Boy From Black Mountain | ||||
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Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2009 at Camp Street Studios in Cambridge, MA | |||
Genre | Alternative Alternative country | |||
Length | 46:24 | |||
Label | Cuneiform Records | |||
Producer | Brian Carpenter, Bryce Goggin, Sean Slade | |||
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