The Black Bear Sessions

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The Black Bear Sessions
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Studio album by
Released2001
RecordedFeb 12, 2001-Apr 6, 2001
Genre Bluegrass
Jam band
Length47:22
Label Bos Music
Producer Railroad Earth
Railroad Earth chronology
The Black Bear Sessions
(2001)
Bird in a House
(2002)
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The Black Bear Sessions is the debut studio album by the bluegrass/jam band Railroad Earth, released in 2001.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Head" (Sheaffer) – 6:59
  2. "Lordy Lordy" (Sheaffer) – 4:12
  3. "Seven Story Mountain" (Sheaffer) – 6:02
  4. "Chains" (Sheaffer) – 4:29
  5. "Black Bear" (Sheaffer) – 9:13
  6. "Colorado" (Goessling, Sheaffer) – 5:11
  7. "Real Love" (Sheaffer) – 3:48
  8. "Stillwater Getaway" (Goessling, Skehan) – 5:50
  9. "Cold Water" (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) – 3:52
  10. "Railroad Earth" (Sheaffer) – 5:26

Personnel

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