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Released
  
1993

Producer
  
John Nagy

Release date
  
1993

Genres
  
Blues, Folk music

Length
  
50:17

Artist
  
Chris Smither

Label
  
Flying Fish Records

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Happier Blue (1993)
  
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Happier Blue is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1993. It won a National American Independent Record Distributors (NAIRD) award.

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Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard Meyer wrote of the album "All the elements of Chris Smither's distinctive style are here: passionate vocals, his cool songs, and some covers." Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a two-star honorable mention and briefly commented "expansive new songs, congenial new band, and the stompingest foot this side of John Lee Hooker"

Track listing

All songs by Chris Smither unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Happier Blue"
  2. "Memphis in the Meantime" (John Hiatt)
  3. "The Devil's Real"
  4. "No More Cane on the Brazos/Mail Order Mystics" (Smither, Traditional)
  5. "No Reward"
  6. "Already Gone (Flatfoot Blues)"
  7. "Killing the Blues" (Rowland Salley)
  8. "Rock and Roll Doctor" (George)
  9. "Magnolia" (J. J. Cale)
  10. "Honeysuckle Dog"
  11. "Take it All"
  12. "Time to Spend"

Personnel

  • Chris Smither – vocals, guitar, foot percussion
  • Bill Urmson - bass
  • Robin Batteau - violin
  • Bill Brookheim - percussion
  • Brad Hatfield - keyboards
  • Bob Gay - Saxophone
  • Mark Egan - bass

    • Production

  • Produced and engineered by John Nagy
  • Mastered by Toby Mountain

    • Songs

    1Happier Blue4:18
    2Memphis in the Meantime3:45
    3The Devil's Real4:59

    References

    Happier Blue Wikipedia
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