Chinatown CD

MUSIC

FOLK

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. It's Not Happening ~ The Be Good Tanyas

2. Waiting Around To Die ~ The Be Good Tanyas

3. Junkie Song ~ The Be Good Tanyas

4. Ship Out On The Sea ~ The Be Good Tanyas

5. Dogsong 2 ~ The Be Good Tanyas

6. Rowdy Blues ~ The Be Good Tanyas

7. Reuben ~ The Be Good Tanyas

8. House Of The Rising Sun ~ The Be Good Tanyas

9. In Spite Of All The Damage ~ The Be Good Tanyas

10. Lonesome Blues ~ The Be Good Tanyas

11. In My Time Of Dying ~ The Be Good Tanyas

12. I Wish My Baby Was Born ~ The Be Good Tanyas

13. Horses ~ The Be Good Tanyas

14. Midnight Moonlight ~ The Be Good Tanyas

Travelling, drugs, gambling, Jesus, New Orleans, birth, death, lost-love and the perils of city-life. The Be Good Tanyas latest release Chinatown wanders through a maze of moods, themes and emotions. Melting harmonies and raw soul singing, mandolins and banjos interweave with swooning slide guitars and haunting harmonicas. Special guest appearances by Esperanza the Ukelele, Olu Dara on cornet, Jolie Holland, Ketch on fiddle, Doug Thordarson on viola, Martin Green on the accordian, Aaron Chapman on the saw, Andrew Burden and Roey Shemesh laying down the bass grooves, Ike Eidsness and Paul Clifford holding it all together on the drums, and Frazey's mom Diane on vocal harmonies.

"One listen, and you'll be hooked.  Austin Chronicle
"Feels like an evening well spent with old friends.  All Music Guide
"These knotty-pine girls sound like no one else.  Rolling Stone

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	The Be Good Tanyas: Samantha Parton (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin);
	Frazey Ford (vocals, guitar); Trish Klein (acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, background vocals).
	Additional personnel: Doug Thordarson (violin, viola); Jolie Holland (fiddle, background vocals); Martin Green (accordion); Olu Dara (cornet); Roey Shemesh (bowed, double & fretless bass); Andrew Burdon (double bass); Glenn "Ike" Eidness, Paul Clifford (drums); Aaron Chapman (saw); Diane Williams (background vocals).
	Recorded at Lemonloaf, Bakerstreet Studios, and The Smilin' Budda Enjoyment Complex, Vancouver, Canada.
	Personnel: Trish Klein (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica); Samantha Parton (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele); Frazey Ford (vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin); Jolie Holland (fiddle); Martin Green (accordion); Olu Dara (cornet); Andrew Burden (acoustic bass); Roey Shemesh (double bass, fretless bass); Paul Clifford (drums); Aaron Chapman (musical saw).
	Audio Mixers: Danny Kopelson; Adam McGhie.
	Recording information: 248 Schrader, SF; Bakerstreet Studios; Dubway Studios, New York, NY; Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; The Smilin' Buddah Enjoyment Complex; Three Trees, Nashville, TN; Vancouver, Lemonloaf.
	The homespun, slightly quirky approach that guided the Be Good Tanyas on Blue Horse permeates their enigmatically titled sophomore release too. If anything, these performances beckon the listener even more into the material, as a fiery hearth might draw strangers together on a cold night. The singing is raggedy and breathy, the instruments gently strummed or stroked; like whispered intimacies, these elements cast a conversational spell. When something extra is added, it comes in minimal doses -- a sprinkle of barely audible electric guitar and unobtrusive strings enhance, rather than delete, the acoustic ambience on "Dogsong 2," while two cameos by Olu Dara stir memories of Joni Mitchell's early tapestries of folk and jazz. No single tracks stand out, but that may be intentional; by sustaining its blurry, wistful mood with neither gimmick nor interruption, Chinatown feels like an evening well spent with old friends. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk
Engineer: John Ellis

Compilation Appearances

Oh! From The Girls

Technical Info

	Release Date : 03/11/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : CD 303042
	Label : Nettwerk
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00067003030427

Professional Reviews

Uncut (3/03, p.97)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Unflinchingly devoted to a template of rural American folk and country..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(3/03, p.96)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Rich in quiet stunners. Frazey Ford's gently insistent songs have a rare power to touch....The Tanyas can sure tell a good story..."

Splendid
While many rock and electronic groups amble pleasantly along without a musical thought in their heads, country's combination of tradition and musicianship just keeps producing albums, like Chinatown, of a really tremendous caliber.

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Chinatown (2003)

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