Tish Hinojosa
Sign of Truth
Rounder 3172
2000
maybe on amazon
This Texas born and raised songstress has done nothing but grow stronger, both in vision and her ability to express this understanding, by huge strides as the years have passed. She wrote, or co-wrote, all 12 of the songs on this disc. If you aren’t familiar with her she sings in both English and Spanish, and her songs express both the duality and the oneness, as well as the peace and love she has found from being raised in both cultures on the border by a strong and loving family. There is something about her songs and manner that have always spoken strongly of a greater truth, and this is most clearly expressed here. Her long time friend and accompanist Marvin Dykhuis on all manner of guitars and stringed instruments, as well as an exceedingly solid group of exceptional musicians that echo the intensity of feelings being expressed very ably assist her. There are people such as Chip Dolan on keyboards, David Grissom on guitar, Lloyd Maines on pedal steel, and the wonderful accordion accents of Joel Guzman. This is a disc that speaks of love and growing, the puzzles in life and somehow taps into the rhythm of the heart. It is a disc that brings comfort with it carried in her voice even when she speaks of love that has vanished. There is a sincerity here that is getting difficult to find. A disc from the heart, that is aptly named.
Songs, times, and writers
1. Sign of Truth – 3:52 – Tish Hinojosa
2. Mona Lisa by the Rio Grande – 3:53 – lyrics Tish Hinojosa music Marvin Dykhuis and Tish Hinojosa
3. Fire in Winter – 3:41 - Tish Hinojosa
4. Taste of Dying Summer – 3:32 - Tish Hinojosa
5. Fence Post –5:00 - Tish Hinojosa
6. Roses Around My Feet – 4:56 - Tish Hinojosa
7. I Have No Answers – 4:15 - Tish Hinojosa
8. Hey Little Love – 2:56 - Tish Hinojosa
9. Wildflowers – 2:55 - Tish Hinojosa
10. Faded Souvenir – 3:07 - Tish Hinojosa
11. The Dreams I Have Seen – 4:15 - Tish Hinojosa
12. Song for the Journey – 4:21 – lyrics by Chip Dolan and Tish Hinojosa Music by Chip Dolan
Musicians
Tish Hinojosa – producer, vocals, guitar, and piano (Fence Post)
Marvin Dykhuis – producer, guitars, six-string bass, mandolin, octoblaster, charango, background vocals and percussion
Chip Dolan – piano, organ, synth, and accordion
Glenn Kawamoto – bass
Rafael O’Malley Gayol – drums
Joel Guzman – accordion and piano
David Grissom – electric guitar
Jose Galeano – timbales, congas and percussion
Eamon McLaughlin – violin
Lloyd Maines – pedal steel guitar
Dan Torosian – saxophone
Rick White – trumpet
Randy Zimmerman – trombone
Fred Remmert and Dave McNair – tambourine
Horn arrangements – Dan Torosian