Love Her With a Feeling
Jamie Thaxter sat in with The Fathoms
at The Shamrock in Norwood on April 20, 2017,
to sing "Love Her With a Feeling."
Frankie Blandino- guitar, Rob Amaral- guitar
Neil Curran- percussion, Steve McCrossan- bass guitar
Find the Cost of Freedom
"Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground.
Mother Earth will swallow you.
Lay your body down."
Written by Stephen Stills of CSNY
guitar- Steve
vocals- G Pfitz, Sally, Carrie, Kathy
Seven Bridges Road
Rehearsal recording, Westwood, 2016
"Seven Bridges Road"
Performed by Joe Riley, Steve Martell, Steve & Kathy
AKA: West Framfield Four
It's All Up to You...
... but whatever you do,
take it easy on me.
Rest in Peace, friend.
sung by Steve, Joe, Steve, and Kathy
February 26, 2016
The Parting Glass
In August 2016, we recorded our own version of an Irish folk song, "The Parting Glass."
Sopranos: Kaylin, Maggie, Julia, Kathy, Altos: Meara and Carrie, Tenor: Sally
arrangement: Carrie McCrossan
"Good night and joy be to you all!"
She's Wise
Two instruments, voice and bass, weave the magic
in this beautiful arrangement of Rogers & Hart's "I Didn't Know What Time It Was."
Kaylin Collins - vocal, Ian Haile - bass,
Doug Iszlai- production
Girl From North Country
The guitars of Steve and Dan accompany the vocals
of Sally, Carrie, and Kathy on this Bob Dylan cover.
You Were Right About the Stars
... each one is a setting sun.
Kathy takes a stab covering a Wilco tune,
"Jesus, Etc."
Mountain of Love
Joe Riley takes the lead on this Johnny Rivers tune
at a Fathoms gig in Somerville
with Kaylin Collins singing back-up (later in the studio).
MB Wants It All
Mary Beth takes lead on Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You"
accompanied by Carrie on piano, Steve on melodica,
and Sally on vocals.
Carrie's Unclear
Home on summer break, Caroline joined us for a sing-along
and took the lead on this Nora Jones song.
Steve and John accompany her on guitars.
Peaceful and Easy
One hot night in June, Joe, Mr. Steve, and John stopped by
for a peaceful and easy singing session.
This is the first song we tried out.
Bright McCrossan Day
After Kathy's 40th birthday party on Bridge Street,
two friends felt inspired to perform this rendition of "I Can See Clearly Now"
with their own late-night lyrics.
Do Ya Wanna?
The Tune Timers, featuring Grace and Jean Sansone, Bob Very, and Marty Curran,
recorded this song about seventy years ago during the time that
the group was performing at the Totem Pole Ballroom in Newton.
Where Have You Been
Recorded in Brooklyn, NY, this Rihanna cover features
Caroline and Sally on vocals
as well as Andy on the melodica, Sally on percussion, and Caroline on the keyboard.
Helplessly Hoping
Lots of voices including Sally, Greg P., David, Caroline, and Kathy
as well as two guitars by Steve and Gregory
come together for this old CSN&Y tune.
Dream a Little Dream
Sweet dreams 'til sunbeams find you,
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you...
Kaylin singing the sweet vocals accompanied by Gregory on guitar.
Boogie On, Blizzard Style!
Blizzard sing-along!
Dan and Rob Frost on guitars, Neil on percussion, Greg on piano, and Steve arrives two minutes in with the melodica!
Vocals are covered by Neil, Greg, Sally, Kaylin, Kathy, and "others."
Fathomless
Title track from the Fathomless album.
This song was written by the amazing Frankie Blandino
and performed in 2011 at the Cantina Mexicana featuring Neil Curran, Steve McCrossan, and Rob Amaral.
Change the World
Here's a mellow living room sing-along from summer 2012.
Steve and Dan are on guitars, Neil on percussion, and Gregory on piano.
Voices include David, Greg P., Caroline, Sally, Kaylin, and Kathy, amongst others (which means I forget who was there).
You Can't Do That
Here's a fun Beatles cover featuring lyrics by John Lennon revealing some of his early jealous paranoia.
Joe Riley is on lead vocal, Steve Martell, Steve, and Kathy are on backup vocals,
with Rob Amaral on guitar, Neil on persussion, and Steve on bass and acoustic guitar.
Misty
Steve accompanies Kaylin on the Erroll Garner standard, "Misty,"
which she dedicates to her mother, Alicia Collins.
Someone Like You
Late night duet featuring Sally and Kaylin
with Greg on guitar and Neil, David, Caroline, and Rich coaching.
Afternoon Delight
Four(teen)th of July sing-along
with Greg on piano, Steve and Chris K on guitars, and Neil on percussion.
Also featuring G-Pfitz, David, Sally, Caroline, Kaylin, Rich, and Kathy on vocals.
Sunday Morning
On vocals: Caroline, Sally, and Kaylin
with Greg on piano, Steve on guitar, and Neil on percussion
From 2005, this is the first recorded song played on our new piano.
Steve improvised a beautiful arrangement of the old Irish ballad, "Danny Boy."
Kaylin Collins and Greg McCrossan recorded this song for Caroline Collins' 16th birthday.
Greg accompanies Kaylin on guitar, bass, vocals, and toy bongos.
The "TuneTimers" recorded this song in 1950.
Singing here are Grace Sansone, Jean Sansone, Marty Curran, and "Put" Putnam (standing in for Bob Very).
Steve, Neil, Frankie, and Rob as The Fathoms at Vincent's in Worcester.
Honoring a milestone b'day, Steve created a great arrangement to Patrick's inspired lyrics, and the entire family sang tribute to "Mr. Fran-Man."
Steve played accordian, synthesizer, bass, piano, and trombone, Greg played the trumpet, Caroline the flute, Neil percussion.
Female voices: Mary Beth on lead, Caroline, Kathy, and Sally.
Male voices: Patrick on lead, Michael, Steve and Mia (on the tenor part!).
Background vocals: Meaghan, Pat, Greg P., Dan, and Matt.
"This is your big debut. It's like a dream come true. Greg- it will come back to you."
Neil takes the lead vocal on this karaoke track, singing a variation on the original lyrics.
Background vocals: Steve, Mike, Sally, David, and Kathy.
"There she is at the drop of a hat, lending a hand, doing this thing or that."
The talented Pfitzers surprised Mia for her 50th with new lyrics to an old Abba song.
The lead vocals were shared by Mike, Sally, and Greg.
Backgound vocals by Mary Beth, Caroline, Patrick, Kathy, and Steve.
(and yes, that is a cheesy karaoke track...)
"You never ever need to tell us twice. We know that Mother means sacrifice."
David, Neil, and Kevin (in that order) took the lead vocals on this song for Shanna's 80th birthday.
All the grandchildren sang back-up vocals as well as the rest of Shanna's offspring and their spouses.
Instrumentation provided by Steve, Kevin, Dan, Neil, and Greg.
Greg's fun high school solo with the MHS Jazz Ensemble, recorded at a band rehearsal.
Starring Gregory McCrossan as "The Mooche," performed at Lincoln Center with the MHS Jazz Band for Essentially Ellington.
Hoover's haunting flute solo as performed by Caroline at her junior recital.
Caroline performing Faure's Fantaisie with Bonnie Anderson at UML's Fisher Hall.
The West Framfield Four recorded this Pure Prairie League tune "Amie" in the living room.
Kathy's shameless cover of Sink's classic hit from the 90s, "Notes From Underground."
Sink's classic hit from the 90s (for comparison purposes).
A late night living room jam where no one was allowed to play an instrument on which they had taken a lesson.
A live performance of "Jam-a-Ditty" at Lincoln Center.
Steve's Tijuana Brass style version of Christmas Calling, all instruments recorded alone while the rest of us slept.
Caroline, Sally, and Kathy (in unison and then in that order) sing in the living room with Gorbie in the background.
Beg, Borrow, or Steal with Kevin taking lead.
Family sing-along at Jaybarry Lane in 2007.
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