Guitar, Violin, & Cello

Up on the Mountain is a grassical-folk journey with guitar, violin and cello. Producer and sound-sculptor John Huling (Spiritlands, Ancestral Waters) ushers in the advent of a new sound for Spencer’s’ 17th CD with a spatial texture and mood unequaled on any of his previous releases. The addition of classical cellist Nathanial Parke helps to create that depth both in spirit and tone as he resplendently performs on an instrument built in 1721 by C.G. Testore. The intimacy created by the finger picked themes works in fine contrast with the flat-picked lead guitar tracks while the violins work their magic throughout. The CD also exhibits the unusual trait that it is impossible to turn off, when and wherever you are listening to it with something new being offered around every musical corner. Yet, like all of Spencer’s other CD’s it has that uncanny ability to complement any mood.