Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus – ‘Harbortowne’ [Album Review]

Austin, Texas-based folk/Americana duo Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus release their seventh long-player, Harbortowne, What began as a sit-in became a musical partnership spanning 40 years. Along with Patton (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Brokus (vocals, percussion), Harbortowne features special guests BettySoo (backing vocals), Ron Flynt (vocals, bass, keyboards, harmonica, acoustic guitar), John Bush (percussion), Rich Brotherton (acoustic guitar, mandolin), and Warren Hood on fiddle. Produced by Flynt of power pop band 20/20, Harbortowne was recorded at Jumping Dog Studio in Austin and mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Studio. Discussing the album, Patton shares, “The working title for the album was ‘Pattonville,’ because of a joke our songwriting collaborator Jeff Talmadge made, but i...

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