Long Day’s Journey Into Light

Long Day’s Journey Into Light reflects roads less travelled, and a life fully lived. Cutting a broad swath across all facets of roots music from folk to rock to americana, and most points in between, the 12 songs on the album play out like tales to be passed from generation to generation. Universal threads that would be equally at home by a peaceful campfire as they would be in a skid row back alley or a Hallmark Christmas special. Payson Lyon’s songs reflect a craftsmanship that only comes from equal parts observation and obsession, and the results are a revelation.

—Larry Kay

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1. Take Another Step 4:24
2. Cold Gray Steel 3:59
3. Sugarloaf Road 3:33
4. Casena’s Song 6:31
5. Where’s Home 3:44
6. Pale Fire 3:14
7. Right on the Borderline 3:48
8. 40 West to Memphis 3:03
9. I Hate It When 3:15
10. Forever Untamed 3:20
11. Long Day’s Journey 4:09
12. Invisible Fire 3:50

Produced by Colin Linden and Michael Robert Frank

Tracks recorded, edited and mixed by Colin Linden Recorded at Pinhead Recorders, Nashville, TN, February 5, 6, 7, 8, 2022 except for: I Hate It When, recorded by Payson Lyon, Knoxville, TN August 2014, mixed and mastered by Hans Christian, Summer, 2022 Long Day’s Journey, recorded by William Garrett, Songwriters Recording Studio, Knoxville, TN May 2022 Invisible Fire, recorded by Payson Lyon, Knoxville, TN November 2019

Additional mixing and editing of tracks by Jim Godsey, JBG Audio, Palatine, IL All tracks mastered by Jim Godsey, JBG Audio, Palatine, IL

Album art and graphic design by Shannon Lyons, Absolute Fractals, Rimby, Alberta, BC, Canada

Photography by Michael Robert Frank

All songs: lyrics, music and arrangements by Payson Lyon (ASCAP) Cold Grey Steel, title by Steve McDaniel Music Publishing administration by Earwig Music Company, Inc. (BMI)

EARWIG CD4983 © ℗ 2022 Payson Lyon/Earwig Music Company, Inc.