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Heirloom

by Tony Anderson

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I returned to my childhood home in rural Nebraska in October of 2021. It had been more than 24 years since my parents sold the house and moved us out of state. I didn't know what to expect upon returning, but being in the countryside it was no surprise to discover the home had been abandoned. My guess is that nobody had cared for the place (or the 6 acres of farmland it was on) for more than 20 years based on the decay I witnessed. Entering the home was one of the most powerful emotional moments of my whole life. The memories flooded back - the home had been suspended in time. Mold, mildew and rot consumed most of the rooms, but even amidst the decay, the layout was identical. It was completely silent. Outside, the warm October wind carried chaff from nearby fields being harvested in through the open window I had shattered to get inside. Everything around me was alive. I felt as if this forgotten home had been waiting for someone to come back. To love it again.

A decomposing upright piano was leaned up against the front porch outside - the same porch my father built in 1996. With its strings exposed, I recorded a few notes. In the months following my visit, I listened back to the recordings and realized I had sampled notes in the same key as the song I wrote for my mother (Ariana) in 2019 following her death. I had been looking for something of hers on the property when I broke in - something physical to remind me of her. I never did, but the recordings felt like an intentional gift from her.

I've since returned to Nebraska - its cities and small towns - a handful of times over the last few years while writing my forthcoming album. All of the music I'm developing flows from the places, the people and the memories of my childhood in the 1990s. And so this song - Heirloom - is the first of many that are my way of bringing you close into the most formative and beautiful years of my life.

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released November 10, 2023
Written, Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Tony Anderson
Mastered by Brian Calhoon
Licensing: www.musicbed.com/artists/tony-anderson/7054

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