God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You

"God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Sloop Mix)"
single by Pete Seeger feat. Lorre Wyatt & Friends
Released November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
Recorded Aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater sailing from Beacon, NY. Additional instrumentation recorded at Shelter Island Sound, New York City.
Genre Folk
Length 4:51
Label Billy Barone Productions. Available on iTunes.[1]
Writer(s) Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt
Producer(s) Richard Barone & Matthew Billy

God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Sloop Mix) is a 2012 single by Pete Seeger featuring Lorre Wyatt & Friends and released by Billy Barone Productions. Originally recorded in 2010 aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the song was written immediately after that year's massive BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill is referenced in the lyrics.

The recording session was filmed live on the Sloop, while sailing up and down the Hudson River. The music video, directed by Damien Drake, can be viewed on YouTube:[2]

The song was produced and arranged by Richard Barone and Matthew Billy. It was released on Election Day, November 6, 2012.

Track listing

  1. God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You (Sloop Mix)

Personnel

Written by Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt
Produced by Richard Barone and Matthew Billy
Pete Seeger – lead vocals and banjo
Lorre Wyatt – vocals and acoustic guitar
Richard Barone – background vocals, acoustic guitar
Matthew Billy – harmonica and engineer
Deni Bonet – violin
Steve Holley (Wings) – percussion
Tim Luntzel – bass
Terre Roche - featured backing vocals
Janice Pendarvis - featured backing vocals

Chorus – crew and passengers aboard the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater including Roland Mousaa and Princess Wow; Studio chorus: Janice Pendarvis, Candy John Carr, Jane Cole, Terre Roche, Emilie Cardinaux, Jeremy Rainer, Steve Holley, Deni Bonet, and The Outer Child Choir.

References

  1. "God's counting on me, God's counting on you", iTunes (Album), US: Apple.
  2. You tube, Google.

Sources

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