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The Early Widows

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Released
  
May 4, 2010

The Early Windows (2010)
  
Valleyheart (2013)

Release date
  
4 May 2010

Genre
  
Alternative country

Label
  
Six Shooter Records

Artist
  
Justin Rutledge

Producer
  
Hawksley Workman

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Nominations
  
Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo

Similar
  
Justin Rutledge albums, Other albums

The Early Widows is the fourth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, released on May 4, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. The album, produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, was recorded at The Woodshed, a recording studio owned by Canadian country-rock band Blue Rodeo. According to Rutledge, the songs are written with a single character in mind from the Michael Ondaatje novel Divisadero.

Contents

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.

Track listing

All tracks written by Justin Rutledge, except where noted.

Ondaatje contributed to the writing of several of the songs, and is credited as co-writer on the single "Be a Man".

The track "I Have Not Seen the Light" is co-written with Nashville singer-songwriter Darrell Scott.

Personnel

  • David Baxter – electric guitar
  • Burke Carroll – pedal steel
  • Gary Craig – Stew Crookes – tubular bells, electric guitar
  • Bazil Donovan – bass
  • Julie Fader – voice
  • Blake Manning – drums, percussion
  • Oh Susanna – voice
  • Justin Rutledge – electric, acoustic and 12-string guitars, piano, wurlitzer, voice
  • Hawksley Workman – electric guitar, piano, percussion
  • Jesse Zubot – violin, viola, mandolin, soundscapes
  • Amoy Levy, Nevon Sinclair, Sharon Riley – choir
  • Songs

    1Be a Man4:32
    2Jack of Diamonds5:11
    3Islands6:56

    References

    The Early Widows Wikipedia