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The Man with the Blue Post Modern Fragmented Neo Traditionalist Guitar

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Released
  
April 11, 1989

Release date
  
11 April 1989

Producers
  
Steven Soles, Peter Case

Artist
  
Peter Case

Label
  
Geffen Records

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Genres
  
Folk rock, Alternative rock, Alternative country

Similar
  
Peter Case albums, Folk rock albums

The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar (often called simply Blue Guitar) is an album by American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 1989. Its name is a reference to the Wallace Stevens poem The Man With the Blue Guitar.

Contents

Guests include Los Lobos, T-Bone Burnett, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner and David Lindley.

Critical reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brian Beatty wrote of the album "Exceptional songs and musical guests, including Ry Cooder and members of Los Lobos and Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, make this... a worthwhile purchase..."

Track listing

All songs by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Charlie James" (Public Domain) – 3:07
  2. "Put Down the Gun" – 3:41
  3. "Entella Hotel" – 4:59
  4. "Travellin' Light" (Case, Bob Neuwirth) – 4:11
  5. "Poor Old Tom" – 3:57
  6. "Old Part of Town" – 4:10
  7. "Rise and Shine" (Case, Victoria Williams) – 4:20
  8. "Two Angels" – 4:33
  9. "This Town's a Riot" – 4:18
  10. "Hidden Love" – 3:08

Personnel

  • Peter Case – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Stephen Bruton – mandolin
  • T-Bone Burnett – background vocals
  • Ry Cooder – slide guitar
  • Dennis Farias – horn
  • Mitchell Froom – organ, piano
  • David Hidalgo – 6-string bass, accordion, guitar, bass, ukulele, violin
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • David Kemper – drums
  • David Lindley – bouzouki, violin
  • David McKelvy – harmonica
  • David Miner – bass
  • Jerry Scheff – bass
  • Jack Sherman – guitar
  • Steven Soles – guitar, bass, maracas, guitar, percussion, background vocals
  • Benmont Tench – organ
  • Daniel Timms – keyboards, organ, piano, background vocals
  • Nick Lane – horn
  • Michael Bannister – cymbals, drums
  • Jorge Bermudez – tambourine
  • John Berry, Jr. – horn, maracas, background vocals

    • Production

  • Larry Hirsch – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Peter Case – producer
  • Scott Woodman – engineer
  • Joe Schiff – assistant engineer
  • Eric Rudd – assistant engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering

    • Songs

    1Charlie James3:07
    2Put Down the Gun3:41
    3Entella Hotel4:59

    References

    The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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