Trouble Down Teche
Fan Funding Campaign
Hi Everyone, I am asking for your help in getting my new album, Trouble Down Teche, finished and released.
Many of you know that I had heart surgery over a year ago, which put me seriously behind financially in all parts of my life. So many generously donated to the GoFundMe for my medical costs, but now I need help to finish paying all the artists who collaborated on this project. This time around, to raise the funds, I am offering perks that you can purchase.
This record, my fourth in collaboration with my friend Dirk Powell, is our best work yet. It’s a Louisiana project, as all of the musicians, photographers, and graphic designers are from Acadiana.
The musical core of the album is:
- Daniel Coolik on guitar and mandolin
- Trey Boudreaux on bass
- Danny Devillier on drums
- Dirk, mostly on guitar, with some fiddle, banjo, and percussion
- And me on harmonica and lead vocals.
Cedric Watson on fiddle and Corey Ledet on accordion join us on a half dozen tunes, and Teka Briscoe and Amelia Powell join Dirk on harmony vocals.
Rhiannon Giddens stops in as a guest artist on a very spirited version of the old Fiddle tune, Chilly Winds.
The music covers a wide range of acoustic and electric Roots Music. Dirk wrote three of the fifteen tunes, I wrote three and the rest are our joyful takes on songs we’ve loved for a long time. We are all very proud of this record and are anxious to get it out into the world.
I need to raise a minimum of $13,196 by March 12 to cover the cost of the engineer, producer, photographer, and the 3% fee.
Anything above that will go towards the additional $15,773 needed to pay for the promotion (press, social media, and radio), manufacturing, and graphic design needed to get the actual album out into the world.
If you aren’t able to support our campaign at this time, but you’d like to contribute, I’d be grateful if you would share/pass on this information to anyone you think would be interested in helping us get our album out.
I thank you for your support, as does everyone connected to this project.
All the best and Blessings to all
Grant Dermody