On July 1, 2003, “Asthmatic Kitty Records” label released “Greetings from Michigan the Great Lake State”, the third Sufjan Stevens. It was recorded 2002 – 2003, at “St. Paul’s Episcopal Church” in Brooklyn, “The New Jerusalem Recreational Room” in Clarksboro, NJ, “Buxton School” in Williamstown, Mass, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.
Personnel:
- Sufjan Stevens – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, tambourine, piano, electric piano, bass guitar, flute, oboe, English horn, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, drums, percussion, cymbal, shaker, bells, whistle, recorder, arrangements, design, layout
- Daniel Smith, Elin Smith, Megan Smith, Monique Aiuto, Vito Aiuto
- John Ringhofer – vocals, trumpet, trombone
- Stephen Halker – trumpet
- Tom Eaton – trumpet
- Alan Douches – mastering
- Laura Normandin – original hand painted artwork
Track listing:
All tracks by Sufjam Stevens.
- Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
- All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
- For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
- Say Yes! To M!ch!gan!
- The Upper Peninsula
- Tahquamenon Falls
- Holland
- Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
- Romulus
- Alanson, Crooked River
- Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie
- They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For The Homeless In Muskegon)
- Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
- Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
- Vito’s Ordination Song
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