One And The Same is a melancholy lament: “I used to call you 'brother'.
With a similar low-key approach, concise and melodic tunes with wry or personal lyrics as their previous two albums, Dancing Under the Dogwoods also considers the American social climate which has changed dramatically since they settled there. I've dated songwriters and side-players and it's nice to have that different domesticity and be with someone who's not as consumed as I am with the whole game.”ĭespite the side-player work, Tattletale Saints recorded a new album Dancing Under the Dogwoods, to be released the day before they appear at the Auckland Folk Festival then embark on an extensive national tour. Winstanley also notes his girlfriend is a photographer: “Every time I go out it's musicians, musicians, musicians. You're not going to gain friends or gigs by being a dick and schmoozing too much.” Everyone realises we're all in the same boat. “I thought it would be more so, but it's quite supportive. “You do a gig, play well, have a hang with the players and they learn you're a good person to have in a band. Winstanley, an APRA Silver Scroll nominee for his songwriting, speaks of the different scenes in the city - “it's easy to get absorbed into one and ignore the others” – and over the years they've created their niches. But the more time you spend on the road the less attached you get to the place.” “People respect us and Vanessa has had some really killer country gigs in the upper level of the scene,” says Winstanley.
McGowan too spends time outside of Tattletale Saints and the capital of country music where they are established “side-players”. Recently there was three months in Japan as a sideman for Glen Campbell's daughter Ashley, then in Australia and around the American South with Nashville-based singer Rachel Baiman who helped them get established in the city. Singer-songwriter Cy Winstanley – half of the expat country-folk duo Tattletale Saints with his former partner, the vocalist/bassist Vanessa McGowan – has lived in Nashville for more than five years.
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