Shady Grove sisters, Nikki Carroll, Sally Fehskens, and Lisa Forrest, brought a cover of the folk song “Bright Morning Stars are Rising” to Jonathan Hughes for his pre-approval into the 2012 mix.  Jonathan thought it needed a little more “robot holiday” in order to make the cut, so the girls had to winterize the lyrics a bit (it IS a folk song after all).  Once the vocals and basic guitar were recorded, Jonathan worked his Robot Holiday wizardry.  Although the band had officially split in 2010, Shady Grove reunited to perform the song live for the 2012 show at Larkin Square (despite Forrest being rather pregnant AGAIN.)

What else but to craft an artful solution out of a difficult situation? A definite Bacharach influence on the ending horn line and odd meter, as Burt is my hero.