Whoever you are. Whatever you are facing even if today is your darkest day. I wish you peace. I wish you hope. I wish you love...
Music video premiered on “The Bluegrass Situation” (Nov 23, 2020). "Here in Gastonia" written by Si Kahn (© Joe Hill Music, ASCAP) is a single from upcoming cd release We Go On: Si Kahn's Songs of Hope in Hard Times (℗ January 29, 2021 Katie Oates Music, LLC, ASCAP)
Katie Oates at The Evening Muse with Parker Foley (bass) and Lou Breaux (percussion). January 2, 2019
The story behind the songs including studio shots of taping my first EP of original songs: "Something True". www.katieoates.com Artists seen on video include Bob Malone, Chris Rosser, Eliot Wadopian, Dan Hood, and Al Sergel. Video shot and edited by Levin Chaskey/Charlotte Star Room with additional footage from Wes Cobb.
www.katieoates.com 'Something True' EP now available on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/album/something-true-ep/id1179219024 video prod. www.charlottestarroom.com
These days we have limitless ways to virtually connect with others, but fewer real connections. Katie describes the image that inspired the title song from her latest EP (performed at the Knight Theatre in Charlotte, NC. More info here: www.katieoates.com
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Ever encounter a big talker who loves himself/herself more than anyone else in the world...that's the inspiration. I wanted to write a fun blues song that virtuoso piano player Bob Malone could record for my first cd of original songs. (But Bob was not the subject of the song!)
It's really all about saving the humans....