The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 31, 2012 [1] | |||
Genre | Acoustic blues, roots rock, blues [2] [3] [1] [4] | |||
Length | 37:59 | |||
Label | Lincoln Durham/Rayburn Publishing [5] [6] | |||
Producer | Ray Wylie Hubbard, George Reiff [6] | |||
Lincoln Durham chronology | ||||
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The Austin Chronicle | [7] |
PopMatters | [2] |
The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones is Lincoln Durham's debut studio album, released on January 31, 2012 by Rayburn Publishing. Four of the songs on the album are from his 2010 EP, and the other seven are original compositions. [8] Durham was mentored and produced by singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard, and co-produced by George Reiff. [9] Durham played the majority of the instruments, including a 1929 Gibson HG22 guitar, a bird feeder, a hacksaw, and oil pans. [10] Drums were performed by Rick Richards. Other guest musicians from Austin on the album were Derek O'Brien Jeff Plankenhorn, Bucca Allen, [11] and Idgy Vaughn, plus Lincoln Durham's wife, Alissa. [12] [3]
All tracks are written by Lincoln Durham [4] [6] .
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Drifting Wood" | 4:23 |
2. | "Last Red Dawn" | 3:10 |
3. | "Living This Hard" | 3:26 |
4. | "Clementine" | 3:22 |
5. | "Mud Puddles" | 3:27 |
6. | "Reckoning Lament" | 3:10 |
7. | "How Does a Crow Fly" | 2:36 |
8. | "Love Letters" | 2:57 |
9. | "Georgia Lee" | 3:19 |
10. | "People of the Land" | 3:23 |
11. | "Trucker's Love Song" | 4:46 |
Special guest musicians
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