Release Date: 08 September 2017
Label: Proper Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805520031431
Genres: Americana  American Folk  
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
Wally Badarou
Max Romeo & The Upsetters
Shed Seven
Unbelievable Truth
Ladyhawke
Wishbone Ash
Ian Hunter
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Tom Russell