• Oil in My Vessel

    Fiddlefreak Posted On April 27, 2015
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    Oil in My Vessel is a traditional song associated with North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson. The verse from the well-known hymn Amazing Grace was written by slave trader John Newton, who composed it upon his safe landfall after his ship was battered by a violent storm off the coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1748. Stuart Mason: vocals, banjo. Ryan Davidson: bass fiddle. Tony Furtado: slide guitar. Location: Painted Sky Studios, Harmony, CA. Old photos courtesy of the Lomax Collection, U.S. Library of Congress. Arranged and Produced by Stuart Mason and made possible by a fan fundraising campaign. Video by FirsthandStories.com.

    From Stuart Mason: Tradition, a new album with release date of May 26, 2105 on Native Home Music. Learn more at http://stuartmasontradition.com




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