Happy to be Lucky - Adopt a Rescue Dog!
Optimism can be elusive, unless you’re listening to this song.
Gratitude and good fortune sleep together inside the soul. Whether listening to this tune during a gloomy day full of disappointment, or during a stroll on a glorious Spring morning, you’ll feel awakened into thankfulness before we reach the Coda.
Sometime during the recording and mixing process, Drew mentioned “Lucky Dog”. I had been wondering how I’d portray this song in a video, and there was the answer. We’re dedicating this work to everyone who rescues dogs and gives them their “Lucky Dog” smile. Making it even more enjoyable, I asked my Route1Views team members to send me heartwarming shots of their smiling rescue dogs and reached out to other friends who had adopted canines. I spent time in Venice Beach and on Route One meeting and photographing new 4-legged friends and the people who give them a home. This trip includes many of the SPCAs and shelters from Maine to Rhode Island along Route One where you can adopt a pet!
We’ve written some tearjerkers during the 7 years we’ve been writing music together, but this isn’t one of those. This tune has a jaunty melody made for marriage to the upbeat style of stride jazz. With echoes of Ragtime and elements of Swing, vintage meets contemporary as it might in a Route One speakeasy. In this recording, Drew plays his 1923 C.G. Conn “victor” model cornet at one of the finest recording spaces in the Delaware Valley, replete with all of the digital bells and whistles to make it sound its finest. No pops and scratches from a vinyl 78 here!
Okay… one, two, three.. get happy!!
Written by Drew Nugent and Peter Evans, 2021 at “The Barn” in Wynnewood, PA
Recorded and mixed at Silvertone Studios, Ardmore, PA
Alfred Goodrich, Engineering and mix
Drew Nugent: Coronet, Piano and vocal
Skip Rohrich and Michael Jerome, Percussion
Bob Rawlins, Clarinet
Jim Stager, Bass
Itinerary
 | Refuge Madawaska Shelter inc 426 Boulevard De L'Acadie, Edmundston, NB E3V 4H8, Canada |
 | Central Aroostook Humane Society 24 Cross St, Presque Isle, ME 04769 |
| Houlton Humane Society 263 Callaghan Rd, Houlton, ME 04730 |
| Paws Brave Hearts 368 South St, Calais, ME 04619 |
| SPCA of Hancock County 141 Bar Harbor Rd, Trenton, ME 04605 |
| Bangor Humane Society 693 Mt Hope Ave, Bangor, ME 04401 |
| P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center 123 John St, Camden, ME 04843 |
| Midcoast Humane 27 Atlantic Hwy, Edgecomb, ME 04556 |
| Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland 217 Landing Rd, Westbrook, ME 04092 |
| Maine Animal Coalition 142 High St Suite 322, Portland, ME 04101 |
| Hope Harbor Animal Society 12 Country Woods Rd, Saco, ME 04072 |
 | North Kingstown Animal Shelter 395 Hamilton Allenton Rd, North Kingstown, RI 02852, USA |
Refuge Madawaska Shelter inc
426 Boulevard De L'Acadie, Edmundston, NB E3V 4H8, Canada
Central Aroostook Humane Society
24 Cross St, Presque Isle, ME 04769
Houlton Humane Society
263 Callaghan Rd, Houlton, ME 04730
Paws Brave Hearts
368 South St, Calais, ME 04619
SPCA of Hancock County
141 Bar Harbor Rd, Trenton, ME 04605
Bangor Humane Society
693 Mt Hope Ave, Bangor, ME 04401
P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center
123 John St, Camden, ME 04843
Midcoast Humane
27 Atlantic Hwy, Edgecomb, ME 04556
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland
217 Landing Rd, Westbrook, ME 04092
Maine Animal Coalition
142 High St Suite 322, Portland, ME 04101
Hope Harbor Animal Society
12 Country Woods Rd, Saco, ME 04072
North Kingstown Animal Shelter
395 Hamilton Allenton Rd, North Kingstown, RI 02852, USA
Peter Evans NB Edmundston Apr 27, 2022 Charities/Nonprofits Music Video R1V Family
Apr 27, 2022
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