Little Victories by Sid Griffin
Released in 1997 the UK and in 1998 in the USA by Country-Town Music this album is Sid Griffin “unplugged” with a collection of new material with the third track being an acoustic reworking of a Long Ryders classic.
Recorded with a core band of Sid and UK C&W star Wes McGhee, it includes duets with Billy Bragg and Steve Wynn. The album also features an unreleased track from the late, great Phil Ochs entitled Sailors And Soldiers.
Tracklist
| 1. | When I'm Out Walking With You | 3:26 |
| 2. | Jimmy Reed | 4:00 |
| 3. | Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today | 4:14 |
| 4. | The Rate Of Exchange | 3:27 |
| 5. | I Wish I Was A Mountain | 4:52 |
| 6. | Distant Trains | 3:12 |
| 7. | Sailors And Soldiers | 4:02 |
| 8. | The Man Who Invented The Blues | 4:24 |
| 9. | Monk's Mood (instrumental) | 1:32 |
| 10. | Flak Jacket | 3:38 |
| 11. | Alma Mater | 3:21 |
| 12. | Jerusalem Road | 4:20 |
| 13. | Cadillac Elvis | 3:34 |
| 14. | The Man Who Invented The Blues (Live, Berlin Independence Days, Quasimodo, Berlin, 26 October 1992) | 4:28 |
| 15. | Why Not Your Baby | 5:03 |
Credits
Little Victories - Sid Griffin
Produced by Kevin Stokes
Recorded at Spot Watkins Sound Recorders, Hampstead, London NW3.
Engineered and mixed by Kevin Stokes with Sid Griffin
Sid Griffin: lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, autoharp, percussion
Wes McGhee: lead guitar, dobro, bouzouki
Kevin Stokes: percussion, harmony vocals
Rob Childs: pedal steel guitar
Rob Stone: piano
Pat McGarvey: bass, harmony vocals
Special guests -
Billy Bragg: lead vocal on Sailors & Soldiers
(Billy Bragg appears courtesy of Go! Discs)
Steve Wynn: lead vocal, guitar on The Rate Of Exchange
Kate St. John: accordion, harmony vocals
(Kate St. John appears courtesy of The Dream Academy)
Dave Roberts: snare drum
Ian Thomson: harmony vocal on The Man Who Invented The Blues
(Ian Thomson appears courtesy of Lindisfarne)
The Jules Singleton String Quartet appears on The Man Who Invented The Blues
No varmits or critters were harmed in the making of this album.
License
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Yep, I'm the guy from the Americana founders the Long Ryders in 1980s L.A. & the guy in the first ever alt-bluegrass act, the Coal Porters, recently out of London. You bet make solo albums & perform singer-songwriter gigs, I’ve toured solo from London to Los Angeles to Sydney to Hong Kong to Helsinki too. Million Dollar Bash is my well-received book on The Basement Tapes and I've never met Dylan.