Blackwater (MOFRO album)

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Blackwater
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Studio album by
Released2001
Genre Southern rock, blue-eyed soul, funk rock, blues rock
Label Fog City Records (2001)
Producer Dan Prothero
MOFRO chronology
Blackwater
(2001)
Lochloosa
(2004)
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Blackwater is the first studio album by the Jacksonville, Florida based band MOFRO.

Contents

The recording was named One Of The Best Of The Decade In Music by amazon.com.

The Enhanced CD contains bonus audio and in-studio video.

Track listing

All tracks are written by JJ Grey except as noted

No.TitleLength
1."Blackwater"7:09
2."Ho Cake"5:53
3."Air"3:55
4."Jookhouse"3:19
5."Nare Sugar"4:17
6."Free"2:56
7."Florida"4:12
8."Cracka Break"1:22
9."Lazy Fo Acre"4:41
10."Santa Claus True Love and Freedom"6:47
11."Frog Giggin'"1:57
12."Whitehouse"6:09
13."Brighter Days"8:43

Personnel

Awards

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