All singing from the same hymn sheet on Other Voices
PHILIP King is describing a serendipitous sequence series of events involving Laura Marling’s Belfast-born bass player, SXSW festival in Texas, and connections he forged in Nashville while filming his Emmy award-winning Bringing It All Back Home documentary in the early 90s.
“…And Freddie’s mother is Willie Nelson’s sister,” he concludes brightly. One would almost expect him to add The Fast Show’s infamous “which was nice” line. He’s explaining how he came to be sitting in a room with Nelson, a lifelong hero, in Arlyn studios in Austin, Texas, recording an exclusive performance for RTÉ’s Other Voices.
