American Elegy by Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra
Tracklist
1. | Remember | 5:05 |
2. | Banking on Disaster | 5:55 |
3. | Rattle the Cage (Turn on the Tube) | 3:42 |
4. | Christopher Columbus | 3:47 |
5. | The Old Grindstone | 3:54 |
6. | Bought Me a Bottle | 4:37 |
7. | California Fried (Summer of '95) | 4:35 |
8. | What For | 4:22 |
9. | Roadkill Samba | 4:36 |
10. | Yankee Rag | 4:24 |
11. | O My Job | 5:27 |
Credits
released October 19, 2018
Alex Greene: vox, guitar, piano, organ, glockenspiel, trombone
Jim Spake: reeds
Marc Franklin: trumpet
John McClure: bass
Tom Lonardo: drums (3,4,5,7,8,9,10)
Paul Buchignani: drums (1,2,6,11)
John Whittemore: pedal steel (1,2,6,11)
Lorette Velvette: bgv (1,10)
Felix Hernandez: perc (3,7)
These songs were written just prior to September 11, 2001, and in the years that followed.
All songs written & arranged by Alex Greene, © 2009 BMI,
except "Christopher Columbus," music by Leon Berry, © 1936 Razaf Music Co. & Morris & Co., lyrics by Alex Greene, © 2012 BMI; and “Roadkill Samba,” © 1997 Porter Bros. Publishing, Inc., BMI. These recordings ℗ 2018 Rolling Head Records.
Produced by Alex Greene.
Mixed by Doug Easley & Alex Greene.
Recorded Nov. 2009 & Oct. 2012 at New School Media, Memphis, TN.
Engineered by Doug Easley. Mastered by Doug Easley.
Cover photo: Jamie Harmon.
Graphics by Tripp Lamkins.
Alex Greene: vox, guitar, piano, organ, glockenspiel, trombone
Jim Spake: reeds
Marc Franklin: trumpet
John McClure: bass
Tom Lonardo: drums (3,4,5,7,8,9,10)
Paul Buchignani: drums (1,2,6,11)
John Whittemore: pedal steel (1,2,6,11)
Lorette Velvette: bgv (1,10)
Felix Hernandez: perc (3,7)
These songs were written just prior to September 11, 2001, and in the years that followed.
All songs written & arranged by Alex Greene, © 2009 BMI,
except "Christopher Columbus," music by Leon Berry, © 1936 Razaf Music Co. & Morris & Co., lyrics by Alex Greene, © 2012 BMI; and “Roadkill Samba,” © 1997 Porter Bros. Publishing, Inc., BMI. These recordings ℗ 2018 Rolling Head Records.
Produced by Alex Greene.
Mixed by Doug Easley & Alex Greene.
Recorded Nov. 2009 & Oct. 2012 at New School Media, Memphis, TN.
Engineered by Doug Easley. Mastered by Doug Easley.
Cover photo: Jamie Harmon.
Graphics by Tripp Lamkins.