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Mountain Fever has released a debut single from their first project with The Churchmen, Mercy River.

The song is Bread and Water, written by the band’s newest member, Carroll Arn, who had written a number of songs for The Churchmen before joining the group last Fall. He sings both lead and harmony vocals, and switches off between banjo, fiddle and guitar for their stage show.

Founding member Keith Clark is on bass, Gerald Harbour on mandolin, and David Guthrie on guitar.

Radio programmers can download the single now from Airplay Direct, and Mountain Fever shared this sample for our readers to have a taste.

Joining The Churchmen on this track are Ron Stewart on fiddle and Jeff Partin on resonator guitar.

Look for Mercy River in the Spring of 2013.

The Churchmen have announced that Freddy Rakes, their long time banjo picker, is moving on. After 23 years with the group, Rakes wants to slow down a bit and do shows with his kinfolk in The Rakes Family, a bluegrass Gospel band in Bassett, VA.

In fact, describing him as “banjo picker” is selling Freddy a bit short. He was also called upon to maintain busses and provide bookkeeping services during his lengthy stint with Keith Clark and Gerald Harbour as The Churchmen.

Stepping in to these impressive shoes is multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Carroll Arnn, who contributes banjo, fiddle and guitar to the band, along with lead and harmony vocals. Arnn had been working of late with The Church Sisters, fellow Danville, VA residents, and a number of his songs have been recorded on previous Churchmen albums.

A new song of Carroll’s, Bread and Water, is set to be recorded and released as a single by The Churchmen early in 2013.

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