Released December 11, 2009 Label Zabriskie Point Records | Length 52:03 Release date 11 December 2009 | |
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Recorded GadgetBox Studios, Santa Cruz, CA Montana Tale'(2009) Leave the Fire Behind(2010) Similar October is the Kindest Month, Daddy Longlegs, Working on My Farewell, Leave the Fire Behind |
Montana Tale is the sixth studio album by the folk-singer John Craigie. It was released in December 2009 on Zabriskie Point Records. It is his first album since i always -ed you without Trent Boeschen and Kevin Hobson, and not recorded at Boeschen Studios. Montana Tale was recorded over the summer of 2009 at Gadgetbox Studios in Santa Cruz, California. The guitarist Leland Jackness returned, along with Randy Schwartz on drums and Zach Gill on piano, organ and accordion.
Contents
The album is considered a song cycle due to its numerous references to the state of Montana and certain cities within the state. Craigie claimed that many of the songs were written on his early tours through the western United States, when he spent a lot of time traveling through Montana.
The album includes many of Craigie's best-known songs, including "28" which is about the 27 Club and the deaths of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain.
It was his first album to receive significant airplay and was placed in rotation on radio stations such as KHUM and KPIG.
Track listing
- "Gone" - 4:14
- "As Tragic" - 3:41
- "Labor Day" - 4:07
- "Will not Fight" - 6:02
- "Mama Nashville" - 3:00
- "28" - 3:52
- "Easter Sunday" - 4:54
- "Resurrection Bay" - 4:39
- "Anna Rose (part IV)" - 3:35
- "All Through Montana" - 8:49
- "Map of Dallas" - 5:13
Personnel
Production:
Songs
1Gone4:15
2As Tragic3:41
3Labor Day4:07