The Whitmore Sisters - Ghost Stories [CD]

Cat. no: RHRCD323
Format: CD
Barcode: 033651032328
Release Date: 17 Feb 2023
Genre: Americana

The Whitmore Sisters are real life sisters Eleanor Whitmore (The Mastersons, Steve Earle, Tanya Tucker) and Bonnie Whitmore (Hayes Carll, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock).Sisters Eleanor and Bonnie Whitmore, two of roots music's most accomplished songwriter/ instrumentalist/vocalists, are releasing their first album together as The Whitmore Sisters

Titled 'Ghost Stories', it's inspired by the loss of family, friends, ex boyfriends and — on the title track — people who died by police violence. These "ghosts" chose to appear right as Covid became entrenched — when live music evaporated and people were isolated from each other. Bonnie, whose four solo albums are all state- of- a- real- woman's- heart jewels, decided to join sister Eleanor and her husband Chris Masterson in their Los Angeles closed circle for a break. Chris, who's recorded four albums with his wife as The Mastersons, saw the visit as an opportunity to issue a mandate: If Bonnie was coming, it was time for the sisters to make a record. Not just an album, but "the album" — the musical inevitability that's been simmering since a 22- year- old Eleanor was protecting her curlyheaded 15- year- old sister at gigs in local bars. The Whitmore Sisters' original songs, along with two covers — a song by their pal Aaron Lee Tasjan ("Big Heart Sick Mind" and "On the Wings of a Nightingale" (written by Paul McCartney for iconic siblings The Everly Brothers) — was produced by Chris Masterson and completes 'GHost Stories' , their debut album.

Publicity by Chris Latham @ SWELL UK Tour dates 1 Feb The Railway Inn Winchester, United Kingdom 2 Feb Kitchen Garden Cafe Birmingham, United Kingdom 3 Feb Bodega Nottingham, United Kingdom 4 Feb Celtic Connections Julian Taylor Music Glasgow, United Kingdom 5 Feb The Old Parcels Office Scarborough, United Kingdom 7 Feb O2 Academy Islington London, United Kingdom

 CD Tracks: Learn To Fly / The Ballad Of Sissy & Porter / Friends We Leave Behind / Hurtin' For A Letdown / Superficial World Of Love / Big Heart Sick Mind / Ghost Stories / Ricky / By Design / On The Wings Of A Nightingale / Greek Tragedy