LUCK

All songs written by Tony Petersen
Recorded at Double Pug Studios in

Northeast Minneapolis
Songs copyright Anthony Lee Petersen BMI

Tony Petersen - vocals, electric guitars,

acoustic guitar, banjo, all the easy keys,midi drums
Ben Cosgrove - all the fancy keys
Josh Mack - bass on “Golden Standard”
Sarah Koopmann - violin on “You Freak Me Out Sometimes” and “Lucky One”
Doug and Patti the pugs - miscellaneous grunts and snores

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Special thanks to: Chris Hollister for guiding my ear in production and Jill Zimmerman for listening to the songs on repeat without asking for it.

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All of the songs from Luck are brand new, written specifically for the album. I began writing shortly after the release of my previous EP “Some Dreams”, which came out August 2021. I had about 12-13 songs total and whittled it down to the eight that fit together best.

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Luck is an album built around songs that I can perform live, alone. After years of recording with layered instruments to the point where I could never replicate them onstage, this time I set out to make a record that would be bare-bones and still have the momentum for a listener to mow the lawn to. I knew I was missing a piece of myself on record and it felt time for me to release songs that could lived on their own, without the clutter of fancy production.

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This is the closest I have come to baring the truest sense of my artistic self. Simple yet strong, acoustic guitar based, and featuring a whole lot of banjo. It’s been scary, revealing and thrilling to explore this realm. I’m most comfortable as a lead guitarist, a side-man, following another’s cues, and this album is my most stripped-down set of songs yet. It’s truly just me, being me.

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The songs were all recorded in my home studio. I tested out several other studios in Minneapolis and even considering going across the country to record, but eventually I learned that the process of creating and re-creating songs on my own in my own space is the most rewarding process for me right now.