Cityhall:Good-bye Cruel World

Artist:	East River String Band
Title:	Good-bye Cruel World
Format:	CD
Label:	EAST RIVER RECORDS ( https://eastriverstringband.com/ )
Catalog Number:	1014
Barcode:	810096650375 itemnumber=1000125413
Price:	$20.98 (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre:	BLUES
Release Date:	5/20/2022
Availability:	Not Currently In Stock
Additional Musical Category Notes: Country Blues
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Eden Brower & John Heneghan's East River gang returns with their first studio record since 2018's "Coney Island Baby". "GCW" features ex- Cheap Suit Serenader Robert Crumb on vocals, ukulele, mandolin & tiple as well as veteran member Ernesto Gomez on harp, vocals and panjo! They render classics such as "Lindberg Hop" and Big Bend Gal" and also deliver their take on the state of the world in "The Pandemic Is On" written by Crumb & Heneghan featuring Crumb on lead vocals. Old pals Eli Smith, Walker Shepard, Pat Conte & Geoff Wiley also appear on one track the killer instrumental "Good-Bye Cruel World Cotillion". A stone-groove recorded live in the studio in the South of France & Brooklyn NY. Cover by R. Crumb.

Track Listing

Listen:		Come Be My Rainbow		Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out		You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back

[ 4:47] YOU MAY LEAVE BUT THIS WILL BRING YOU BACK
[ 3:00] BIG BEND GAL
[ 2:24] PADDLIN‘ MADELIN’ HOME
[ 3:15] DON‘T SPEAK TO ME
[ 2:45] COME BE MY RAINBOW
[ 3:15] FAREWELL DADDY BLUES
[ 2:55] GOOD-BYE CRUEL WORLD COTILLION
[ 3:18] LINDBERG HOP
[ 4:02] THE PANDEMIC IS ON
[ 4:19] IF I WAS A BLUEBIRD
[ 2:33] I JUST ROLL ALONG (HAVIN’ MY UPS AND DOWNS)
[ 4:02] THE SINGULARITY BLUES
[ 4:16] NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT

Performers on this Album

Eden Brower: vocals [1-4,6,8-11,13], ukulele [3,4,7,9,11], guitar [1,2,10,12]
John Heneghan: vocals [1-3,8-11], guitar [1-13], kazoo [8]
Robert Crumb: vocals [3,5,9], mandolin [1,3,5,7,8,11], ukulele [2,9,13], tiple [4,6]
Ernesto Gomez: vocals [1,3,8,9,11], harmonica [1,6-8,10,13], panjo [1,2,8,9]
Eli Smith: banjo [7]
Pat Conte: banjo [7]
Walker Shepard: fiddle [7]
Geoff Wiley: bass fiddle [7]

Additional Technical Information Available For This Album

Release Format:	CD

City Hall Records Catalog

Good-bye Cruel World

East River String Band

East River Records