#FOXESTRACKS IS An E.P. of songs from WE FOXES, A southern gothic musical thriller by rso.
Orchestrations by RYAN SCOTT OLIVER and CHARLIE ROSEN
Recorded at the John Kilgore Studio, Sep. 21, 2015
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Musicians
RODNEY BUSH, piano
CHARLIE ROSEN, bass
MICAH BURGESS, guitar
JUSTIN ROTHBERG, guitar, banjo, mandolin
ALLISON SEIDNER, cello
HIROKO TAGUCHI, violin
JEREMY YADDAW, percussion
THE TRACKS
1: “Sorrow Done”
Performed by EMILY ROGERS
Missouri, 1945. Orphan-girl Willa learns her brother is coming home from war at last, and together they’ll return to their tramp life on the road.
2: “Map of Scars”
Performed by EMILY ROGERS
After a series of cruel devastations, Willa discovers she has nothing … but herself. The end of Act I.
3: “Ruination”
Performed by KATIE THOMPSON
Threatened with divorce by her powerful husband, Vesta Quimby calculates that the only thing standing between her and her ambitions is Willa.
4: “City of Angels”
Performed by CHARLIE FRANKLIN
Eugene dreams of a life with Willa out west, if only she’ll say yes.
5: “We Foxes”
Performed by EMILY ROGERS and CHARLIE FRANKLIN
With SERENA BERMAN, JENNA BURNS, ETHAN CARLSON, IAN FAIRLEE, CORY JEACOMA, TRAVIS KENT, THOMAS KNAPP, KAILEY MARSHALL, MARY CLAIRE MISKELL, ALEX RADER, BYRON TURK, MATHIEU WHITMAN, JILL WILEY, DANIEL YEARWOOD and VICTORIA HUSTON-ELEM
The conclusion. The Quimby Estate burns to the ground, Vesta Quimby is dead, and Willa and Eugene escape on the railway to their future.
Special thanks to Mary Claire Miskell and Joshua Schwartz.