“The Song Remembers When”
Written by Hugh Prestwood
TABITHA FAIR: Lead Vocal
PAT COIL: Piano
LOREN BARRIGAR: Acoustic Guitar
DAVID NORTHRUP: Drums
SCOTTY SIMPSON: Bass
DAN DUGMORE: Pedal Steel Guitar
JOE DAVOLI: Violin
ANDY KRAVITZ: Percussion
BRITT SAVAGE: Background Vocals
Producer: Tom Emmi
Associate Producers: Chris West, Kevin Farrell
Additional Production Support, Co-engineering, Music Mix & Mastering: Andy Kravitz
Video Editors: Dexter Gresh, Leo Switucha
In 1972, a young elementary school teacher in El Paso packed his guitar case to make a fresh start in Greenwich Village as a folk troubadour like so many others at that time. But unlike most others, Hugh Prestwood would have the talent and good fortune to make a friend of singer Judy Collins, who would record his song “Hard Time For Lovers”. That moment launched a songwriting career that would span four decades and produce dozens of heartfelt and world-wise tracks for artists from Crystal Gayle to Tricia Yearwood, from Alison Krauss to Jimmy Buffet, and from Jerry Douglas to James Taylor. Although Nashville was where he made his mark, Prestwood made his home in New York State, where he taught Advanced Songwriting at the New School in Manhattan for most of his life. In October of 2024, Hugh Prestwood succumbed to a stroke and his legacy was cut short. But to quote one of his best-loved lyrics, “Yeah, even if the whole world has forgotten, the song remembers when.”
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