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Slaid Cleaves' 1997 album No Angel Knows was produced by Lucinda Williams' band guitarist Gurf Morlix and comes out of similar singer/songwriter territory. The acoustic-band feel that ran through Morlix's previous small label recordings with Maine band the Moxie Men combines with the Texas troubadour tradition to produce a sound resembling that of Peter Case, Darden Smith or Robert Earl Keen. A song from Cleaves' early days revisited, a co-write with childhood friend Rod Picott in "Wrecking Ball," and others capture small-town stories as well as Morlix's more famous employer. There's also a hint of Springsteen's passion for cars, rivers and bleak working-class lives on tracks such as "Last of the V-8's" or the defiant "Not Going Down." The fine production enhances a set every bit as good as Cleaves' 1992 Life's Other Side, which led to his receiving a Kerrville New Folk songwriter award, or the 1993 self-released For the Brave & Free which employed a host of Austin musicians. File under literate country-tinged folk-rock with a touch of swing.
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Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rod Picott, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Farrington, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rod Picott, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Nadeau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rod Picott, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rod Picott, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kent Finlay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Troy Miller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Blank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Slaid Cleaves' 1997 album No Angel Knows was produced by Lucinda Williams' band guitarist Gurf Morlix and comes out of similar singer/songwriter territory. The acoustic-band feel that ran through Morlix's previous small label recordings with Maine band the Moxie Men combines with the Texas troubadour tradition to produce a sound resembling that of Peter Case, Darden Smith or Robert Earl Keen. A song from Cleaves' early days revisited, a co-write with childhood friend Rod Picott in "Wrecking Ball," and others capture small-town stories as well as Morlix's more famous employer. There's also a hint of Springsteen's passion for cars, rivers and bleak working-class lives on tracks such as "Last of the V-8's" or the defiant "Not Going Down." The fine production enhances a set every bit as good as Cleaves' 1992 Life's Other Side, which led to his receiving a Kerrville New Folk songwriter award, or the 1993 self-released For the Brave & Free which employed a host of Austin musicians. File under literate country-tinged folk-rock with a touch of swing.
© Shaun Belcher /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:09
- Main artists: Slaid Cleaves
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
© 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1997 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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