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(August 18, 2020 - Austin, Texas) Announcing the release of Back Home Again, a series of songs inspired by and in honor of songwriter Jimmy LaFave. The songs will be online releases every month and the title song is available now! This month's selection, “Back Home Again,” is a song written by Chip Dolan and Slaid Cleaves and vocals are sung by Lafavorites, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves. Download it now!

The Project:
Upon hearing from Jimmy about his cancer diagnosis keyboardist Chip Dolan wrote two songs inspired by Jimmy LaFave and his unique sound. Dolan conceived of a project honoring LaFave and, fine-tuning the songs with a group of collaborators, friends, bandmates, touring companions and session players who had played with Jimmy LaFave, in March of 2020 gathered them at Jimmy’s former studio, Cedar Creek Recording in South Austin and recorded the songs.

The collaborators have come to be called the LaFavorites and include artists Eliza Gilkyson, BettySoo, Slaid Cleaves and Marvin Dykhuis…and the group is growing! Co-produced by Marvin Dykhuis and Chip Dolan the songs were engineered by former LaFave engineers Fred Remmert, John Silva and Andrew Hernandez. Artwork and website design are by Christina Fajardo.

    The profits from this LaFavorites project will be directed to associations that assist musicians, including the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM). The artists and songwriters will vary from song to song.
     The first song,"Back Home Again," is available online only for download at:
    LaFavorites: www.lafavorites.net
    iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/back-home-again-single/1525962880
   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2tEGcdtXscMLrFvwSE0i2Q?si=vsYtZdsiQaaj7c9Axim9DA

“There is something about music in me. I don’t know where it comes from... Yet I do have this feeling inside of me…a place that feels like home.” – Jimmy LaFave, Austin American–Statesman

The Inspiration:
Jimmy LaFave was an American singer-songwriter on the cutting edge of a unique sound that was grounded in the landscapes of Oklahoma and Texas, named "Red Dirt Music," a mix of rock, folk, rockabilly, and country,
LaFave moved from Oklahoma to Austin and soon a grass roots demand lead to critical acclaim for his music and he took his sound touring worldwide. LaFave appeared on the prestigious Austin City Limits, was Austin Music Awards’s “Best Singer–Songwriter,” twice and Kerrville Folk “Songwriter of the Year,” LaFave’s album Cimarron Manifesto was No.1 on the Americana Album Chart. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2017. Jimmy LaFave passed away in May of 2017 of spindle cell sarcoma.