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Steve Earle: Jerusalem

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On September 24, 2002, “E-Squared Records” label released “Jerusalem”, the tenth Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Twangtrust (Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy).

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, bass, organ, banjo, mandolin, harmonium, harmonica
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • Siobhan Kennedy – vocals
  • Eric Ambel – vocals, guitar
  • John Barlow Jarvis – electric piano
  • Kelly Looney – bass
  • Dane Clark – drum loop
  • Ken Coomer – drums
  • Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
  • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  • Patrick Earle – percussion
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.

  1. Ashes to Ashes
  2. Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)
  3. Conspiracy Theory
  4. John Walker’s Blues
  5. The Kind
  6. What’s A Simple Man to Do?
  7. The Truth
  8. Go Amanda – Steve Earle, Sheryl Crow
  9. I Remember You
  10. Shadowland
  11. Jerusalem

Steve Earle: Transcedental Blues

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On June 6, 2000, “E-Squared” label released “Transcendental Blues”, the ninth Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by Ray Kennedy and Steve Earle.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, acoustic and 12 string acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, guitars, mandolin, harmonium, mini-Moog
  • Tom Littlefield – vocals
  • Stacey Earle – vocals
  • Tim O’Brien – vocals, mandolin
  • Doug Lancio – electric guitars
  • David Steele – electric guitar, resonator guitar, bouzouki, mandola
  • Jim Murray – gut string guitar
  • Mary Shannon – banjo
  • Darrell Scott – vocals, banjo
  • Bill Wright – bouzouki
  • Benmont Tench – organ, piano
  • Sharon Shannon – accordion
  • Liz Kane – fiddle
  • Yvonne Kane – fiddle
  • Casey Driessen – fiddle
  • Dan Gillis – tin whistle
  • Kellee Looney – bass
  • Dan Metz – bass
  • James Blennerhassett – upright bass
  • Dennis Crouch – upright bass
  • Noel Bridgeman – drums
  • Ron Vance – drums
  • Patrick Earle – drums, percussion
  • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  • Joyce Redmond – bodhran
  • The Love Sponge – Kristin Wilkinson – viola, John Catchings – cello, David Angell – violin, David Davidson – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – conductor, string arrangements
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – album artwork

Track listing:

All tracks written by Steve Earle

  1. Transcendental Blues
  2. Everyone’s in Love with You
  3. Another Town
  4. I Can Wait
  5. The Boy Who Never Cried
  6. Steve’s Last Ramble
  7. The Galway Girl
  8. Lonelier Than This
  9. Wherever I Go
  10. When I Fall
  11. I Don’t Want to Lose You Yet
  12. Halo ‘Round the Moon
  13. Until the Day I Die
  14. All My Life
  15. Over Yonder (Jonathan’s Song)

Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts Now

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On August 24, 2004, “E-Squared Records” label released “The Revolution Starts Now”, the 11th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy. In 2005, at the 47th “Grammy Awards”, Steve Earle won “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitars, mandola, organ, harmonica, harmonium

The Dukes

  • Eric “Roscoe” Ambel – vocals, guitars
  • Kelley Looney – vocals, bass
  • Will Rigby – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Patrick Earle – percussion
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • String quartet
  • Chris Carmichael – viola, arrangements, conductor
  • David Angell – violin
  • David Henry – cello
  • Edward Henry – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle.

  1. The Revolution Starts …
  2. Home to Houston
  3. Rich Man’s War
  4. Warrior
  5. The Gringo’s Tale
  6. Condi, Condi
  7. F the CC
  8. Comin’ Around
  9. I Thought You Should Know
  10. The Seeker
  11. The Revolution Starts Now

Lucinda Williams: Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart

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On June 30, 2023, “Highway 20 records” label released “Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart”, the 15th Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Tom Overby, Lucinda Williams and Ray Kennedy.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals
  • Ray Kennedy – acoustic guitar, tambourine, Vox Continental organ, engineer, mixing
  • Travis Stephens – acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Doug Pettibone – electric guitar, steel guitar
  • Joshua Grange – electric guitar
  • Derek Cruz – electric guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – electric guitar
  • Jim Oblon – electric guitar
  • Margo Price – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Reese Wynans – B3, piano, Vox Jaguar organ
  • Rob Clores – piano
  • Steve Mackie – bass
  • Steve Ferrone – drums
  • Fred Eltringham – drums
  • Will Sayles – drums
  • Lawrence Rothman – horns, chamberlin, Novachord, arrangements, strings recording
  • Angel Olsen – backing vocals
  • Jeremy Ivey – backing vocals
  • Siobhan Maher Kennedy – backing vocals
  • Buddy Miller – backing vocals
  • Sophie Gault – backing vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen – backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
  • Tommy Stinson – backing vocals
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
  • Phillip Smith – engineer assistant
  • Colin Lott – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Andy West – design
  • Danny Clinch – photography

Track listing:

  1. Let’s Get the Band Back Together – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  2. New York Comeback – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin
  3. Last Call for the Truth – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  4. Jukebox – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Jesse Malin, Travis Stephens
  5. Stolen Moments – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby
  6. Rock n Roll Heart – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  7. This Is Not My Town – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  8. Hum’s Liquor – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  9. Where the Song Will Find Me – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby, Travis Stephens
  10. Never Gonna Fade Away – Lucinda Williams, Tom Overby

Steve Earle And The Dukes: Ghost Of West Virginia

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On May 22, 2020, “New West Records” label released “Ghosts of West Virginia”, album by Steve Earle and the Dukes (the twentieth Steve Earle album overall). It was recorded in 2020, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, liner notes
  • Erik Jensen – vocal
  • Chris Masterson – vocals, guitar
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – vocals, pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Jeff Hill – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Eleanor Whitmore – vocals, fiddle, arrangements
  • Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ray Kennedy – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Carl Bespolka – recording assistant
  • Jeff Powell – mastering, lacquer cut
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – cover art, artwork
  • Tom Bejgrowicz – package design, layout
  • Man Alive Creative – package design, layout
  • Matt Etgen – cover assistant
  • Jacob Blickenstaff – photography
  • Kim Buie – A&R
  • Laurence Kern – guitar technician

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle.

  1. Heaven Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
  2. Union, God and Country
  3. Devil Put the Coal in the Ground
  4. John Henry Was a Steel Drivin’ Man
  5. Time is Never on Our Side
  6. It’s About Blood
  7. If I Could See Your Face Again
  8. Black Lung
  9. Fastest Man Alive
  10. The Mine

Steve Earle: The Low Highway

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On April 16, 2013, “New West” label released “The Low Highway”, the 15th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ben’s Studio” and “Room and Board”, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Ray Kennedy and Steve Earle.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano
  • Chris Masterson – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Eleanor Whitmore – fiddle, baritone fiddle, mandolin
  • Allison Moorer – vocal, piano, organ, accordion, harmonium
  • Kelley Looney – upright and electric bass
  • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  • Siobhan Kennedy – vocal
  • Ray Kennedy – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Leslie Richter – engineer assistant
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – artwork
  • Paul Moore – design
  • Ted Barron – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.

  1. The Low Highway
  2. Calico County
  3. Burnin’ It Down
  4. That All You Got?
  5. Love’s Gonna Blow My Way – Steve Earle, Lucia Micarelli
  6. After Mardi Gras – Steve Earle, Lucia Micarelli
  7. Pocket Full of Rain
  8. Invisible
  9. Warren Hellman’s Banjo
  10. Down the Road Pt. II
  11. 21st Century Blues
  12. Remember Me

Steve Earl: J.T.

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On January 4, 2021, “New West Records” label released “J.T.”, the 19th Steve Earl album. It was recorded with his band The Dukes, in 2020, at Electric Ladyland Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Earle. The album is a tribute to Earle’s oldest son, Justin Townes Earle, who died in August, 2020.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, harmonica
  • Chris Masterson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, one finger piano
  • Eleanor Whitmore – vocals, fiddle, mandolin, organ
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – vocals, pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Jeff Hill – vocals, acoustic and electric bass, cello
  • Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ray Kennedy – recording, mixing, mastering
  • John Rooney – recording assistant
  • Laurence Kern – guitar technician
  • Tom Bejgrowicz – package design, layout
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – cover art
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Shervin Lainez – photography
  • Sara Sharpe – photography
  • Ian Dublin Earle – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Townes Earle, except where noted.

  1. I Don’t Care
  2. Ain’t Glad I’m Leaving
  3. Maria
  4. Far Away in Another Town – Justin Townes Earle, Scotty Melton
  5. They Killed John Henry
  6. Turn Out My Lights – Justin Townes Earle, Scotty Melton
  7. Lone Pine Hill
  8. Champagne Corolla
  9. The Saint of Lost Causes
  10. Harlem River Blues
  11. Last Words – Steve Earle

Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

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On June 30, 1998, “Mercury” label released “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”, the fifth Lucinda Williams studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Room and Board Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Rumbo Studio” in Canoga Park, California, and was produced by Roy Bittan, Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy and Lucinda Williams. “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road: won a “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”, and was voted “The Best album of 1998” in The Village Voice’s annual “Pazz & Jop” critics poll.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic guitar, dobro guitar
  • Gurf Morlix – electric guitar, 12 string electric guitar, electric slide guitar, acoustic slide guitar, harmony vocal
  • Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar, mando guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocal
  • Ray Kennedy – 12 string electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz – 12 string electric guitar, mandolin
  • Charlie Sexton – electric guitar, dobro guitar
  • Steve Earle – acoustic guitar, harmonica, resonator guitar, harmony vocal
  • Johnny Lee Schell – electric guitar, electric slide guitar, dobro guitar
  • Bo Ramsey – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Richard “Hombre” Price – dobro guitar
  • Roy Bittan – Hammond B3 organ, accordion, organ
  • Micheal Smotherman – B-3 organ
  • John Ciambotti – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Donald Lindley – drums, percussion
  • Jim Lauderdale – harmony vocal
  • Emmylou Harris – harmony vocal

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams except where noted.

  1. Right in Time
  2. Car Wheels on a Grave Road
  3. 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
  4. Drunken Angel
  5. Concrete and Barbed Wine
  6. Lake Charles
  7. Can’t Let Go – Randy Weeks
  8. I Lost It
  9. Metal Firecrackers
  10. Greenville
  11. Still Looking for Your Kiss – Lucinda Williams, Duane Jarvis
  12. Joy
  13. Jackson

Lucinda Williams: Good Souls Better Angels

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On April 24, 2020, “Thirty Tigers” label released “Good Souls Better Angels”, the 15th Lucinda Williams album. It was recorded September – November 2019, at “Room” and “Board Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Ray Kennedy, Tom Overby and Lucinda Williams.

Personnel:

  • Lucinda Williams – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – guitar, violin
  • Mark T Jordan – organ
  • David Sutton – bass guitar
  • Butch Norton – drums, percussion
  • Ray Kennedy – mixing
  • Brian Lucey – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Lucinda Williams and Tom Overby, except where noted.

  1. You Can’t Rule Me – Memphis Minnie
  2. Bad News Blues
  3. Man Without a Soul
  4. Big Black Train
  5. Wakin’ Up – Lucinda Williams
  6. Pray the Devil Back to Hell
  7. Shadows & Doubts
  8. When the Way Gets Dark
  9. Bone of Contention – Lucinda Williams
  10. Down Past the Bottom – Greg Garing
  11. Big Rotator
  12. Good Souls

Sean Watkins: Blinders On

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On November 17, 2005, “Sugar Hill” label released “Blinders On”, the third Sean Watkins solo album. It was recorded 2005, and was produced by Sean Watkins.

Personnel:

  • Sean Watkins – lead  and harmony vocals,  guitars,  organ,  synthesizer,  bass,  mandolin,  piano, keyboards, sampling, drum machine, drum loop, mixing, art direction
  • Jon Brion– piano
  • Benmont Tench- piano, toy xylophone, Wurlitzer, harmonium, Hammond organ
  • Byron House – bass (pizzicato)
  • Mark Schatz – bass
  • Glenn Kotche- drums, vibes
  • Duncan Moore – drums
  • Sara Watkins- violin, harmony vocals
  • Gabe Witcher- fiddle
  • Jon Foreman- harmony vocals
  • Zeneba Bowers – violin
  • Judith Ablon – viola
  • Rushad Eggleston– cello
  • Matthew Walker- cello
  • Peter Sprague – engineer, mixing
  • Scott Fritz – engineer, mixing
  • Ricky Chao, Glenn Pittman – engineer assistant
  • Loren Witcher – cover art, illustrations
  • Autumn de Wilde– photography
  • Wendy Stamberger – art direction, design
  • Ray Kennedy – mastering
  • Vanessa Price – grooming

Track listing:

All tracks by by Sean Watkins, except where noted.

  1. Summer’s Coming
  2. Starve Them To Death
  3. I’m Sorry – Sean Watkins, Wilson
  4. Happy New Year
  5. ..Goodbye
  6. Run Away Girl – Sean Watkins, Wilson
  7. I Say Nothing
  8. Coffee
  9. The Sound Of My Crush
  10. No Lighted Windows
  11. Cammac
  12. Roses Never Red
  13. They Sail Away – Frizell, Sean Watkins
  14. Not That Bad/Blinders On
  15. Whipping Boy/Cherokee Shuffle (hidden track)