Kate and Anna McGarrigle (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Type = Album
Artist = Kate and Anna McGarrigle


Released = 1976
Recorded = 1974-1975
Genre = Folk
Length = 35:06
Label = Hannibal Records
Producer =Joe Boyd, Greg Prestopino
Reviews =
*Allmusic:Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0hdyyl5jxp9b~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (very favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kateandannamcgarrigle/albums/album/108466/review/5942639/kate__anna_mcgarrigle link]
Last album =
This album =Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1975)
Next album ="Dancer with Bruised Knees" (1977)

"Kate and Anna McGarrigle" is the self-titled 1975 debut album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle.

It contains "Heart Like a Wheel", the McGarrigles' most famous song, which was first released by Linda Ronstadt in 1974. That song has subsequently been covered by several other artists including Billy Bragg and The Corrs. [Second Hand Songs.com: [http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/33904 List of covers of "Heart Like a Wheel"] ] Ronstadt also covered "Talk to Me of Mendocino" on her 1982 album "Get Closer". The British pop singer Kirsty MacColl also covered "Complainte pour Ste-Catherine" in 1989 and "Go Leave" was covered by Anne Sofie von Otter with Elvis Costello. [Second Hand Songs.com: [http://www.secondhandsongs.com/artist/7726+17361 List of McGarrigle covers] ]

Guest musicians on the album include Lowell George, Bobby Keys and Anna McGarrigle's husband, Dane Lanken.

Track listing

Each song's writing credit is listed below.

#"Kiss and Say Goodbye" – 2:47 - "Kate"
#"My Town" – 2:57 - "Anna"
#"Blues in D – 2:43 - "Kate"
#"Heart Like a Wheel" – 3:08 - "Anna"
#"Foolish You" – 3:02 - "Wade Hemsworth"
#"Talk to Me of Mendocino" – 3:08 - "Kate"
#"Complainte pour Ste-Catherine" – 2:48 - "Anna/Philippe Tatartcheff"
#"Tell My Sister" – 3:37 - "Kate"
#"Swimming Song" – 2:26 - "Loudon Wainwright III"
#"Jigsaw Puzzle of Life" – 2:29 - "Anna"
#"Go Leave" – 3:19 - "Kate"
#"Travellin' on for Jesus" – 2:42 - "traditional, arranged by J. Spence"

Personnel

*Anna McGarrigle - vocals, keyboards, banjo, button accordion
*Kate McGarrigle - vocals, piano, guitar
*Tony Levin - bass
*Steve Gadd - drums
*Jay Ungar - fiddle
*David Spinozza, Greg Prestopino, Hugh McCracken, Lowell George, Tony Rice, Amos Garrett, Andrew Gold, Chaim Tannenbaum - guitar
*Red Callender - bass
*David Grisman - mandolin
*Joel Tepp - harmonica, clarinet
*Peter Welden - banjo, backing vocals
*Floyd Gilbeau - fiddle
*Bobby Keys - tenor saxophone
*Plas Johnson - alto saxophone, clarinet
*Nick DeCaro - accordion
*Russ Kunkel - drums
*Dane Lanken - backing vocals

References