Album Notes

Country ballads, funked-out folk, rock, and blues have all found their place in Nancy Moore's recordings and live shows. Simple rhythm guitar and provocative vocal melodies are what she writes. The songs stand solid in solo acoustic settings, and as fully-orchestrated, honky-tonk pageantry. From accordion and fiddle, to mandolin or banjo, accompanists add color and spice to her rich tapestry of sound. These Are Real is the debut disc from Nancy Moore. Co-produced by Nancy Moore and Rob Wechsler at Wextrax, in McKinney, Texas, the album features nine songs penned by Moore and a honky-tonkifide cover of "And This Is My Beloved" from the musical Kismet. Jack Ingram is featured with Moore on "Happy Song," and Barry Kooda performs with her on the duet "I've Got A Ring." Musicians include Milo Deering on fiddle, steel guitar and mandolin, Don Wayne Reno on banjo, Bobby Baranowski on drums, Herman Echols on bass, Hash Brown on electric guitar and harmonica, Becky Cutler on background vocals, Nick Ballarini on accordion, and Jim Lenhert on saxophone. The album's eclectic array of songs and styles is by design. For six years, Moore was a DJ on Dallas' KNON FM (89.3), and like a play list from an all-night Americana radio show, this disc takes the listener on a musical road trip. "When I was a little girl," Moore explains, "I didn't know that what my dad listened to on the car radio and in the pool halls was 'country' music - to me, it was just 'music'. And we watched all of the variety shows on television. So whether it was Buck Owens, Ella Fitzgerald, or Benny Goodman, to me it was all the same - I just knew I liked to sing along." As a teenager, Moore played bass in a punk band, and eventually would have a stint in Ray Wylie Hubbard's rhythm section in 1985-86. Today, Moore lives in Dallas, Texas and performs regionally.