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- Humble Bee (3.50)
- She's A Piece Of Work (4.00)
- People Love To Watch You Die (4.38)
- I'm Wrong About Everything (3.32)
- Same Piece Of Air (3.42)
- Old Girlfriends (3.22)
- Bad Dream Baby (4.23)
- Goth Girl (3.12)
- You In Spite Of Yourself (2.38)
- Our Lady Of The Highways (3.41)
- After The Fact (3.50)
- Too Much Into Nothing (4.51)
Produced by Gary Burnette and Rob Seidenberg
Guitar, Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Pump Organ: JWH
Guitars: Gary Burnette
Keyboards: Tim Lauer, Jeff Roach
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow, Steve Brewster
Percussion: Eric Darken
Pedal Steel: Al Perkins
French Horn: Jennifer Kummer
Harmony Vocals: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett, Big Kenny, John Rich
Lovesponge:
Kristin Wilkinson - viola
John Catchings - cello
David Davidson - violin
David Angell - violin
Steve Earle - Vocals and Mandolin on Our Lady Of The Highways
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Vocals on Bad Dream Baby
Additional Musicians on People Love To Watch You Die:
Chris von Sneidern - Harmony
Scott McCaughey - Mellotron, Sleigh Bells and Tambourine
JWH - Electric Guitar Solo
Martin Feveyear - Percussion
Produced by Gary Burnette and Rob Seidenberg
Recorded and Mixed by Joe Baldridge
Recorded and Mixed in ten days in Tennesse at:
The Bennett House, Franklin (13/14th Sept 99)
Second Engineer: Shawn McClean
Dark Horse, Franklin (15th Sept 99)
Second Engineer: Rob Evans
Treasure Isle, Berry Hill (8th - 14th Nov 99)
Second Engineer: Dan Leffler
People Love To Watch You Die: additional recording and mix by Martin Feveyear at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, WA (14th Jan 00)
Arranged by Gary Burnette, Rob Seidenberg and JWH
String Quartet arranged by Kristin Wilkinson
Mastered by Brian Gardener at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles (2nd Feb 00)
Photos: Carol Hodge
Design: Hammi
Set Design: Jack Hodge
Horticulturalist: Jim Sangster
Annotations to the lyrics: Wesley Stace, Christopher Stace
Management: Andre Goode at Fountainhead Management (Fountanhed@aol.com)
Representation: Steve Martin at The Agency Group, NYC
JWH and the RSPCJWH can be reached at P.O.Box 460717, SF, CA, 94146, USA or by writing to jwh@armory.com or visiting www.wesweb.net and www.johnwesleyharding.com
All songs written by John Wesley Harding (Plangent Visions Music, Inc (ASCAP) except Bad Dream Baby written by Harding/McCaughey (Plangent Visions Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/ MacNor Music/Bug Music (BMI)) and People Love To Watch You Die written by Harding/Seidenberg/McCaughey/Baruck (Plangent Visions Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/MacNor Music/Bug Music (BMI), Mokshastrom Music (ASCAP)
Thankyou: Rob Seidenberg and Scott McCaughey, Gary Burnette, Joe Baldridge and everyone involved with the making of The Confessions, Andrea Goode, Peter Barnes and all at Plangent Visions, Abe Baruck and everyone at Hollywood Records, Steve Martin, Phil Jacobs, Madina Salaty and everyone at TAG, Jim Musselman and Josh Michaell at Appleseed records, Barbara Mitchell/Deluxxe Media, Pete Gerald, Diane Schroder, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Lloyd, The Minstrel In The Galleries now known as The English UK, Pete Jenner, Nigel Hinton, David Lewis, Rose Auerbach, Bob Whitfield, Martin Hollander and my family.
HUMBLE BEE (Harding)
Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Guitar: JWH
Guitar, Harmony Vocals: Gary Burnette
Piano, Organ, Harmony Vocals: Jeff Roach
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Harmony Vocals: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett
SHE'S A PIECE OF WORK (Harding)
Vocals: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Wurlitzer: Jeff Roach
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Harmony Vocals: Ken Alphin, John Rich
PEOPLE LOVE TO WATCH YOU DIE (Harding/McCaughey/Seidenberg/Baruck)
Vocals, Feedback Guitar, Harmony Vocals: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Piano, Hammond Organ: Tim Lauer
Mellotron, Sleigh Bells, Tambourine: Scott McCaughey
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
French Horn: Jennifer Kummer
String Quartet: Lovesponge
Harmony Vocals: Chris von Sneidern
Choir: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett
I'M WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING (Harding)
Vocals: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Keyboards: Tim Lauer
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Steve Brewster
Percussion: Eric Darken
Harmony Vocals: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett
SAME PIECE OF AIR (Harding)
Vocals, Guitar: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Hammond Organ: Tim Lauer
Pedal Steel: Al Perkins
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Percussion: Eric Darken
Harmony Vocals: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett
OLD GIRLFRIENDS (Harding)
Vocals, Pump Organ: JWH
Guitar, Pump Organ: Gary Burnette
Hammond Organ, Rhodes: Tim Lauer
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Steve Brewster
Percussion: Eric Darken
Harmony Vocals: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett
BAD DREAM BABY (Harding/McCaughey)
Vocals, Harmony Vocals: JWH
Vocals: Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Guitar, Garbage Can, Plastic Chair, Music Stand: Gary Burnette
Keyboards: Tim Lauer
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Clave, Ray Gun:Joe Baldridge.
GOTH GIRL (Harding)
Vocals: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Guitar: Neddy The Goth
Keyboards: Tim Lauer
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Percussion: Eric Darken
Harmony Vocals: Georgia Middleman, Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett
YOU IN SPITE OF YOURSELF (Harding)
Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Organ, Guitar: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Keyboards: Jeff Roach
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
Harmony Vocals: Mark Ivey, Michael Mellett, Duane Jarvis
OUR LADY OF THE HIGHWAYS (Harding)
Vocals: JWH
Vocals and Mandolin: Steve Earle
Accordion and Harmonica: Tim Lauer
Pedal Steel: Al Perkins
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Steve Brewster
Percussion: Eric Darken
AFTER THE FACT (Harding)
Vocals: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Mellotron, Percussion: Jeff Roach
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Greg Morrow
TOO MUCH INTO NOTHING (Harding)
Vocals: JWH
Guitar: Gary Burnette
Morse Code: Joe Burnette
Mellotron: Tim Lauer
Bass: Mark Hill
Drums: Steve Brewster
Percussion: Eric Darken
String quartet: Lovesponge
