Ned Sutton: Grandpa. ‘The Man. The Myth. The Bad Influence.’ The three white ducks, Huey, Dewy and Louie, hang together in a corner like a band, waddle and flop in unison, squawking a specific waterfowl rhythm that soon becomes a kind of dusty, backyard aria, which includes two young clowning grandchildren, an overhead helicopter, a hammock creaking in the breeze, several baby chickens in a coop, and Ned Sutton bitching about the rises in the yard, the hard dirt humps he finds difficult to step on to arrive at his chair. When he plops down, on this cool, March afternoon, he ll be there awhile, his mere presence providing extraordinary information.
As folk singer David Huckfelt neared completion on his second solo album in March 2020, the year s chaos was hardly hinted at but change had already greeted him in the form of his newborn son. As if he needed additional inspiration (Huckfelt already had an extensive catalog with his folk rock band The Pines, and had previously served as Artist-In-Residence at Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior), the year would lead to his new album Room Enough, Time Enough being his most spirited work to date. Though Huckfelt lives in Minneapolis, he maintains a strong connection to the Tucson music scene. Most of Room Enough, Time Enough was initially recorded in early 2020 at Tucson s Dust & Stone Recording Studios with a large roster of local musicians: XIXA s Gabriel Sullivan, folk singer Billy Sedlmayr, Giant Sand founder Howe Gelb, blues player Tom Walbank and more. Huckfelt returned to Minneapolis as COVID hit, and he decided to flesh out the record by sending tracks to all
Native culture and desert air shaped Pines singer David Huckfelt s new album David Huckfelt enlisted Keith Secola and other Indigenous friends for his desert sessions. February 18, 2021 10:41am Text size Copy shortlink:
While trying to explain the unique calling behind his earthy and expansive new album, David Huckfelt pointed to a literal call he got in 2015 from one of his music heroes before a Duluth performance with his old band the Pines.
The caller was none other than Keith Secola, singer-songwriter from the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa of northern Minnesota and originator of the 1992 American Indian rock staple NDN Kars.
Folk musician David Huckfelt has gathered several notable names from the Tucson music scene to celebrate the release of his new album “Room Enough, Time.
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David Huckfelt (of acclaimed Minneapolis group The Pines) reinterprets the definitive cowboy ballad “Bury Me Not” (The Dying Cowboy) on his upcoming album
Room Enough, Time Enough out February 26th. “Bury Me Not” (often called “The Cowboy s Lament & Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie ) is considered one of the most famous folk songs in the American songbook and has been covered by Johnny Cash, Colter Wall, Burl Ives and many others. The video for Huckfelt’s rendition was filmed on Tohono O’odham Indigenous land along the US border just outside of Tucson, Arizona; watch HERE.