John Doan: Music

Thanks to: Billy Oskay for his high standards and excellence as a producer, performer, engineer, debating partner, and friend; all the other fine musicians and friends that brought their parts to life and played their hearts out; the many known and unknown composers who wove their tender melodies into the fabric of our lives; and to Deirdra for listening, helping and waiting.

All selections John Doan, Heirloom Serenades (BMI) except Remembering Greensleeves, c 1992 Nara Music, Inc.,(BMI)/Heirloom Serenades, (BMI). c p 1993 Tapestry Productions.

Recorded, produced, engineered and mixed by Billy Oskay with John Doan, Nov. 91-92 at The Billy Oskay Studio, Portland, Oregon.

Custom mastered for cassette by Rick McMillen, Portland, Oregon.

John Doan: harp guitar, classical banjo on Winter Romance, banjuerine on Memories of Malaguena, harp mandolin on Pioneer Rose. Billy Oskay: harmonium and violin on Gold In The Ground and Pioneer Rose, harmonium on Grandma's Music Box, violin and keyboards on Wind Through The Willow, violin on Dream Waltz, keyboards on Scenes From Childhood, and Dream Waltz. Michael Harrison: piano on Remembering Greensleeves. Laura Zaerr: concert harp on Memories of Malaguena. Wind Through The Willow and Dream Waltz: Erin Bonds, violin; Justin Thorp, violin; Dieter Ratzlaf, cello; Sam Bernardi, accordian on Dream Waltz. Winter Romance: Ken Culver, mandolin; Vernon Vasey, mando bass; Laura Curtis, piano

All arrangements by John Doan Gold In The Ground by John Doan as based on Clementine by Stephen Foster and the traditional tunes Streets of Larado and Buffalo Gals. Dream Waltz by John Doan as based on a theme from Slavanic Dance #2, Op. 72 by Anton Dvorak, and a theme from Valse #7, Op. 64, #2 by Frederic Chopin. Remembering Greensleeves is a version of the traditional tune Greensleeves. Scenes From Childhood by John Doan as based on Op. 15, #1 by Robert Schumann, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms, The Old Oaken Bucket by George Kiallmark, and Peace In The Valley by Paul Cantelon. Winter Romance by John Doan as based on a theme from Spanish Romance by Emile Grimshaw. Pioneer Rose by John Doan as based on Oh Susana by Stephen Foster and the traditional tune Fair and Tender Ladies. Wind Through The Willow by John Doan inspired from Symphony #3, third movement by Johannes Brahms. Memories of Malaguena by John Doan as based on the the traditional theme of Malaguena,with a reference to Fantasie Op. 7 by Fernando Sor. Grandma's Music Box (Aura Lee) by George Poulton (1861). Old Church by John Doan as based on the Old Doxology/Old One Hundred by Louis Bourgeois (1551), Nearer My God To Thee by Lowell Mason (1856), Amazing Grace an early american melody, and To God Be The Glory by William Howard Doane.

Liner notes edited by Anna Ellendman. Graphics by Murray Heidebrecht. Photograhy and set design by Deirdra Doan and Shirley Thede-Bennett. Photo concept by John Doan. Insert Photo by Eye Of The Lady/ Doreen L. Wynja. Concert harp guitar built by John Sullivan with Jeffrey Elliott, Portland, Oregon 1986 Billy Oskay appears courtesy of Windham Hill Productions, Inc.