Songs for Clem

Infobox Album |
Name = Songs for Clem
Type = Album
Artist = Sarah Harmer


Released = 1999
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Singer-songwriter
Length = 32 min 0 s
Label = Cold Snap Records/Universal Music Canada
Producer = Jason Euringer, Sarah Harmer
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yza9ke9tdq7q link]
Last album = "This Great Black Night"
(1998)
This album = "Songs for Clem"
(1999)
Next album = "You Were Here"
(2000)

"Songs for Clem" is a 1999 album by Sarah Harmer, credited to Harmer and Jason Euringer.

The album was never originally intended for release, but as a 1998 Christmas gift for her father, Clem Harmer. It features Sarah's personal, home-recorded renditions of several of her father's favourite pop and country standards. Clem Harmer was, reportedly, very touched by his daughter's gift.

Upon hearing the recording, Harmer's friends and family convinced her to release it independently. She did so in 1999; following her commercial breakthrough in 2000 with "You Were Here", the album was re-released under Harmer's new major label distribution deal with Universal Music Canada.

Clem Harmer subsequently appeared on Sarah's 2005 album "I'm A Mountain", contributing backing vocals to two songs.

Track listing

#"Blue Moon of Kentucky" – 2:07
#"Tennessee Waltz" – 2:52
#"Black Coffee" – 2:53
#"Stormy Weather" – 3:00
#"Oh Bury Me Not" – 1:25
#"Just a Closer Walk With Thee" – 3:22
#"Shine on Harvest Moon" – 2:13
#"Trouble in the Fields" – 4:02
#"Your Cheatin' Heart" – 2:32
#"Summertime" – 3:45
#"Sentimental Journey" – 2:44
#"O, My Beloved Father" – 2:07

Personnel

*Sarah Harmer - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
*Jason Euringer - bass, guitar, background vocals, slides
*Spencer Evans - clarinet, piano, background vocals
*Benji Perosin - trumpet

Production

*Produced by Sarah Harmer
*Mixed by Robin Aube
*Mastered by Jan Turney and Graeme McCann
*Engineered by Robin Aube
*Photography by Kelsey Finlayson