- The Green Sparrow
Infobox Album |
Name = "The Green Sparrow"
Type =Album
Artist =Mike Gordon
Released =August 5 ,2008 (US)
Recorded =Studio
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label =Rounder Records
Producer = Mike Gordon, John Siket, Jared Slomoff
Last album = "Live From Bonnaroo 2005 "
(Gordon and theBenevento-Russo Duo )
(2005)
This album = "The Green Sparrow"
(2008) |"The Green Sparrow" is the second solo album from
Phish bassistMike Gordon , released August 5, 2008. It is his first solo album in five years (since 2003's "Inside In "). Gordon has also released a pair of studio albums with acoustic guitaristLeo Kottke , a live album with the experimentalBenevento-Russo Duo , and a live DVD withGrateful Dead offshootRhythm Devils .Gordon dedicated all of 2007 to writing "The Green Sparrow" while taking a year long hiatus from touring. It was recorded at the end of 2007 and into 2008 in his home recording studio in
Vermont and features guest appearances fromBill Kreutzmann ,Trey Anastasio ,Chuck Leavell ,Page McConnell ,Ivan Neville and others. A tour to support the album began in July 2008 with Gordon backed byMax Creek guitaristScott Murawski , keyboardist Tom Cleary, drummer Todd Isler, and percussionist Craig Myers. Only Murawski remains from Gordon's original 2003 touring band.Track listing
# "Another Door" - 3:40
# "Voices" - 5:20
# "Dig Further Down" - 4:01
# "Pretend" - 4:09
# "Traveled Too Far" - 4:33
# "Andelmans' Yard" - 6:13
# "Morphing Again" - 5:05
# "Radar Blip" - 3:38
# "Jaded" - 3:08
# "Sound" - 4:38"All songs written by
Mike Gordon "Bonus Tracks
# Doing It Anyway (at
iTunes )
# Be Careful What You Wish For (at [http://www.rhapsody.com/mikegordon/thegreensparrow Rhapsody] )Personnel
(appearing on various tracks)
*Mike Gordon - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Hi Hat, Tambourine, Drum Programming, Piano, Clucky
*Trey Anastasio - Guitar
*Doug Belote - Drums, Cowbell, Shaker, V-Drums
*Russ Lawton - Drums
*Ivan Neville - Organ
*Page McConnell - Organ
* Nadine LaFond - Vocals
* Jared Slomoff – Vocals, Cowbell
* Joe Russo – Drums
* Chuck Leavell – Organ
* Steve Ferraris – Bongos, Danmo, Cowbell
*Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
* Scott Murawski – Acoustic Guitar
* Ken Lovelett – Tambourine
* Aaron Johnson - Trombone
* Jordan McLean - Trumpet
* Cochemea Gastelum - Saxophone
* Julee Avallone – Flute
* Marie Claire – VocalsCredits
* Produced by
Mike Gordon , John Siket, Jared Slomoff
* Recorded and Mixed by John Siket
* Mastered by Fred Kevorkian
* Cover Illustration/Hand-Lettering byMike Gordon
* Design/Layout by Julia Mordaunt
* Management by Jason Colton for Red Light ManagementExternal links
* [http://drygoods.phish.com Official Green Sparrow Order]
* [http://www.mike-gordon.com Mike Gordon's official site]
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