Storyman (album)

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Storyman
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ReleasedJune 24, 2016
Genre Newgrass, progressive bluegrass, outlaw bluegrass
Length46:45
Label Sugar Hill
Producer Sam Bush
Sam Bush chronology
Circles Around Me
(2009)
Storyman
(2016)
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Storyman is an album by the bluegrass mandolin player Sam Bush released by Sugar Hill Records on June 24, 2016. [2] The album release show was in Nashville, Tennessee at the City Winery on July 23, 2016.

Contents

"Carcinoma Blues" was written by Guy Clark and Sam Bush. "Hand Mics Killed Country Music" features Bush and Emmylou Harris. Bush and Harris co-wrote the song. "Transcendental Meditation Blues" was co-written with long time collaborator Jeff Black.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Play By Your Own Rules"Sam Bush, Stephen Mougin3:31
2."Everything Is Possible" (with Deborah Holland (harmony vocals)) Deborah Holland, Sam Bush4:01
3."Transcendental Meditation Blues" Jeff Black / Sam Bush3:53
4."Greenbrier"Sam Bush, Scott Vestal4:48
5."Lefty's Song" (with Alison Krauss (harmony vocals) and Donnie Sundal (organ))Sam Bush, Steve Brines3:57
6."Carcinoma Blues" (with Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano)) Guy Clark, Sam Bush3:56
7."Bowling Green" Jon Randall Stewart, Sam Bush3:32
8."Handmics Killed Country Music" (with Emmylou Harris (harmony vocals), Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano), and Steve Fishell (pedal steel guitar)) Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush3:43
9."Where's My Love"John Pennell, Sam Bush5:54
10."It's Not What You Think"Chris Brown, Sam Bush, Scott Vestal, Stephen Mougin, Todd Parks3:54
11."I Just Wanna Feel Something"Jon Randall Stewart, Sam Bush5:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Storyman - Sam Bush". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. Betts, Stephen L. (June 3, 2016). "Sam Bush's 'Storyman' Album to Feature Krauss, Harris". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 15, 2020.