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Released
  
August 17, 2010 (US)

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise (2010)
  
Supernova (2014)

Producer
  
Ray LaMontagne

Genres
  
Folk music, Folk rock

Length
  
44:32

Release date
  
17 August 2010

Label
  
RCA Records

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Recorded
  
March 15–28, 2010 at: The Big Room at Apple Hill (Massachusetts)

Artists
  
Ray LaMontagne, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs

Similar
  
Ray LaMontagne albums, Folk music albums

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's fourth full-length release, which was released on August 17, 2010.

Contents

The record is credited to “Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs”. This is the first time that LaMontagne has released music in collaboration with other artists, within the context of a band.

It is the first album which was completely produced by LaMontagne. The music was recorded in a period of two weeks at LaMontagne's home in Massachusetts.

On December 1, 2010, the album was nominated for two Grammy awards, including Best Contemporary Folk Album, which it won. The song "Beg Steal or Borrow" was nominated for Song of the Year.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ray LaMontagne.

Musicians

Ray LaMontagne collaborated with the following musicians in this album:

  • Ray LaMontagne - Vocals and acoustic guitar on all tracks, harmonica on tracks 8, 9 and 10
  • Jennifer Condos - Bass on all tracks except track 9
  • Jay Bellerose - Drums on all tracks except tracks 5 and 9
  • Eric Heywood - Pedal steel guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5, acoustic guitar on tracks 6, 7 and 8, electric guitar on tracks 1 and 10
  • Greg Leisz - Electric guitar on tracks 1 and 4, pedal steel guitar on tracks 3 and 6, acoustic guitar on track 5, lap steel guitar on track 8, electric baritone guitar on track 2, banjo on track 7, acoustic resonator steel guitar and mandola on track 10
  • Patrick Warren - Keyboards on track 6
  • Ryan Freeland - Accordion on track 8
  • Personnel

  • Ray LaMontagne - Producer
  • Ryan Freeland - Recorder and mixer
  • Michael McDonald - Management
  • Megahn Foley - Art direction and design
  • Mark Seliger - Portrait photography
  • Tobias LaMontagne - Still photography
  • Jay Bellerose - Additional photography
  • Sarah Sousa - Additional photography
  • Songs

    1Repo Man6:08
    2New York City's Killing Me4:13
    3God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise3:10

    References

    God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise (Ray LaMontagne album) Wikipedia