli
Amblin’
Helluva
Onlyness