What You Need to Prove

The new album from Thomas Cassell is here!

Featuring Tim Stafford, Becky Buller, Dale Ann Bradley, Julian Pinelli, John Gardner, Jacob Metz, Dan Boner, Hunter Berry, Ned Luberecki, and Vince Ilagan.

Out now on Mountain Fever Records.

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Track listing:

  1. The First Move
    (Thomas Cassell/Tim Stafford)

  2. Redbud Tree
    (Mark Knopfler)

  3. Overlooking Blue
    (Thomas Cassell)

  4. Traveling Shoes
    (Thomas Cassell/Becky Buller)

  5. Sufficient For the Day
    (Thomas Cassell/Tim Stafford)

  6. Another You
    (Thomas Cassell/Jon Weisberger)

  7. Diggs the Bounty Hunter
    (Thomas Cassell)

  8. New November
    (Tim Stafford/Graham Sharp)

Credits:

  • Thomas Cassell - mandolin, lead vocals

  • Hunter Berry - fiddle (5)

  • Dan Boner - harmony vocals

  • Dale Ann Bradley - harmony vocals

  • Becky Buller - harmony vocals (4)

  • John Gardner - drums

  • Vince Ilagan - bass

  • Ned Luberecki - banjo

  • Jacob Metz - dobro

  • Julian Pinelli - fiddle

  • Tim Stafford - guitar

“Cassell’s new Mountain Fever album, What You Need to Prove, lives up to its title. Each of its eight songs resonate with an upturned attitude and a sunny disposition that open the door to nothing less than absolute optimism.” - Bluegrass Today

  • Recorded by Ben Bateson at East Tennessee State University, May-August 2021

  • Additional recording by Dan Boner (ETSU), Stephen Mougin (Dark Shadow Recording), and Ben Surratt (The Rec Room Studio)

  • Mixed by Ben Bateson

  • Mastered by Ron Rice

  • Cover photograph by Ben Bateson

  • Cover design by Gabrielle Mingus