Janet's late mother saw a hovering Angel when she had a stroke while she was driving and had a car accident. She managed to fully recover from the stroke. Years later and after Janet's Mom had passed on, while watching Janet drive off in a snowstorm, Jeff imagined her mother as an Angel watching over her. Shortly after, when returning through a snowstorm from a funeral for her Uncle Edwin (a WW II veteran), the roads were treacherous and slippery. Jeff and Janet were safely guided home by following a logging truck (a rare time to be grateful to be caught behind one). When the truck entered the Saint John river valley the lights of Fredericton exposed the image of an Angel In The Snow on top of the load of logs. Angel, take us home.
I said "My little one, watch where you go."
"Bye" said the pretty one, "Be careful, I know."
Off she goes down the road
Blowing cold, lots of snow
I look up, she's overhead I know
There she goes
Angel in the snow
Flying low
Angel in the snow
Winter drive from Chipman with ice on the road
We said "Goodbye Edwin," then we had to go home
in the dark caught behind
load of popple going stateside
There ahead she finds the sign and she knows
There, there in the load
Angel in the snow
Flying low
Angel in the snow
There she goes
Angel in the snow
Flying low
Angel, take us home
credits
from Free To Grow,
released November 14, 2014
Written by Jeff Patch
Vocals - Jeff Patch and Amanda L. Moss
Backing Vox - Catherine Leblanc, Susan Thompson, Justine Koroscil
12 String guitar - Jeff Patch
Acoustic guitar - Joseph Bonnell
Bass - Dick Violette
Drums - Alex Tattersall
Fiddle - Katherine Moller
Chugging, organ-laden motorik-psych from Spanish group Melange with lockstep rhythms and kaleidoscopic vocal harmonies. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 13, 2017
Big, clanging psych-rock from this Arizona outfit fuses monk-like vocals with slow-winding guitars for songs that feel like strange hymns. Bandcamp New & Notable May 2, 2016
Rundgren-esque rock with big hooks and a hint of the baroque, recommended for fans of Jon Brion and post-Kill Rock Stars Elliott Smith. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 20, 2024
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023