Album
El Viejo
2024 · Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
El Viejo is a Folk album by Corb Lund, originally released in 2024. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
About
If <i>El Viejo</i> sounds like Corb Lund’s most intimate music yet, consider its origins. The JUNO- and CCMA-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and his band the Hurtin’ Albertans recorded the LP huddled together in Lund’s living room, using only acoustic instruments and without the help of an outside producer; many tracks were recorded in one take. Accordingly, <i>El Viejo</i> sounds unadorned and welcoming, as Lund returns to showcasing original material following 2022’s <i>Songs My Friends Wrote</i>. One writer on that former project, Ian Tyson, died that same year, with his passing serving as another source of inspiration for Lund’s stripped-back return to form. Highlights on the LP include closer “Old Familiar Drunken Feeling,” about the experience of taking too strong an edible, and its emotional title track, a touching tribute to Tyson.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Card Players
- A2I Had It All
- A3Was Fort Worth Worth It?
- A4Out On A Win
- A5Redneck Rehab
- A6El Viejo (For Ian)
Side B
- B1When The Game Gets Hot
- B2Girl With The Stratocaster
- B3It Takes Practice
- B4Insha'Allah
- B5That Old Familiar Drunken Feeling
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- stripped-back
- wistful
- outlaw
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Limited to 1,000 copies. A signed post card is included.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Corb LundPERFORMER , VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Grant SiemensACOUSTIC GUITAR, 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, RESONATOR GUITAR, GUITAR , BANJO, MANDOLIN PERFORMER , ACOUSTIC GUITAR, 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, RESONATOR GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR , BANJO, MANDOLIN
- Lyle MolzanDRUMS, PERCUSSION PERFORMER , DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Sean BurnsELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS, BACKING VOCALS, HARMONICA PERFORMER , BASS , BACKING VOCALS, HARMONICA
- The Hurtin' Albertans
- The Southern Alberta Community SingersVOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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