On June 20, 2006, “Back Porch” label released “Fast Man Raider Man”, the thirteen Frank Black album. It was recorded in 2000, in Nashville, Pasadena and Chicago, and was produced by Jon Tiven.
Personnel:
- Frank Black- lead vocals, guitar, ukulele
- Steve Cropper- guitar
- Carol Kaye- guitar, bass guitar
- Buddy Miller- guitar, mandoguitar, backing vocals
- Rich Gilbert- pedal steel guitar
- Duane Jarvis- guitar
- Lyle Workman- guitar, arrangements
- Reggie Young– guitar
- Dave Phillips- pedal steel guitar
- F. Sloan- piano, backing vocals
- Al Kooper- organ
- Ian McLagan- keyboards
- Mark Jordan – keyboards
- Spooner Oldham- keyboards, backing vocals
- Jack Kidney- harmonica, tenor saxophone
- Tom Petersson- bass guitar
- Bob Babbitt- bass guitar, backing vocals
- Marty Brown- bass guitar, backing and duet vocal
- David Hood- bass guitar
- Billy Block- drums, backing vocals
- Steve Ferrone- drums
- Levon Helm- drums, percussion
- Jim Keltner- drums, percussion
- Simon Kirke- drums, percussion
- Akil Thompson- drums
- Chester Thompson- drums
- Jon Tiven- alto saxophone, guitar, percussion, piano, backing vocals
- Wayne Jackson- trumpet, trombone, fluegelhorn
- Violet Clark-Thompson- backing vocals
- Jack Clement- dobro, backing vocals
- Rick Duvall- backing vocals
- James Griffin – backing vocals
- Bobby Bare Jr.- backing vocals
- Ellis Hooks- backing vocals
- Billy Swan- backing vocals
- Planet Swan- backing vocals
- Sierra Swan- backing vocals
- Brooks Watson- backing vocals
- Lyle Workman – arrangements
Track listing:
All tracks by Frank Black, except where noted.
- If Your Poison Gets You
- Johnny Barleycorn
- Fast Man
- You Can’t Crucify Yourself
- Dirty Old Town – Ewan MacColl
- Wanderlust
- Seven Days
- Raider Man
- The End of the Summer – music adapted from Gabriel Fauré’s Sicilienne, Op. 78,
- Dog Sleep – co-written by Reid Paley
- When the Paint Grows Darker Still
- I’m Not Dead (I’m in Pittsburgh) – co-written by Reid Paley
- Golden Shore – co-written byReid Paley
- In the Time of My Ruin
- Down to You – co-written byReid Paley
- Highway to Lowdown
- Kiss My Ring
- My Terrible Ways
- Fitzgerald
- Elijah
- It’s Just Not Your Moment
- The Real El Rey
- Where the Wind Is Going
- Holland Town
- Sad Old World
- Don’t Cry That Way
- Fare Thee Well
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