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Broke Down by Slaid Cleaves

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Austin-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves writes about losers. Sherry, in the title song of his second album, Broke Down, abandons a "love grown cold" with "Billy" in favor of a pretty boy who treats her even worse. The narrator of "Cold and Lonely" reflects on his lost children and wife. "I lost my wife, I lost my home / Quit my job, and set out alone," notes the singer of "Key Chain," while Sandy Gray in "Breakfast in Hell" loses his life in a logjam and the title character of "Lydia" (written by Karen Poston), remembers the husband and son lost in a mine collapse. Needless to say, Broke Down is not the cheeriest of albums, though Cleaves usually employs some religious imagery and pledges on which to build some hope by song's end. Still, it seems odd that he has included a song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie that he has set to music, "This Morning I Am Born Again." After all, it was Guthrie who once wrote, "I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. ... I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood." His lyric is a typical example of his flinty defiance and stubborn optimism, but it stands in stark contrast to the rest of this album, and one can't help wondering what he would have thought about being in the company of these lose-lose propositions.

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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1
Broke Down
00:03:10

Ian McLagan, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Darcie Deaville, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Brown, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rod Picott, ComposerLyricist - Mark Cousins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

2
One Good Year
00:04:26

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Searles, Drums, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Organ, Recording Engineer, Steel Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Brookes, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

3
Horseshoe Lounge
00:03:02

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Tambourine, Recording Engineer, Steel Guitar, Background Vocalist, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karen Poston, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Brown, Upright Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cousins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

4
Cold And Lonely
00:03:12

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Bongos, Mandola, Background Vocalist, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Brown, Upright Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Arthur, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

5
Breakfast In Hell
00:05:50

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Brown, Upright Bass, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cousins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Arthur, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

6
Bring It On
00:04:11

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rod Picott, ComposerLyricist - Mark Cousins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Arthur, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

7
Lydia
00:04:40

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Poston, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Brown, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Sweeney, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cousins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Arthur, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

8
This Morning I Am Born Again
00:03:56

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Woody Guthrie, Author - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Composer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Brown, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Cousins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

9
Key Chain
00:03:15

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Brown, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

10
I Feel The Blues Moving In
00:04:08

Jim Wilson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Del McCoury, ComposerLyricist - Gurf Morlix, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Slaid Cleaves, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Laura Nadeau, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Janek Siegele, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cool Beans!, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2000 Rounder Records Corp.

Review: Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves

Austin-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves writes about losers. Sherry, in the title song of his second album, Broke Down, abandons a "love grown cold" with "Billy" in favor of a pretty boy who treats her even worse. The narrator of "Cold and Lonely" reflects on his lost children and wife. "I lost my wife, I lost my home / Quit my job, and set out alone," notes the singer of "Key Chain," while Sandy Gray in "Breakfast in Hell" loses his life in a logjam and the title character of "Lydia" (written by Karen Poston), remembers the husband and son lost in a mine collapse. Needless to say, Broke Down is not the cheeriest of albums, though Cleaves usually employs some religious imagery and pledges on which to build some hope by song's end. Still, it seems odd that he has included a song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie that he has set to music, "This Morning I Am Born Again." After all, it was Guthrie who once wrote, "I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. ... I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood." His lyric is a typical example of his flinty defiance and stubborn optimism, but it stands in stark contrast to the rest of this album, and one can't help wondering what he would have thought about being in the company of these lose-lose propositions.

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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© 2000 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2000 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

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