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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Honeyhoney/fontana
Buy.com Sku: 223776182
UPC: 044003148079
UPC 14: 00044003148079
Release Date: 10/18/2011
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Angel of Death ~ honeyhoney
2. Glad I've Done What I Did ~ honeyhoney
3. Ohio ~ honeyhoney
4. Don't Know How ~ honeyhoney
5. Turn That Finger Around ~ honeyhoney
6. I Don't Mind ~ honeyhoney
7. Old School Friends ~ honeyhoney
8. Let's Get Wrecked ~ honeyhoney
9. L.A. River ~ honeyhoney
10. All on You ~ honeyhoney
11. Thin Line ~ honeyhoney
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: Ben Jaffe (vocals, guitar, piano, vibraphone, drums); Suzanne Santo (vocals, banjo, violin); Raymond Richards (lap steel guitar); Greg Vincent (dobro); Andy Paley (harmonica); J. P. Maramba (upright bass, electric bass); Nick Jandl (background vocals). |
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Audio Mixer: Matt Radosevich. |
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Photographer: Randi Curby. |
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Fine-tuning the blend of country and coffeehouse Americana that filled their 2008 debut, honeyhoney present themselves as a leaner, twangier band on this pitch-perfect follow-up. Trading licks on the banjo, acoustic guitar, and violin, bandmates Suzanne Santo and Benjamin Jaffe set themselves up as a more commercial Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, keeping the tempos slightly quicker and replacing Welch's backwoods drawl with Santo's husky, slow-smoked croon. She's clearly the focal point here, but Jaffe is the first mate who keeps the ship afloat, whether he's backing up his partner with vocal harmonies -- even taking the lead for a few moments on "Old School Friends" -- or claiming the songwriting credits for tunes like "Angel of Death," a vintage-sounding country ballad that recalls Hank Williams. If 2008's First Rodeo pointed the band in multiple directions -- acoustic folk one moment, `60s revivalist pop the next -- then Billy Jack narrows the focus and keeps its sights set on the south, resulting in a rootsy track list that's far more cohesive than honeyhoney's debut. The highlights are scattered throughout: "Ohio" builds up to a tent revival chorus; "Don't Know How" tugs on the heartstrings with an archetypal AM Radio melody, and "I Don't Mind" finds the two bandmates harmonizing like a co-ed Everly Brothers. Released by Lost Highway -- a label with far more country clout than Ironworks, the duo's previous home --- Billy Jack doesn't feel like a reboot as much as a clarification, as it brings to light the nostalgic, rootsy charm that First Rodeo only hinted at. ~ Andrew Leahey |
Producer: Raymond Richards |
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Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/24/2011 |
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Original Release Date : 2011 |
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Catalog ID : HHR001 |
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Label : Lost Highway |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00044003148079 |
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