The Lowest Pair is celebrating the release of their new album Horse Camp

Article Contributed by Elephants and … | Published on Wednesday, October 19, 2022

The Lowest Pair is releasing their new album Horse Camp on Delicata Records. A star-studded Bluegrass/Americana Lowest Pair love-fest with their friends.

Featuring guest appearances by Adam Roszkiewicz and Leif Karlstrom of the instrumental duo “Small Town Therapy”. Founding members of the progressive string band Front Country.

Horse Camp is due out on Oct. 14th, 2022. WEBSITE: www.thelowestpair.com // SHOWS: https://thelowestpair.com/shows

Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee are two kindred spirits who first met on the banks of the Mississippi while touring the Midwest festival circuit. Born and raised in Arkansas, Winter found herself drawn to the evergreens and damp air of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the boundless music scene of Olympia, Washington. She released three solo records on Olympia-based indie label, K Records, and performed in ramblin’ folk bands and anarchic punk bands before serendipitously meeting Palmer T. Lee in 2013. Lee had built his first banjo when he was 19 from pieces he inherited and began cutting his teeth fronting Minneapolis string bands before convincing Winter that they should form a banjo duo. Named for a mutually beloved John Hartford song, The Lowest Pair, the duo will celebrate the release of their latest album, Horse Camp, on our stage. Welcome home!

The Lowest Pair

During the spring and summer of 2020, The Lowest Pair (Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee) found themselves camping and sharing songs around the fire with two dear friends and incredible musicians Adam Roszkiewicz and Leif Karlstrom of the instrumental duo “Small Town Therapy”. Founding members of the progressive string band Front Country, multi-instrumentalists Adam and Leif bring a new dynamic palette of colors to Kendl and Palmer’s own instrumental prowess and expressive lyricism.

After sharing a handful of new songs and tunes, (and making immediate fans in the campground) there was no doubt that a record was in the future, and In August of 2020 they spent a week out in Enterprise, Oregon recording at the OK Theater.

The new record Horse Camp leans towards each member’s string band roots and showcases brand new Lowest Pair songs Kendl and Palmer wrote during the strange times of the pandemic. The album also includes an instrumental by each musician involved. It’s an awesome display of how a simple collaboration of friends can result in music that is as organic as it is undeniable.

Horse Camp Track Listing:

1. The House 3:57*
2. Couple of Jerks 3:43*
3. Chandelier 2:26*
4. Oak Leaf 4:36
5. Dark Divide 3:19
6. Jinx 3:03*
7. Mt. Rainer 3:43
8. Escape From Yellowstone 4:08
9. It Wished It was a song 2:39
10. Dandelion Tides 3:05
11. Tongue Mountain 3:39