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1. Tell the Babies I Love Them (Overture)2. Family Ties3. Miner Imperfections4. The Flood5. All Again6. Gabriel7. Dance in Rain8. Another Leaf9. That Time Again10. Skyline Blues11. West of Lonesome12. Headwaters13. 10-3814. Two Weeks Gone15. Soul Like Mine16. Willing and Able17. Cue Country Roads18. Take Me Home, Country Roads19. By Your Side (Underture)Family Ties, Charles Wesley Godwin’s third album and first with Big Loud, is a portrait of home, of relationships, of lessons learned and lived. Perhaps most exciting, the 19-track release showcases a tunesmith at the peak of his powers – melding melody with memories, workmanship with wisdom. Godwin demo’ed the songs that would become Family Ties on a Tascam 4-track (thanks to his love for Bruce Springsteen’s seminal Nebraska) and then recorded them at one of his dream studios, Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina, before he signed a record deal. He recorded the album with his long-time band, the Allegheny High, and long-time producer, Allegheny High guitarist Al Torrence.