Design Notes
Alan Craig and I conceived of this as a simple, rootsy recording - we agreed, no more than 8 tracks on each track. But, we just know so many great musicians, and it's just so much fun hanging out with them at George and Barry's place (which I, in curmudgeon fashion, still insist on calling "Panda"), that we added a texture or two (and violated the 8-track limit on one cut, Trouble Sits Down).
I think this one has the most different instrumentation of any of my discs - almost every tune has a different lineup. My trusty Guild acoustic was showing its age (warped neck), and failed in its duty to intonate properly. So, I used a couple of Barry's wonderful collection of Taylors to record the acoustic tracks. Of course, I also employed my Alhambra Flamenco guitar, my Ibanez baritone acoustic (on Where the Wild Things Were), my "hub cap," George's Danelectro baritone (on Oat Opera), and my Gator lap steel (made for me by my friend Dave Johnson, played on Trouble Sits Down).
Liner Notes
Charlie Morris - Guitars, Vocals
Alan Craig - Bass, Vocals
1 - Everybody's on the Stage (3:24)
Mandolin - Kevin Holloway
2 - Big Rock Shows (2:48)
Harmonica - TC Carr
3 - Brother, are you green? (3:33)
Clarinet - Frank Bowman
4 - Nothing to Sing About Today (3:03)
Drums - Eric Elsner
5 - Where the Wild Things Were (3:52)
Mandolin - Kevin Holloway; Backing Vocals - Alan Craig, Mikay
6 - Captain Swing (3:36)
Inspired by The Fatal Shore, by Robert Hughes. Captain Swing was a mythical figure who performed acts of sabotage on behalf of agricultural workers who were losing their jobs (and/or homes) in the early days of the Industrial Revolution.
Fiddle: John Richard; Accordion - Bruce Gerow
7 - Drunken Sunday Afternoon (3:16)
Clarinet - Frank Bowman; Trumpet - James Suggs; Accordion - Bruce Gerow
8 - Oat Opera (6:02)
Trumpet - James Suggs
9 - Trouble Sits Down (8:19)
Mandolin - Kevin Holloway; Drums - Eric Elsner; Organ - Ross Rice; Fiddle - John Richard; Electric Guitar - George Harris
10 - I Been Fast Enough So Far (3:11)
Organ - Ross Rice
All songs written by Charlie Morris (BMI)
Recorded at Creative World Recording, Largo, Florida
Engineer - George Harris
Front cover portrait - Carrie Kilgore
Back cover photo - Vanessa Talbott
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