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Catching Leaves Album Art and Liner Notes

 

 

Produced by Ken Pendergast
Recorded at MorningStar Studios (East Norriton, PA)
Engineered Glenn Barrett and Dave Schonauer
Mixed by Ken Pendergast
Mastered by Glenn Barrett

Additional recording by Dave Downham at Gradwell House Recording (Haddon Heights, NJ)
Additional recording by Ken Pendergast at STOC Productions (Philadelphia, PA)
Additional recording by Peter Richan at Buckeye Studios (Philadelphia, PA)

“Sky Blue Sky”
Produced & Recorded by: 
Bruno Migliari at 8VB Studio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
with Avi Wisnia + Daniel Harris Levine in Avi’s Kitchen and Daniel’s Closet (Philadelphia, USA)

All Music and Lyrics by Avi Wisnia
Mo Show Publishing (ASCAP)

except “Heat Lightning” & “Catching Leaves” 
By Avi Wisnia, Seth Kroll
”HARVEST MOON”
By Neil Young
© Silver Fiddle Music
“HOW TO FIGHT LONELINESS”
By Jeff Tweedy, Jay Bennett
© BMG Bumblebee / Warner-Tamerlane
“DINDI”
By Antonio Carlos Jobim, Aloysio de Oliviera, Ray Gilbert
© Corcovado Music Corporation / Ipanema Music

All Rights Reserved © Avi Wisnia 2021

Cover art “Autumn Revisited” mural by David Guinn, Palumbo Park in Philadelphia
Layout & Graphic Design by Joseph McCarthy
Photography by Derek Brad

Avi Wisnia – vocals, piano

  1. Catching Leaves (3:18)

with
Ken Pendergast – electric bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz – violin
Michelle Bishop – violin
Veronica Jurkiewicz – viola
Rajli Bicolli – cello
*string arrangement by John Conahan

  1. Heat Lightning (4:14)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass, electric piano
Chuck Staab – drums
Jeremy Grenhart– background vocals
Samantha Rise – background vocals

  1. Come Home To (4:13)

with
Erik Sayles – acoustic guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Tom Hampton – mandolin
Jeremy Grenhart – organ, background vocals
Alexandra Day – background vocals

  1. Harvest Moon (5:34)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass, wurlitzer, shaker
Chuck Staab – drums
John Conahan– organ
Avi Wisnia – kazoo
Ryan Ptasnik – percussion, typewriter

  1. You’re Wrong (2:55)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric guitar, electric bass, wurlitzer
Chuck Staab – drums
Jeremy Grenhart– background vocals
Samantha Rise – background vocals
Avi Wisnia – celeste
Ryan Ptasnik – percussion

  1. Somebody Else’s Fault (3:18)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Ryan Ptasnik – tambourine
Josh Orlando – shaker
John Conahan – organ
Jeremy Grenhart – background vocals

  1. Make Me Cry (4:30)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Victor North – saxophone
Matt Cappy – trumpet
Jeremy Grenhart – organ
*horn arrangement by Ken Pendergast

  1. How To Fight Loneliness (3:25)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass, wurlitzer
Chuck Staab – drums
Matt Cappy – trumpet
John Conahan– organ

  1. It’s Gonna Rain Today (5:11)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – upright bass, bowed vibraphone
Chuck Staab – drums
Ryan Ptasnik – percussion
Avi Wisnia – xylophone

  1. Simple Words (2:38)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – upright bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Tom Hampton – mandolin

  1. Just Another Daydream (3:17)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar
Ken Pendergast – upright bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Patrick Hughes – trumpet

  1. Dindi (6:09)

with
Erik Sayles – electric guitar, classical guitar
Ken Pendergast – electric bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Avi Wisnia – fender rhodes electric piano
Victor North – saxophone

  1. Goodnight (2:57)

with
Erik Sayles – acoustic guitar
Ken Pendergast – upright bass
Chuck Staab – drums
Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz – violin
Michelle Bishop – violin
Veronica Jurkiewicz – viola
Rajli Bicolli – cello
*string arrangement by Ken Pendergast

  1. Sky Blue Sky [Bonus Track] (5:39)

with
Bernardo Bosisio – acoustic guitar, cavaquinho
Marco Lobo – percussion
Bruno Migliari – acoustic bass, fender rhodes electric piano, additional percussion and effects
Avi Wisnia – fender rhodes electric piano, melodica

Associate Producers:
Dan Costa, The Schiznias

THANK YOU
To Ken Pendergast;
To the band: to Erik Sayles, to Chuck Staab;
To all the musicians and engineers who gave their talent to this album;
To Glenn Barratt, to Dave Schonauer, and to everyone at MorningStar Studios;
To Bruno Migliari; 
To my Focus Group: to Aaron Nathans, to Aaron Platt, to Alan Cohen, to Amanda Duncan, to Chana Rothman, to Chris Heinz, to Dan Levine, to Dustin Barnes, to Emily Joy Goldberg, to Emily Rotella, to Jason Ager, to Josh Joplin, to Julia Furlan, to Kim Karston, to Kris Kelly, to Liz Kushner, to Rachel Spekman, to Shawn Fogel; To Seth Kroll;
To Family Junction;
To the Philly Songwriters Circle;
To Milo’s Meeting House: to Dean, to Craig;
To everyone who supported and pre-ordered this album;
To my friends, to my family;
To Dov;
To Sara & Matt;
To Imma & Abba;

This album is about the song,
Each song allowed to be whatever it wanted to be.
It took a long time to get here.
Thank you for encouraging me every step of the way,
Allowing me to be whatever I want to be.

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