Album
Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest
2019 · Rock
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest is a Country album by Bill Callahan, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
Few songwriters have Bill Callahan’s eye for wry detail: “Like motel curtains, we never really met,” the singer-songwriter declares on “Angela,” using his weather-worn baritone. On his first studio album in five years—an unusually long gap for Callahan—one of the enduring voices in alternative music continues to pare back the extraneous in his sound. A noise musician and mighty mumbler when he broke through under the moniker of Smog in the early 1990s, Callahan now favors minimal indie-folk brushstrokes such as a guitar strum, a sighing pedal steel guitar, or simply barely audible room ambience. The 20 songs here insinuate themselves with bittersweet melodies and a conversational tone, and they’re a strong reminder of Callahan's dry sense of humor: “The panic room is now a nursery,” the recently married new father sings on “Son of the Sea.” But if he’s comparatively settled in life, Callahan still knows how to hit an unnerving note with a matter-of-fact ease.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Shepherd's Welcome2:22
- A2Black Dog On The Beach2:30
- A3Angela2:47
- A4The Ballad Of The Hulk4:04
- A5Writing3:06
- A6Morning Is My Godmother2:10
Side B
- B17473:26
- B2Watch Me Get Married3:10
- B3Young Icarus2:48
- B4Released2:22
- B5What Comes After Certainty3:42
Side C
- C1Confederate Jasmine3:40
- C2Call Me Anything2:26
- C3Son Of The Sea4:13
- C4Camels2:59
- C5Circles2:28
Side D
- D1When We Let Go2:17
- D2Lonesome Valley4:16
- D3Tugboats And Tumbleweeds4:12
- D4The Beast4:37
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- warm
- intimate
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Adam JonesDRUMS
- Bill CallahanVOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER , PERCUSSION, PSALTERY , BANJO , HARMONICA, ELECTRIC PIANO , KEYBOARDS , DRUM MACHINE, MELLOTRON, PIANO, KALIMBA, ORGAN, BELLS VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER , PERCUSSION, PSALTERY , BANJO , HARMONICA, ELECTRIC PIANO , SYNTHESIZER , DRUM MACHINE, MELLOTRON, PIANO, KALIMBA, ORGAN, BELLS
- Brian BeattieBASS , ACOUSTIC BASS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, ORGAN , ELECTRIC ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER , MELLOTRON, CELESTA , MARIMBULA , BELLS DOUBLE BASS , ACOUSTIC BASS, PERCUSSION, PIANO, PUMP ORGAN, ELECTRIC ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER , MELLOTRON, CELESTA , MARIMBULA , BELLS ELECTRIC BASS
- Gary NewcombLAP STEEL GUITAR
- Matt KinseyACOUSTIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION
- Dony WynnDRUMS
- Hanly Banks CallahanBACKING VOCALS
- Tori OldsBACKING VOCALS
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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