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Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire

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On October 10, 2011, “PAX AM” and “Capitol” labels released “Ashes & Fire”, the 13th Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitars
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Neal Casal – acoustic guitar
  •  Norah Jones – piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – B3 Hammond, piano, electric piano
  • Daniel Clarke – B3 Hammond
  • Gus Seyffert – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Samuel Dixon – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • The Section Quartet – stings
  • Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen – violins
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mandy Moore – backing vocals
  • Chris Stills – backing vocals
  • Glyn Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering and cutting for vinyl production
  • Andy West – art
  • David Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams.

  1. Dirty Rain
  2. Ashes & Fire
  3. Come Home
  4. Rocks
  5. Do I Wait
  6. Chains of Love
  7. Invisible Riverside
  8. Save Me
  9. Kindness
  10. Lucky Now
  11. I Love You But I Don’t Know What to Say

Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Big Moon Ritual

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On June 5, 2012, “Silver Arrow Records” label released “Big Moon Ritual”, the debut Chris Robinson Brotherhood studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Tom Mohanan.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson – lead vocals, guitar
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar
  • Adam MacDougall – vocals, keyboards
  • Mark Dutton – vocals, bass
  • George Sluppick – drums
  • Thom Monahan – engineer, mixing
  • Nicolas Essig – assistant
  • Geoff Neal – assistant
  • Bruno Borges – artwork
  • Alan Forbes – artwork 

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Tulsa Yesterday – Chris Robinson, Neal Casal
  2. Rosalee
  3. Star or Stone
  4. Tomorrow Blues
  5. Reflections on a Broken Mirror
  6. Beware, Oh Take Care – Chris Robinson, Neal Casal
  7. One Hundred Days of Rain – Chris Robinson, Neal Casal

Hard Working Americans: Same

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On January 21, 2014, “Thirty Tigers” and “Melvin Records” labels released the self-titled, debut Hard Working Americans studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “TRI Studios” in San Rafael, California, and was produced by Dave Schools and Todd Snider.

Personnel:

  • Todd Snider – vocals
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar
  • Chad Staehly – keyboards
  • Dave Schools – bass
  • Duane Trucks – drums
  • John Keane – vocals, banjo, guitar
  • John Popper – harmonica
  • Jason Crosby – piano, fiddle

Track listing:

  1. Blackland Farmer – Frankie Miller
  2. Another Train – Will Kimbrough, Gwil Owen
  3. Down to the Well – Kevin Gordon, Colin Linden
  4. The Mountain Song – Chad Jeffers, Kieran Kane, Sean Locke
  5. Stomp and Holler – Hayes Carll
  6. Straight to Hell – Kevin Kinney
  7. Welfare Music – Brian Henneman, S. Taylor
  8. Mr. President Have Pity on the Working Man – Randy Newman
  9. Run a Mile – Don Herron, Chuck Mead
  10. I Don’t Have a Gun – Will Kimbrough, Tommy Womack
  11. Wrecking Ball – David Rawlings, Gillian Welch

Fruit Bats: Gold Past Life

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On June 21, 2019, “Merge” label released “Gold Past Life”, the ninth Fruit Bats studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Thom Monahan.

Personnel:

  • Eric D. Johnson – vocals, instruments, mixing, additional production
  • Greta Morgan – vocals
  • Josh Mease – guitar
  • Meg Duffy – guitar
  • Neal casal – guitar
  • Tim Ramsey – pedal steel guitar
  • David Dawda – bass
  • Josh Adams – drums
  • Trevor Beld Jimenez – drums
  • Thom Monahan – percussion, sounds, engineer, mixing
  • Eric Broyhill – mastering
  • Daniel Murphy – layout
  • Annie Beedy – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric D. Johnson.

  1. The Bottom of It
  2. Gold Past Life
  3. Drawn Away
  4. Cazadera
  5. Ocean
  6. Your Dead Grandfather
  7. A Lingering Love
  8. Barely Living Room
  9. Mandy from Mohawk (Wherever You May Be)
  10. Dream Would Breathe
  11. Two Babies in Michigan

Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Barefoot in the Head

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On July 21, 2017, “Silver Arrow” label released “Barefoot in the Head”, the sixth Chris Robinson Brotherhood album. It was recorded in 2017, at “The Brotherhood Arts Lab”, and was produced by Chris Robinson, Neal Casal, Adam McDougall, Jeff Hill and Tony Leone.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar, tenor guitar, banjo, charango
  • Adam McDougall – vocals, keyboards, melodica
  • Jeff Hill – vocals, upright bass, electric bass, double bass, cello
  • Tony Leone – drums, percussion, mandolin, marimba
  • Barry Sless – pedal steel guitar
  • Alam Khan – sarode
  • Robert Cheek – recording, mixing
  • W.F.N. – art direction, design
  • Kyle Field – drawings
  • Matthew Mendenhall – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Chris Robinson.

  1. Behold the Seer
  2. She Shares My Blanket
  3. Hark, the Herald Hermit Speaks
  4. Blonde Light of Morning
  5. Dog Eat Sun
  6. Blue Star Woman
  7. High Is not the Top
  8. If You Had a Heart to Break
  9. Glow
  10. Good to Know

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Phosphorescent Harvest

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On April 29, 2014, “Silver Arrow records” label released “Phosphorescent Harvest” the third Chris Robinson Brotherhood (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Sunset Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Thom Monahan.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson – lead vocals, guitar
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar, photography
  • Adam MacDougall – vocals, keyboards
  • Mark Dutton – vocals, bass
  • George Sluppick – drums
  • Thom Monahan – engineer, mixing
  • Geoff Neal – engineer assistant
  • Nicolas Essig – engineer assistant
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Amy Finkle – featured artist
  • Larry Carlson – cover art
  • Alan Forbes – inside panel, owl artwork
  • Craig Santiago – “Sower” line art

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Neal Casal, except where noted.

  1. Shore Power
  2. About a Strange
  3. Meanwhile in the Gods…
  4. Badlands Here We Come
  5. Clear Blue Sky & the Good Doctor
  6. Beggar’s Moon
  7. Wanderer’s Lament
  8. Tornado – Chris Robinson
  9. Jump the Turnstiles – Chris Robinson
  10. Burn Slow

Neal Casal

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On August 26, 2019, Neal Casal died aged 50. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, and photographer,  member of Rickey Medlocke’s Blackfoot, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, The Skiffle Players and Circles Around the Sun, but best known as a member of Ryan Adams’ backing band the Cardinals. As leader he released twelve albums.

Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger

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On June 26, 2007, “Lost Highway” label released “Easy Tiger”, the ninth Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2007, at “Electric Lady Studios” in  Greenwich Village, and was produced by Jamie Candiloro.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica
  • Jon Graboff – vocals, pedal steel, guitar, mandolin
  • Cindy Cashdollar – pedal steel, lap steel, dobro
  • Neal Casal – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Jamie Candiloro – piano, keyboards, synths, bass, percussion
  • Catherine Popper – vocals, bass
  • Chris Feinstein – vocals, bass
  • Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Richard Worn – vocals
  • Sheryl Crow – vocals
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton, Neal Casal and Jon Graboff, except where noted.

  1. Goodnight Rose
  2. Two – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  3. Everybody Knows
  4. Halloweenhead – Ryan Adams
  5. Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  6. Tears of Gold
  7. The Sun Also Sets – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  8. Off Broadway – Ryan Adams, Brad Pemberton
  9. Pearls on a String
  10. Rip Off – Pearls on a String
  11. Two Hearts
  12. These Girls
  13. I Taught Myself How to Grow Old – Ryan Adams