Domestic Blues
| Domestic Blues | ||||
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| Released | May 19, 1998 | |||
| Studio | Room & Board Recording, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country / Blues | |||
| Label | E-squared | |||
| Producer | The Twangtrust (Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy) | |||
| Bap Kennedy chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| cluas.com |   [2] |
Domestic Blues was the first solo album from Northern Ireland–based singer-songwriter, Bap Kennedy, and was released in 1998.[1] The album was generally well-received, with allmusic calling it "an exceptionally intelligent recording"[1] and Uncut saying that "[Domestic Blues is] a fine collection of songs"[2] and reached number 8 in the billboard Americana chart[3]
Recording[edit]
The album was recorded in Nashville, TN.[3] Kennedy had received a phone call from country music legend Steve Earle inviting him to come to Nashville and record an album,[3] to be released on Earle's short-lived record label E-squared.[1] The album was produced by Earle and Ray Kennedy,[1] and featured several renowned session musicians, such as Peter Rowan and Jerry Douglas.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks composed by Bap Kennedy; except where noted.
- "Long Time a Comin'" – 2:38
- "The Way I Love Her" – 3:30
- "Unforgiven" – 3:37
- "Domestic Blues" – 2:57
- "I've Fallen in Love" – 3:21
- "Vampire" – 2:36
- "Angel Is the Devil" (Steve Earle) – 2:50
- "The Backroom" – 3:20
- "Mostly Water" – 3:20
- "The Ghosts of Belfast" – 2:51
- "My Money" – 3:15
- "The Shankill and the Falls" – 2:46
UK Special Edition version[edit]
The album was re-released in a "special edition" form in the UK in 2000. The special edition had a different album cover, featuring a photograph of Kennedy's mother as a child, and contained two extra tracks, "Lowlife" and "Dream of You".[2] The latter included Kennedy playing the Ewan MacColl song "Dirty Old Town" as a hidden track.
Personnel[edit]
- Musicians
- Bap Kennedy – acoustic guitar and vocals on all tracks
- Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass on all tracks
- Peter Rowan – mandolin on all tracks except 2, 4, 5 and 14 backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10 and 11, mandola on track 2, classical guitar on tracks 3, 5 and 14
- Jerry Douglas – dobro on all tracks except 4, 10 and 13, lap steel on tracks 4, 10, 12 and 13
- Steve Earle – acoustic guitar on all tracks except 3, 8 and 10, High-string guitar on track 2, archtop guitar, on track 2, 12-string guitar on tracks 3, 8 and 10, backing vocals on tracks 4 and 6
- Larry Atamanuik – drums and percussion on all tracks except 4, 8, 9 and 12, Hammond organ on track 9
- Michael Smotherman – Hammond B-3 organ on track 3, drums on track 8
- Nancy Blake – cello on tracks 5 and 12, fiddle on track 7
- Ray Kennedy – backing vocals on track 5
- Nanci Griffith – backing vocals on tracks 2 10 and 12
- Keith Weir – piano on tracks 6, 7 and 11
- Dan Gillis – tin whistle on track 10
- Paul Guerin – lead guitar on tracks 13 and 14
- Production
- Steve Earle – Music production and engineering
- Ray Kennedy – production, engineering and recording
- Patrick Earle – assistant engineering
- Hank Williams – mastering
(Please note that this Hank Williams is of no relation to the singer-songwriter Hank Williams)
- Alan Messer – Photography[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Pendragon, Jana, Domestic Blues – Overview, allmusic.com, retrieved 2 April 2010
- ^ a b c "Domestic Blues by Bap Kennedy Special Edition Cd". Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Biography - BapKennedy.com and BrendaKennedyIreland.com - Irish Singer/Songwriter and Artists". Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Alan Messer". alanmesser.com.
