Banana Moon
Banana Moon is Patrick Van Fleet’s first studio album, comprised of eleven songs that have been patiently waiting many years to be recorded.
It features some of the Twin Cities finest musicians including Lydia Liza, Jake Armerding and John Mark Nelson
Banana Moon was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Brian Lenz at the Side Town Studio in Minneapolis, MN.
The cover art for the album was designed by Twin Cities based illustrator Hugh Bennewitz.
Laura Mazhari on piano
01 Oh Academia
Friends utter jocose phrases like “you don’t need a reason to sue, just an idea,” or“be an ass at faculty meetings” and learned men say things like “… earned his PhD degree …”
02 In My Dreams
Going home after being gone for many years is enlightening and often paints a conflicting picture …
The World’s Fair …
Popeye says you should eat your spinach …
04 Sammy on a Stick
The father of Texas died a lonely man since he advocated for joining the Union in the Civil War.
Me and Sam Hoston
Horn rehearsal
05 Big Fish in a Small Condo
The fish was in a “small pondo” for a long time before we decided that was too campy even for this song …
Lydia Liza
Verena Van Fleet
07 Daddy’s Pledge
It’s good to have a lullaby for a daughter when a son is born …
The church next to the prison …
The choir …
09 The Man with the Candle
I am not going to tell anyone how to think, but I do think everyone should listen …
Two musicians equals one track …
A banana moon up in the sky tonight …
11 Texas Friends
Sometimes you move away for all the right reasons and you miss the friends you left behind for all the right reasons too.