Mom and Dad’s Waltz, Featuring Farayi Malek

Mom and Dad’s Waltz, Featuring Farayi Malek
3:46
(Lefty Frizzell – APRS, BMI)
QZR8K2560003
UPC Code: 708857001927
CO-PRODUCED BY Lawson White
PRODUCED BY Tony Trischka
ARRANGEMENTS by Tony Trischka
RECORDINGS MADE at PARLOR STUDIOS, Nashville
ENGINEER: Eli Crews
MIXING:  Jim Robeson
MASTERING: Paul Blakemore
ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN: Nathan Golub and David Gorman
PHOTOGRAPHY: Greg Heisler
STUDIO MUSICIANS:
Farayi Malek vocal
Sam Bush mandolin
Jerry Douglas Dobro
Bryan Sutton guitar 
Todd Phillips bass
Tony Trischka banjo
This song by Lefty Frizzell reached #2 on the country charts in 1951. Lefty apparently wrote it in his car one night by the dashboard light. He gave all the royalties to his mom and dad. In this iteration, I’m joined by some of Nashville’s finest. Jason Carter stepped in at the last minute when another fiddler was suddenly unable to make it. I loved the track, but hadn’t settled on a vocalist yet. I was unfamiliar with Farayi Malek’s music before this all came together. Through Ken Irwin, and unbeknownst to me, Farayi recorded a demo over the basic track and sent it to me. I was blown away, and said, yes please, let’s do this. Her incredible multi-tracked vocal is the result.