the top producer sam lakeman. and to his amazement, he agreed to help. i get asked all the time to make records for people, and i usually say no. but there was something about sam s e mail that caught me. he explained how he had this recent diagnosis of parkinson s, and my grandfather also had parkinson s, so it struck a chord and made me want to investigate a little bit further. so i reached out to sam, and as soon as i spoke to him, i was in, hook, line and sinker. now, sam blakeman s wife is cara dillon. # since you ve gone and left me. one of the biggest stars in post music. and when she heard the tracks, she agreed to sing backing vocals. i m a singer, and you re a singer. and when you were upstairs in the studio recording - and your voice wasn t in the right place, i was feeling it so much. i it was like, what . are we going to do? and you had to leave . quite early one evening, land the pair of us were in tears| because we were just, like, how
i m never going to take this for granted again. i m going to do something with it. boy, have you done something with it! i know, i know. sam s creativity went into overdrive. he was writing like he never written before. and he wanted to record his songs while he still could. i want my kids to know what their dad sounded like when he was at his peak, and leaving a legacy and giving them something that they ll always be able to listen to. they ll be able to share with their kids and their grandkids. that was super important to me to capture that, because i don t know how long i ve got. that s the bottom line. 0k. that s good from this end. # 0utshining the stars. # drowning out the moon. to capture the music, he e mailed another sam.
stuart duncan, best fiddle player in the world. imean. sierra hull, hottest mandolin player in the world. yeah, i m in. matt rollings, the national pianist of a generation. yeah, i m in. it s extraordinary. i d open up the files here and go, oh, my god, that sounds incredible! this is amazing. # the soft wind whips in from off the shore. between them, the members of sam s extraordinary backing group have won 27 grammy awards. this was the moment samuel saw his work being performed by matt rollings, who s played for willie nelson and johnny cash. oh, man. i m blessed. thank you so much, matt. as am i.
are we going to get through this? i needed to be kind of held a little bit. it was hard, it was scary. i wasn t sure if i can get through it. but that is something to be treasured, and their support, i ll be grateful to it for the rest of my life. # because you light up the way. sam asked for some more help. he wrote to his heroes, to his favourite folk and country stars around the world, asking if they would each record a section of his music and send it back over the internet. and you didn t know any of these people? not one. so how did you contact them? e mail, direct message, instagram. just said, this is what i m doing, here s what i do, here s a link. everyone said yes. every single one? yes. after a while it became this amazing who s who of incredible musicians.
any of these people? not one. so how did you contact them? e mail, direct message, instagram. just said, this is what i m doing, here s what i do, here s a link. everyone said yes. every single one? yes. after a while it became this amazing who s who of incredible musicians. stuart duncan, best fiddle player in the world. yeah, i m in. sierra hull, hottest mandolin player in the world. yeah, i m in. matt rollings, the national pianist of a generation. yeah, i m in. it s extraordinary. i d open up the files here and go, oh, my god, that sounds incredible! this is amazing. # the soft wind whips in from off the shore. between them, the members of sam s extraordinary backing group have won 27 grammy awards.