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Chris Shiflett and the Dead Peasants

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Released
  
July 2010

Release date
  
July 2010

Label
  
RCA Red Seal Records

Length
  
34:52

Producer
  
Chris Shiflett


Recorded
  
December 2009-January 2010 at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, CA

Artists
  
Chris Shiflett, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants

Genres
  
Rock music, Alternative country

Similar
  
Chris Shiflett albums, Rock music albums

Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants is the debut self-titled album from Chris Shiflett, lead guitarist of Foo Fighters. The Dead Peasants are his second side project, following Jackson United, and the backing band is composed of different musicians than that of Jackson United.

Contents

The album is a departure from his rock/punk background, and is influenced by country, rockabilly, and Americana.

All songs feature Shiflett as lead vocalist and guitarist. All songs are also written by him, with the exception of "Burning Lights", a cover of a song performed by Joe Strummer in a cameo in the 1990 film, I Hired a Contract Killer.

Track listing

  1. Helsinki
  2. Get Along
  3. Bandaged
  4. God Damn
  5. Burning Lights
  6. An Atheists Prayer
  7. Not Going Down Alone
  8. Baby, Let It Out
  9. Death March

Personnel

  • Chris Shiflett - lead vocals, lead guitar; mandolin on "God Damn", bass guitar on "Not Going Down Alone" and "Death March", piano
  • Paul Bushnell - bass guitar
  • Stevie Blacke - violin and mandolin
  • Davey Faragher - bass
  • Dan Lavery - backing vocals
  • Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar
  • John Lousteau - drums
  • Audra Mae - backing vocals
  • Eddie Perez - rhythm guitar
  • Derek Silverman - keyboards
  • Heather Waters - backing vocals

    • Songs

    1Helsinki3:50
    2Get Along4:24
    3Bandaged4:16

    References

    Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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