The Notes
Night Owl, released in January 2013, made the top 30 on the Americana Radio Chart top 10 on the Euroamericana Chart. It’s an album filled with story songs, soulful and honest acoustic tracks and moody full band arrangements. It is more of a late night relaxing listen than many of Ted’s other records. Compiled from recording sessions in L.A., Nashville and Tulsa, it is cinematic and moody and has the heart of a singer-songwriter record.
Ted wrote or co-wrote every song on this set. Some of the notable co-writers are Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Will Hoge, Katy Moffatt, Eric Paslay, Dylan Altman and Jim McCormick.
The Players
Special guests include Michael Webb (Bobby Keys, Gary Allan, Fugutive Glue), Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakam, Gene Edwards), Chuck Blackwell (Leon Russell, Taj Mahal, Matt Mason), Jerry Roe (k.d. lang, Gretchen Wilson), John Schreffler (Shooter Jennings, Broken Bravado), Tommi Viksten (the Munsons).
The Team
Basic tracks recorded by
Mark Rains at the Station House, Echo Park, CA
Mike Esser at 16 Tons Studios, Nashville, CAJim Doyle at Doyle Audio, Santa Monica, CA
Les Moorman at the Musicians Workshop, Claremore, OK
Scott Lorenzini at Lorenzini Studios, Los Angeles, CA
John Hurley at Dollar Digital Recording, Nashville, TN
TRK at home and in various hotel rooms across America
Overdubs recorded by
Kyle Mann at KyleMann.com, Nashville, TN
Jeffrey Saenz at Modern Electric Recorders, Dallas, TX
John Schreffler at Fulton Manor, Los Angeles, CA
TRK at home and even more hotel rooms across America
Mixed by
TRK & Mark Rains at the Station House, Echo Park, CA
except for At The End Of the Day mixed by TRK & Kyle Mann
Mastered by John Golden
Executive Producers
Connor Reinhardt III
Charles Berolzeimer
Artwork
Photos: Deone Jahnke
Back cover photo: Zack Hudson
Graphic design: Paul Moore
Instruments
Ted proudly plays
Gibson and Hard Luck Kings guitars, basses & mandolins,
LaBella strings, Ampeg amps, and Dave’s accordions