Blue Bones

by Kim Beggs

Overview

Canadian country singer/songwriter Kim Beggs may hail from north of the U.S.-Canada border, but she maintains a familiar rural, working-class persona on her third album, Blue Bones. In her breathy, childlike voice, she recounts tales of lost souls, frequently drenched in alcohol, spending their time in bars when they aren't speeding down the road. The songs are set to country shuffles prominently featuring twangy string instruments or florid organ fills that contrast well with Beggs' singing. She throws in covers of Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and the country standard "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," among others, but it's her originals that demonstrate the similarity between honky tonk sensibilities wherever they may be found in North America. There are more references to cold weather than might be expected if this were an album coming out of Nashville, but many of the concerns are the same. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/2010
Label:	Black Hen Music
UPC:	0654367020241
Rank:	164172

Tracks

1. Honey and Crumbs
2. Mama's Dress
3. Maiden Heart
4. Terrible Valentine
5. Can't Drive Slow Yodel
6. Bring Out Your Bones
7. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
8. Firewater Bones
9. Trapeze
10. Summertime Lonesome Blues
11. Im Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
12. Longest Dream
13. Just Someone I Used to Know

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kim Beggs   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Six String Banjo
Keith Lowe   Double Bass,Bass (Electric)
John Raham   Drums
Joey Wright   Mandolin
Gurf Morlix   Vocals
Moritz Behm   Violin
Chris Gestrin   Organ,Piano,Wurlitzer,Phillycorda
Steve Dawson   Melodica,Mellotron,Percussion,Pump Organ,Pedal Steel,Weissenborn,Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Kevin Kelly   Photography
Mark Prins   Photography
Bob Hamilton   Mastering
Ben Rogalsky   Harmony
Sheldon Zaharko   Engineer,Photography
Traditional   Composer
Patty Griffin   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Jack Clement   Composer
Laurie Lewis   Harmony,Engineer
Gurf Morlix   Harmony,Engineer
Jeanne Tolmie   Harmony
Wynn Gogol   Engineer
Natalie Edelson   Harmony
Kim Beggs   Harmony,Composer,Executive Producer
A Man Called Wrycraft   Design,Art Direction
Steve Dawson   Mixing,Engineer,Producer