You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

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You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 27, 2011
Genre Blues
Label Play It Again Sam
Producer Seasick Steve
Seasick Steve chronology
Man from Another Time
(2009)
You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
(2011)
Hubcap Music
(2013)

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks is the fifth studio album by Seasick Steve. [1] It was released on May 30, 2011, on Play It Again Sam. [2] The album features former Led Zeppelin bass guitarist John Paul Jones. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and number 18 on the Irish Albums Chart.

Contents

In 2012, it was awarded a diamond certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe. [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Seasick Steve except "Whiskey Ballad" by Paul Martin Wold.

No.TitleLength
1."Treasures"3:52
2."You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks"3:34
3."Burnin' Up"4:07
4."Don't Know Why She Love Me But She Do"3:24
5."Have Mercy on the Lonely"2:35
6."Whiskey Ballad"3:43
7."Back in the Doghouse"4:15
8."Underneath a Blue and Cloudless Sky"3:05
9."What a Way to Go"3:15
10."Party"4:02
11."Days Gone"3:44
12."It's a Long Long Way"3:39
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Write Me a Few Lines"4:08
2."Levee Camp Blues"6:17

[2]

Personnel

According to the official CD liner notes.

Charts

You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks was the second biggest-selling blues album of 2011 in the UK, with sales of 131,000 copies. [4]

Certifications

CountryProviderSalesCertification
United Kingdom [11] BPI 100,000+Gold

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom27 May 2011 Digital download [12] Play It Again Sam
30 May 2011 CD [13]

Changes to band

John Paul Jones performed with Seasick Steve and his drummer Dan Magnusson on the British television show Later... with Jools Holland . It was later confirmed on the show that he had appeared on the album. [14]

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