Steel Tears

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Steel Tears
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Studio album by Sandy Bull
Released 1996
Genre Folk
Label Timeless Recording Society
Producer Sandy Bull
Sandy Bull chronology
Vehicles
(1992) Vehicles1992
Steel Tears
(1996)
Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years
(1999) Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years1999

Steel Tears is the seventh album by folk guitarist Sandy Bull, released in 1996 through Timeless Recording Society. It was Bull's final album before his death in 2001. [1]

Folk music musical and poetic creativity of the people

Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that.

Alexander Bull was an American folk musician and composer. Bull was an accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, and oud. His early work blends non-western instruments with 1960s folk revival, and has been cited as important in the development of psychedelic music.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."ARABALABAMA" Bull  
2."Long as We're Dreaming" Jones  
3."Can I Get a Witness" Gaye  
4."Old Habits Like You" Williams, Jr.  
5."Love Is Forever" Ocean  
6."I Don't Care" Pierce  
7."It Should Be Easier Now" Jennings, Nelson  
8."My Baby Left Me" Crudup  
9."Steel Tears"Bull 
10."Sideshow" Blue Magic  
11."I May Never Pass Out"Bull 

Personnel

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References

  1. Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. 2006. Retrieved August 11, 2012.