805520031431

Folk Hotel

Tom Russell

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Format: CD

Cat No: PRPCD143

Release Date:  08 September 2017

Label:  Proper Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  805520031431

Genres:  Americana  American Folk  

  • Description

    Tom Russell's brand-new studio album Folk Hotel showcases 13 new Russell originals plus, as one of two bonus tracks, Bob Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," a duet with Joe Ely. Augie Meyers and Eliza Gilkyson also make guest appearances on the album, which was recorded at Congress House studio in Austin, Texas.

    A signature Tom Russell collection, the wide-ranging subject matter on "Folk Hotel" includes songs and stories about New York's Chelsea Hotel, a journey up the road from El Paso to Santa Fe, a cowboy song about Ian Tyson refusing to "leave his old horses", a song for Dylan Thomas - melting into a James Joycean landscape about day in the life of Belfast, a song about Tom meeting J.F.K., another song using only 16th century slang and more...

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Up In The Old Hotel
      • 2. Leaving El Paso
      • 3. I'll Never Leave These Old Horses
      • 4. The Sparrow Of Swansea (For Dylan Thomas)
      • 5. All On A Belfast Morning
      • 6. Rise Again, Handsome Johnny
      • 7. Harlan Clancy
      • 8. The Last Time I Saw Hank
      • 9. The Light Beyond The Coyote Fence
      • 10. The Dram House Down In Gutter Lane
      • 11. The Day They Dredged The Liffey/The Banks Of Montauk/The Road To Santa Fe-O
      • 12. The Rooftops Of Copenhagen
      • 13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
      • 14. Scars On His Ankles