Blackgrass (album)

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Blackgrass
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Studio album by Earl Lee Grace
Released 1995
Genre Bluegrass
Length24:29
Label Sympathy for the Record Industry
Producer Blag Dahlia
Bradley Cook

Blackgrass is a 1995 LP released by Earl Lee Grace.

Blag Dahlia American singer

Paul Cafaro, better known by the stage name Blag Dahlia, is an American singer, musician, producer, and author. He is best known as the vocalist for punk band Dwarves.

Production notes

Earl Lee Grace is a pseudonym of Dwarves front-man Paul Cafaro, [1] most well known as Blag Dahlia. A review by Allmusic claims that Grace is a 15-year-old guitarist, [2] which is false.

Track listing

  1. "Saturday Night" (Dahlia)
  2. "Every Girl In The World" (Dahlia)
  3. "Viodinah" (Dahlia)
  4. "Together" (Dahlia)
  5. "Riding on the Road" (Dahlia)
  6. "Coyote Bridge" (Schiele)
  7. "Sharon Needles" (Dahlia)
  8. "Long, Long Time" (Dahlia)
  9. "7-11" (Dahlia)
  10. "Kitchen Girl" (Schiele)
  11. "Big Vics" (Dahlia)
  12. "So Good" (Dahlia)
  13. "Sunday Morn" (Dahlia)

Personnel

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References

  1. Blag Dahlia Interview
  2. Blackgrass at AllMusic . Retrieved December 30, 2016.