Name: Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA *
Brand: Red House Records
SKU: 180513
Price: 13.92 USD
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Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA *

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Album: Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Yankee Doodle	More Info...	0:01
2)	Looking for God	More Info...	0:03
3)	9 Chord Song	More Info...	0:02
4)	Out of the Blue	More Info...	0:03
5)	No Such Thing As Love	More Info...	0:04
6)	Cold Hard Wind	More Info...	0:02
7)	To Alaska With Love	More Info...	0:04
8)	Love Comes To Town	More Info...	0:03
9)	Goodbye Cruel World	More Info...	0:03
10)	Suit and Tie	More Info...	0:03
11)	Born Yesterday	More Info...	0:03
12)	Sweetie Pie	More Info...	0:03

Album: Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Yankee Doodle	More Info...	0:01
2)	Looking for God	More Info...	0:03
3)	9 Chord Song	More Info...	0:02
4)	Out of the Blue	More Info...	0:03
5)	No Such Thing As Love	More Info...	0:04
6)	Cold Hard Wind	More Info...	0:02
7)	To Alaska With Love	More Info...	0:04
8)	Love Comes To Town	More Info...	0:03
9)	Goodbye Cruel World	More Info...	0:03
10)	Suit and Tie	More Info...	0:03
11)	Born Yesterday	More Info...	0:03
12)	Sweetie Pie	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Suzzy Roche (vocals, guitar); Loudon Wainright III (vocals, banjo); Jules Shear, Maggie Roche, Lucy Roche (vocals); Steuart Smith (electric guitar, nylon string guitar, harmonica, accordion, piano, Wurlitzer piano, bass); Stewart Lerman (guitar); David Mansfield (pedal steel, dobro, violin); Fred Parcells (tin whistle, trombone); Curtis Stigers (tenor saxophone); Paul Ossola (bass); Sammy Meredino, Frank Vilardi (drums, percussion).
Recorded at The Shinebox and Passport Recording, New York, New York.
Personnel: Suzzy Roche (guitar); Loudon Wainwright III (vocals, banjo); Lucy Roche (vocals); Steuart Smith (electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, accordion, piano); David Mansfield (dobro, violin); Fred Parcells (tin whistle, trombone); Curtis Stigers (tenor saxophone); Sammy Merendino (drums); Frank Vilardi (percussion).
Recording information: Passport Recording, New York, NY; Shinebox, New York, NY.
Not many people would open a disc with a tin whistle and voice version of "Yankee Doodle," but Suzzy Roche pulls it off. A former member of folksinging sister trio, the Roches, Suzzy invited sister Maggie, daughter Lucy, and Loudon Wainwright III (Lucy's father) to join her on this joyful collection. Wainwright and Jules Shear add hillbilly harmonies on "Cold Hard Wind," while Wainwright also adds banjo. There's a Roche-like novelty penned by Maggie Roche, "G Chord Song," and "To Alaska With Love" is an epic love story, the kind that songwriters love to tackle. "Love Comes to Town" is an ode to open hearts while the other side is told in the wistful "No Such Thing as Love." Tasteful as ever, David Mansfield takes on dobro and pedal steel chores while Curtis Stigers sits in on trumpet for the cocktail jazzy "Out of the Blue." Producers Stewart Lerman and Roche have just the right touch with her heartfelt and strong folk music; it sings out rather than sits back sounding quaint -- no easy task for a voice as sweet and old-fashioned as Roche's. ~ Denise Sullivan