O Be Joyful

by Shovels & Rope

Overview

The architects of O' Be Joyful, singer/songwriters Michael Trent (the Films) and Cary Ann Hearst, the latter of whom landed a single, "Hell's Bells," in the 2010 season of True Blood, offer up a cacophony of Southern gothic, Alan Lomax and Lux Interior-inspired garage folk that is as fun as it is visceral. Raw, rowdy, and often surprisingly intimate, the debut album from Charleston, South Carolina-based duo Shovels and Rope shoves early country, bluegrass, and blues through an indie rock prism, resulting in a set of fiery, beer bottle-littered back-porch jams that blend the wily harmonies of Johnny and June with the lo-fi clang of Jack White.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/31/2012
Label:	Dualtone Music
UPC:	0803020161917
Rank:	24380

Tracks

1. Birmingham
2. Keeper
3. O' Be Joyful
4. Hail Hail
5. Lay Low
6. Kemba's Got the Cabbage Moth Blues
7. Tickin' Bomb
8. Carnival
9. Shank Hill St.
10. Cavalier
11. This Means War

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shovels & Rope   Primary Artist
Amanda Shires   Fiddle
Bill Carson   Guitar (Electric)
Nathan Koci   Horn
Joel T. Hamilton   Banjo,Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Pete Lyman   Mastering
Jake Sinclair   Mixing
Michael Trent   Producer,Group Member,Instrumentation
Cary Ann Hearst   Group Member,Instrumentation
Leslie McKellar   Photography
Shovels & Rope   Composer
Olive Argyle   Design