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Silver Jews: Bright Flight

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On November 20, 2001, “Drag City” label released “Bright Flight”, the fourth Silver Jews studio album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Hum Depot” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • David Berman – lead vocals, guitar
  • Cassie Berman – vocals, bass
  • William Tyler – guitar, vocals
  • Mike Fellows – bass
  • Tim Barnes – drums, percussion
  • Paul Niehaus – pedal steel guitar
  • Tony Crow – vocals, piano, organ, electric piano, synthesizer
  • Mark Nevers – engineer
  • Mike Fellows – assistant producer
  • Hilary Small – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by David Berman, except where noted. 

  1. Slow Education
  2. Room Games and Diamond Rain
  3. Time Will Break the World
  4. I remember Me
  5. Horseleg Swastikas
  6. Transylvania Blues
  7. Let’s Not and Say We Did
  8. Tennessee
  9. Friday Night Fever – Blake Mevis, Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus
  10. Death of an Heir of Sorrows

Marisa Anderdson And William Tyler: Lost Futures

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On August 27, 2021, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Lost Futures”, album by Marisa Anderson and William Tyler. It was recorded in September 2020, at “Flora Recording & Playback” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by Tucker Martine, Marisa Anderson and William Tyler.

Personnel:

  • Marisa Anderson – guitars, photography
  • William Tyler – guitars
  • Tucker Martine – bass, drums, recording, mixing
  • Gisela Rodriguez Fernandez – violin, viola
  • Patricia Vásquez Gómez – quijada
  • Cole Halverson – recording, mixing assistant
  • Amy Dragon – mastering
  • Sam Smith – cover art
  • Daniel Castrejón – design

Track listing:      

All tracks by Marisa Anderson and William Tyler.

  1. News About Heaven
  2. Lost Futures
  3. Pray for Rain
  4. Something Will Come
  5. At the Edge of the World
  6. Hurricane Light
  7. Life and Casualty
  8. Haunted By Water

Lambchop: OH (Ohio)

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On October 6, 2008, “Merge” label released “OH (Ohio)”, the tenth Lambchop album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Haptown and House of David” in Nashville, and was produced by Roger Moutenot and Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ryan Norris – electronics, guitar, loops, organ, prepared piano, vibraphone
  • Tony Crow – piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
  • Scott Martin – drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Jonathan Marx – electronics
  • Alex McManus – acoustic and electric guitars
  • William Tyler – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Denis Solee – woodwind
  • Marty Slayton – backing vocals
  • Roger Moutenot – engineer
  • Mark Nevers – engineer, mixing
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Michael Peed – paintings

Track listing:

  1. Ohio
  2. Slipped, Dissolved and Loosed
  3. I’m Thinking of a Number (Between 1 and 2)
  4. National Talk Like a Pirate Day
  5. A Hold of You
  6. Sharing a Gibson with Martin Luther King, Jr.
  7. Of Raymond
  8. Please Rise
  9. Popeye
  10. Close Up and Personal
  11. I Believe in You

Lambchop: Damaged

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On August 14, 2006, “Merge” label released “Damaged”, the ninth Lambchop studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Rhonda Court” in Austin, TX, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner– vocals, guitar
  • William Tyler – guitars
  • Tony Crow – piano
  • Sam Baker – drums
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Alex McManus – guitars
  • Deanna Varagona – baritone saxophone
  • Paul Niehaus– steel guitar, electric guitar
  • Marc Trovilion – electronics
  • Jonathon Marx – electronics, sound interludes
  • Ryan Norris – keyboards, electronics, sound interludes
  • Scott Martin – drums, electronics, sound interludes
  • Roy Agee – trombones
  • Gary Tussing – cellos
  • G daddy – acoustic guitar
  • Bruce Colson – violin
  • Ames Asbell – viola
  • Ben Westney – cello
  • Doctor Matt Gorham – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Wagner, except where noted.

  1. Paperback Bible
  2. Prepared – Tony Crow, Kurt Wagner
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Letter P
  4. A Day Without Glasses
  5. Beers Before the Barbican
  6. I Would Have Waited Here All Day
  7. Crackers
  8. Fear
  9. Short
  10. The Decline of Country and Western Civilization

Lambchop: Mr. M

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On February 21, 2012, “Merge” label released “Mr. M”, the eleventh Lambchop album. It was recorded 2009 – 2011, at “The Beach House” in Nashville Tennessee, “Admiralspalast” in Berlin, and was produced by Kurt Wagner and Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner – vocals, guitar, harmonica, synthesizer, painting
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Scott Martin – drums, percussion, noises
  • Ryan Norris – organ, guitar
  • William Tyler – guitar
  • Tony Crow – piano
  • Billy Contreras – fiddle
  • Roy Agee – horns, trombone
  • Denis Solee – horns, woodwind
  • A London String Ensemble – ensemble
  • Tosca String Quartet – ensemble
  • Jonathan Marx – noises
  • Cortney Tidwell– backing vocals
  • Mason Neely, Peter Stopshinski – string arrangements
  • Mark Nevers – recording
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • New Formalists – design

 Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Wagner.

  1. If Not I’ll Just Die
  2. 2B2
  3. Gone Tomorrow
  4. Met
  5. Gar
  6. Nice Without Mercy
  7. Buttons
  8. The Good Life (is wasted)
  9. Kind Of
  10. Betty’s Overture
  11. Never My Love

Lambchop: Aw Cmon

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On February 9, 2004, “Merge” label released “Aw Cmon”, the seventh Lambchop album. It was recorded and released at the same time as the album “No You Cmon”, and both were released together as a double album pack as well as separately. It was recorded in 2003, at “The Beech House” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Kurt Wagner and Mark Nevers.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner – vocals, guitar, juno, mixing
  • Curtiss Pernice, Willie Tyler – electric and acoustic guitar
  • Paul Niehaus – electric and steel guitar
  • Alex McManus – guitar
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Benny Martin, Sam Baker – drums
  • Jonathan Marx, Marc William Trovillion – electronics
  • Tony Crow – piano
  • Deanna Varagona – vocals
  • The Nashville String Machine – strings
  • Lloyd Barry – arranger
  • Mark Nevers – engineer, mixing
  • John Kelton – editing
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Wayne White – painting, art cover

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Wagner, except where noted.

  1. Being Tyler – Kurt Wagner, William Tyler
  2. Four Pounds in Two Days
  3. Steve McQueen
  4. The Lone Official
  5. Something’s Going On
  6. Nothing But a Blur from a Bullet Train
  7. Each Time I Bring It Up It Seems to Bring You Down
  8. Timothy B. Schmidt
  9. Women Help to Create the Kind of Men They Despise – Kurt Wagner, William Tyler
  10. I Hate Candy
  11. I Haven’t Heard a Word I’ve Said
  12. Action Figure

Will Oldham: Master And Everyone

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On January 28, 2003, “Drag City” label released “Master and Everyone”, the eighth Will Oldham studio album. It was his third album recorded under the name Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

Personnel:

  • Will Oldham – vocals
  • Paul Oldham – vocal, guitar, keyboards, bass,
  • Tony Crow – keyboards
  • William Tyler– guitar
  • Matt Swanson – tambourine
  • Gary Lee Tussing – cello
  • Marty Slayson – vocals
  • John Kelton – whistle

Track listing:

All tracks by Will Oldham.

  1. The Way
  2. Ain’t You Wealthy, Ain’t You Wise?
  3. Master and Everyone
  4. Wolf Among Wolves
  5. Joy and Jubilee
  6. Maundering
  7. Lessons from What’s Poor
  8. Even If Love
  9. Three Questions
  10. Hard Life

Lambchop: Is A Woman

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On February 19, 2010, “Merge” label released “Is a Woman”, the sixth Lambchop studio album. It was recorded January -July 2001 in Nashville, and was produced by Mark Nevers and Kurt Wagner.

Personnel:

  • Kurt Wagner – vocals, guitar, Moog, acetone, Casio
  • Mark Nevers – space guitar, noise guitar, aceton
  • William Tyler – acoustic and electric guitar, acetone
  • Alex McManus – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Rob Stanley – acoustic guitar
  • Curtiss Pernice – acoustic guitar
  • Paul Niehaus – steel and electric guitar
  • Tony Crow – piano, acetone, juno, homo machine
  • Deana varagona – baritone saxophone
  • Jonathan Marx – juno, sampler
  • John Delworth – acetone, juno
  • Paul Burch jr.– vibes, snare, shaker, brushed snare
  • Marc Trovillion – bass
  • Matt Swanson – bass
  • Allan Lowrey – drums, percussion
  • Terry Baker – drums, percussion
  • Scott Chase – percussion
  • Tammy Pierce – backing vocals
  • Lisa Crabtree – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Wagner, except where noted.

  1. The Daily Growl
  2. The New Cobweb Summer
  3. My Blue Wave
  4. I Can Hardly Spell My Name
  5. Autumn’s Vicar
  6. Flick
  7. Caterpillar – D.C. Book, Kurt Wagner
  8. Scott Parsley
  9. Bugs
  10. The Old Matchbook Trick
  11. Is a Woman