Wide Mouth Mason (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Wide Mouth Mason
Type = studio
Artist = Wide Mouth Mason


Released = Start date|1997|3|25 (Canada)
Start date|1997|7|8 (U.S.)
Recorded = Greenhouse Studios, Vancouver, B.C.
Genre = Hard rock, Blues-rock
Length = 47:53
Label = Warner Music Canada
Producer = Joel Van Dyke, Wide Mouth Mason
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:abfoxquhldhe]
Last album = "The Nazarene"
(1996)
This album = "Wide Mouth Mason"
(1997)
Next album = "Where I Started"
(1999)

"Wide Mouth Mason" is the eponymous second studio album by the Canadian blues-rock band Wide Mouth Mason and the first to be released on a major label. The band re-recorded most of their independent debut "The Nazarene" for inclusion on the album as well as the new song "This Mourning". The album was certified Gold in Canada on Start date|1998|03|11 [ [http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php CRIA Searchable Archive - Search "Wide Mouth Mason"] ] on the strength of the singles "Midnight Rain", "My Old Self", "This Mourning" and "The Game".

Track listing

All songs were written by Wide Mouth Mason.
# "My Old Self" - 3:48
# "Midnight Rain" - 3:47
# "Tom Robinson" - 2:59
# "The River Song" - 3:23
# "This Mourning" - 4:55
# "The Preacherman's Song" - 3:04
# "The Game" - 3:57
# "All It Amounts To" - 4:29
# "Corn Rows" - 4:17
# "Sister Sally" - 5:25
# "Tell Me" - 3:34
# "Mary Mary" - 4:15

Personnel

* Shaun Verreault - guitars, vocals
* Earl Pereira - bass guitar, backing vocals
* Safwan Javed - drums, backing vocalsAdditional musicians:
* Tanya Hancheroff - backing vocals on tracks 5, 8 and 9
* Mike Kalanj - hammond organ on tracks 10 and 12
* Mike Weaver - rhodes on track 9
* Natasha Boyko - cello on track 4
* Kilarney Secondary High School Choir - backing vocals on track 8
* Colin James - dobro on track 6

References