The new CD by Kevin Wallace
Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
© Cord International Media Group
Waiting Home is a slice of crossover hit song heaven. There's a magical place where Rockabilly meets the Blues, Country, and Rock 'n Roll. Standing firmly at that crossroads is Waiting Home, a rockin' taste of all-original Americana tunes where diverse root music influences break through boundaries and barriers to reveal treasure. Master storyteller singer-songwriter Kevin Virgil Wallace bares his heart and soul, enchanting the imagination with well-crafted, authentic, lyrically-driven tales of love, and loss and heartache with distinct Virgil retro vibe. Monster master guitarist Ken Emerson joins the band, laying down long-rollicking and deep blue guitar riffs best described as some of the hottest lead guitar known to Planet Earth.
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Caring for the legacy of Beatrice Wood, and the other fascinating individuals who created and cared for the Happy Valley Foundation over the decades, requires us to share their stories and connect with the spirit of possibilities for a better life, individually and globally. We share Beatrice Wood’s story of reinvention – from her pursuit of freedom, individuality, love and expression as a young woman, through her taking up ceramics at the age of 40, to enjoying the best years of her life in her 80s and 90s, becoming a published author and creating art until her passing at the age of 105. Every weekend, hearing her story, a visitor inevitably turns to a friend and says, "there is hope" – and indeed Beatrice Wood always told visitors that they should pursue their dreams, by embracing discipline in harmony with inspiration, a life-long love of learning, and a commitment to do the work.
I believe that people should practice what they preach, and that is one of the reasons why, at the age of 60, I decided to record an album of the songs I had written over the decades. There was also the fact that my wife Sheryl and I are responsible for raising the funds to keep the Center alive, and I felt that it would be a way of raising funds. While I haven’t worked out the details of a benefit performance or performances, if you order the CD from the Center, 100% of the sale goes to support our educational programming.
Why Virgil?
With this collection, I am sharing a part of me that most of the people who know me are unaware of – just as they are unaware that my middle name is Virgil… the name of both of my grandfathers. Also, I needed something to separate the singer/songwriter aspect of myself from my everyday life as director of the Center. I thought of Duchamp’s Fountain, which he signed "R. Mutt" so that he and Beatrice Wood could write about what an important work of art it was – and here it is: Virgil Waiting Home, featuring twelve songs written over a period of over 40 years.
-Kevin Wallace
Director
Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
& Happy Valley Cultural Center
Ojai native and resident Maryann Cord, is the Co-Founder & CEO of Cord International Media Group. Cord International's Hana Ola Records is known as the first name in vintage Hawaiian music, a music recording and licensing company passionately dedicated to preserving, restoring and releasing lost real Hawaiian music, with a huge catalog of recordings.
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