ThreadSpinner was conceived on an ordinarily windswept fall evening
when a tall, quiet preacher's son laid eyes on a young, defiant girl
in an old warehouse in Michigan. The connection between
these unsuspecting souls held fast and steady as it threw them into
each other's willing arms and tired hearts. The unrest they shared in
the thought of living conventionally was met with relief that with
each other, no desire or aspiration was ever to be laughed off or
snuffed out. Their stories now interlaced, they drove across
cornfields, mountains and deserts to settle in California and
establish an altogether new life, unaware that there were melodies and
lyrics already weaving together inside them.
In sanctuaries and in quiet rooms, Jon and Sarah unwrapped their
gifts -- fingers pressed against guitar necks and pounded on ivory
keys as they worked and waited. Leaning fully on the words of her
closest friends, Sarah slowly began to allow her voice to step out on
its newborn legs. A lifetime of fear had held it in until this time,
and once this wild bird had been released, nothing could catch it.
ThreadSpinner's music bears resemblance to a haunting memory that
is too distant to place, but too deep to ignore. Their songs tap into
something that has little to do with what is in front of us
and everything to do with unearthing what is inside us. Here there is
no fear. There is a thread that connects us all, and knowing that
changes everything.
