Pinmonkey

by Pinmonkey

Overview

To call an artist "country" is to enter a hall of mirrors. By country, do you mean the Diane Warren-penned pap that has dominated mainstream country radio from the great credibility scare of the '90s (as Steve Earle terms it) through the new millennium? Or do you mean those progressive country/Americana/alt-country artists who ride waves of critical respect and receive their due in No Depression magazine? Or do you mean classic country or honky tonk? Or country-rock? So suffice it to say that Pinmonkey is a country band par excellence precisely because it embodies this kind of confusion. The group's sweet-as-mountain-water vocals and tight musicianship could hold a comfortable place in both No Depression circles and on country radio. "Every Time It Rains" and "Barbed Wire & Roses" are dosed with enough pop sensibilities to please mainstream Nashville, while the brooding, stirring gospel of "Jar of Clay" and the bruised, drop-dead gorgeous "Augusta" are, frankly, too darn good to survive that milieu. This is a strong country album with pop smarts, and (complicating the picture even more) it isn't too many DNA strands removed from the country-rock of the Flying Burrito Brothers -- Pinmonkey's edges are just a whole lot smoother than those of their ancient predecessors. Dolly Parton offers her nod of approval with a guest slot on "Falling out of Love With Me." The album also features a nearly unrecognizable and joyous take on alternative pop group Sugar Ray's "Fly." ~ Erik Hage

Product Details

Release Date:	10/08/2002
Label:	Bna
UPC:	0078636704920
Rank:	138714

Tracks

1. Slow Train Comin'
2. Jar of Clay
3. Every Time It Rains
4. Augusta
5. Fly
6. Falling Down
7. The Longest Road
8. Falling Out of Love With Me
9. Barbed Wire and Roses
10. I Drove All Night
11. Stay With Us

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pinmonkey   Primary Artist
Bryan Sutton   Guest Artist,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic)
Dolly Parton   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocal Harmony
Bob Britt   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String Electric)
Rusty Young   Banjo,Mandolin
Ricky Skaggs   Mandolin
Rick Schell   Drums,Percussion,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic)
Michael Webb   Wurlitzer,Farfisa Organ,Organ (Hammond),Piano (Electric)
Michael Jeffers   Bass
Chad Jeffers   Banjo,Dobro,Vocal Harmony,Lap Steel Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Tom Kelly   Composer
Gwil Owen   Composer
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Tia Sillers   Composer
Alan Shacklock   Composer
Andrew Mendelson   Digital Editing
Paul Worley   Producer
Clarke Schleicher   Engineer
Ferdinand Washington   Composer
Joe Walsh   Composer
Michael Reynolds   Composer
Leslie Satcher   Composer
Mike Poole   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Billy Steinberg   Composer
Dolly Parton   Composer
Mark Selby   Composer
Mark McGrath   Composer
Mark Tucker   Photography,Cover Design
Ashley Gorley   Composer
Mavis Staples   Composer
Carlos Grier   Digital Editing
Charlie Frazier   Composer
Melissa Pierce   Composer
Paige Conners   Production Coordination
Rodney Sheppard   Composer
Murphy Karges   Composer
Michael R. Herrington   Design,Art Direction
Sean Locke   Composer
Bobby Carmichael   Composer
Erik Hellerman   Engineer,Assistant
Bryant Simpson   Composer
Jeff Skorik   Composer
Alisa Carroll   Logo Design