Musicians & friends: We have played together since July 2004 - New York City
"His is a quintessentially American point of view. Godfrey touches subject matter essential to our existence. The songs are well crafted, tuneful, poetic, and performed with the cream of Nashville's roots music players" (below)
--- Shake Magazine --- Nashville Fall Issue - 2008
Thomm Jutz ( Nanci Griffith's "Blue Moon Orchestra" ): Guitars, Mandolin -
Pat McInernery ( Nanci Griffith's "Blue Moon Orchestra'): Drums, Percussion -
Mark Fain ( Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder ): Upright Bass -
Jelly Roll Johnson ( Al Cooper - Etta James )over 50 Gold & Platinum Records-
Ericson Holt ( The Maverick's, The Mike Farris Review ): Organ, Wurlitzer -
Shad Cobb ( The Osborne Brothers ): Fiddle -
Robby Turner ( Waylon Jennings ): Pedal Steel -
Richard Bailey ( The Steel Drivers ): Banjo -
Krystal Godfrey: Bass on "Free To Be Me" -
Arthur Godfrey: Vocals, Acoustic Rhythm Guitar -
'BROKEN WINGS' Produced by: Thomm Jutz - a guitar player & producer in Nashville. He has worked with David Olney, Steve Young & Mary Gauthier & others. Thomm's influences o American Folk and Roots music and his classical guitar studies in Europe forms his signature sound ---- Thomm & Arthur have performed on stage and in the studio for over four years.
Influences
Southside Johnny & the Ashbury Jukes - Stephen Foster - Townes Van Zandt -John Prine - Charles Bukowski - Bruce Springsteen - Sue Monk Kidd - my Mother - Bob Dylan - Bobby Ives - Leonard Cohen - Phil Douglas - and me.
I am the son of a Boston firefighter. I grew up in the city during the 1960s and 1970s. My own ‘road less traveled’ has led me to a place, where I could write about the awareness of my own frailty and prejudice. The songs on “Broken Wings” were born there and address my walk through some of life's most difficult trials: Race, Religion, War, Family, the Homeless, the Impaired, Death and Self.
—Arthur Godfrey
