Support Jim Bickerstaff's New Album Old Trees

Jim Bickerstaff here, and I want to tell you about my next recording, Old Trees. This will be my fourth CD project and includes 10-12 new songs which I feel are some of the best I have written, some of them with timeless messages and some not so much :) Since starting this project, I have added a couple of new songs, including "South of the Border."

I launched this G0-Fund-Me to pre-sell CDs and/or USB sticks for Old Trees. This helps with the costs up front and gives us an idea of how many to press.

This project will be cut in Muscle Shoals with some of my favorite musicians like Bob Wray, Terry Feller, Donny Carpenter, and Clayton Ivey. We will be tracking in November of this year, then the overdub and mixing process will begin. My plan for the record is to capture the songs as live performances with the band. The projected release date is March 1st of 2025.

Several tunes that I am juggling for Old Trees are Together, Somebody's Wrong (On the Internet), Wayward Soul, Down in Mexico, Common Ground, The Other Side of Freedom, Looks Like an Angel, Mystery to Me, Time to Come Home, and Prayers of Elijah. We will also record two of my newest songs, Ain't Got the Blues ... Blues, and Looks Like an Angel to Me. But I am writing now, so this is all subject to change!

UPDATE: I just wrote a new on called "South of the Border" that will absolutely be on the record.

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So, here is the ask:

Any contribution is appreciated if you wish to support the project.

For a $20 contribution or greater, you will receive an advance copy of the CD and the USB (Old Trees), personalized if you wish (FWIW :) and I will include copies of my three previous CD projects in the package. (Four CDs Total) Bonus: I will include downloads of the demo versions of the songs.

For a contribution of $10-$19, you will receive a copy of Old Trees, either on CD or USB.

Exclusive for all contributions, we will be publishing some live video in the studio and various clips during the making of the project on a private YouTube channel, including Q&A interviews with the studio musicians, along with the occasional studio humor that will likely be NSFW or Kids :)

Last, we will do a CD release party at a location to be determined, and that will be broadcast over the streaming services so everyone can join us, even if virtually.

Thank you for your consideration,

Jim