The Dirt Roads of Nations

The Dirt Roads of Nations is a collection of instrumental rock songs written and recorded in Shreveport, LA and Cambridge, UK in 2002 by Andy and Michael Futreal, (once upon a time we called ourselves The Offramps). The "disc," which is currently available only as download here, was produced by Michael.

MP3 Tracks

1. Dirt Road Speed 3.4M
   acoustic guitars, bass, computer, harmonica
2. Vacancy 2.8M
   dulcimer, electric guitar, computer
3. A Day Without Contrails 2.6M
   banjo, acoustic guitar, bass, computer
4. As Big as Texas 4M
   electric guitars, open-G acoustic guitar, loops
5. Olive Woman 3M
   GCC dulcimer, loops
6. Seeking Wah 2.6M
   electric guitar, banjo, computer
7. Driving to New York 2.8M
   GDC dulcimer, electric 'wah' dulcimer, bass, loops
8. Primal Man Therapy 3.7M
   open-D electric guitar, dulcimer, loops
9. Decision City 2.7M
   electric guitar, computer
10. Calibanca 3.7M
    acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion
11. Prairie Dog Town 2.7M
    banjo, mandolin, computer
12. Spice Road 2.4M
    DGD w/capo@4 dulcimer, electric guitar, loops
13. The Ruined Rune Bar 3.4M
    DGD dulcimer, electric guitar, loops
14. Porch at Midnight 1.1M
    acoustic guitars, bugs

Andy played acoustic and electric guitars, tossing in some mandolin and bass for good measure.

Michael played acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass, Appalachian dulcimer, synths, and did the percussion/sample programming.

But Is It Free?

In the sense that you are free to download and enjoy these songs, yes. Go ahead, put 'em on your iPod or what-have-you. Play 'em for your friends. Give em to your friends. Burn yourself a disc to play in the car. Just don't claim any of these recordings as your own... and, of course, don't use them for any commercial purpose without some kind of deal worked out between us.

More specifically, consider use of the 14 Dirt Roads of Nations recordings to be covered by a
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 CC license.