HARD WORKING AMERICANS
''THE FIRST WALTZ''
OCTOBER 27 2014
79:20
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1 Blackland Farmer 07:38
2 Another Train; Working Man Blues 07:04
3 Play a Train Song 06:39
4 Mission Accomplished 06:03
5 Run a Mile 05:14
6 I Don't Have a Gun 04:44
7 The Mountain Song 07:04
8 Straight to Hell 06:44
9 Stomp and Holler 05:18
10 Guaranteed 12:33
11 Wrecking Ball 05:50
12 Come from the Heart (With Rosanne Cash) 04:23
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Jesse Aycock/Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Neal Casal/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Rosanne Cash/Vocals On 12
Dave Schools/Bass Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Todd Snider/Vocals
Chad Staehly/Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Duane Trucks/Drums, Percussion
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BIOGRAPHY / AMG
Mark Deming
When Todd Snider decided it was time to work with musicians his own age for a change, he ended up forming an all-star group of jam band and alt-country veterans known as the Hard Working Americans. In 2012, after Snider had wrapped up touring behind his album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, he had a conversation with his friend Chad Staehly, keyboard man with the group Great American Taxi, about his working methods. "One day Chad Staehly pointed out to me that I spend a lot of time with my heroes and avoid my peers," Snider told reporter Jonathan Bernstein. "He was like, 'I always see you with Jerry Jeff (Walker), or John Prine, or Kris Kristofferson. Who do you like that's your age?'" With that in mind, for his next project Snider put together a band of like-minded musicians of similar vintage, including Staehly on keys, guitarist Neal Casal (of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals), bassist Dave Schools (of Widespread Panic), and drummer Duane Trucks (of King Lincoln and Col. Bruce Hampton's School of Music). The new group adopted the name the Hard Working Americans, and despite Snider's pedigree as a songwriter, for their debut album they recorded a set of cover tunes about the frustrations of working life. The band made its live debut in December 2013 at a benefit concert in Denver, Colorado. The Hard Working Americans was released in early 2014, followed by a short tour.
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''THE FIRST WALTZ''
OCTOBER 27 2014
79:20
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1 Blackland Farmer 07:38
2 Another Train; Working Man Blues 07:04
3 Play a Train Song 06:39
4 Mission Accomplished 06:03
5 Run a Mile 05:14
6 I Don't Have a Gun 04:44
7 The Mountain Song 07:04
8 Straight to Hell 06:44
9 Stomp and Holler 05:18
10 Guaranteed 12:33
11 Wrecking Ball 05:50
12 Come from the Heart (With Rosanne Cash) 04:23
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Jesse Aycock/Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Neal Casal/Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Rosanne Cash/Vocals On 12
Dave Schools/Bass Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Todd Snider/Vocals
Chad Staehly/Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Duane Trucks/Drums, Percussion
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BIOGRAPHY / AMG
Mark Deming
When Todd Snider decided it was time to work with musicians his own age for a change, he ended up forming an all-star group of jam band and alt-country veterans known as the Hard Working Americans. In 2012, after Snider had wrapped up touring behind his album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, he had a conversation with his friend Chad Staehly, keyboard man with the group Great American Taxi, about his working methods. "One day Chad Staehly pointed out to me that I spend a lot of time with my heroes and avoid my peers," Snider told reporter Jonathan Bernstein. "He was like, 'I always see you with Jerry Jeff (Walker), or John Prine, or Kris Kristofferson. Who do you like that's your age?'" With that in mind, for his next project Snider put together a band of like-minded musicians of similar vintage, including Staehly on keys, guitarist Neal Casal (of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals), bassist Dave Schools (of Widespread Panic), and drummer Duane Trucks (of King Lincoln and Col. Bruce Hampton's School of Music). The new group adopted the name the Hard Working Americans, and despite Snider's pedigree as a songwriter, for their debut album they recorded a set of cover tunes about the frustrations of working life. The band made its live debut in December 2013 at a benefit concert in Denver, Colorado. The Hard Working Americans was released in early 2014, followed by a short tour.
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