An Unbelievable Success, by The Blue Ribbons

An Unbelievable Success

by The Blue Ribbons

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1.	Family 04:51	buy track
2.	Nuthin 03:18	buy track
3.	Promised Land 03:24	buy track
4.	The Same Old Song 05:09	buy track
5.	Shed My Skin 04:48	buy track
6.	World Of Whispers 03:40	buy track
7.	Be Yourself Again 05:50	buy track
8.	The Water Is Rising 04:31	buy track
9.	Friends Of Mine 04:44	buy track

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We recorded this many years ago when we didn't know these songs. Now, we don't know them even better.
Hear them again for the first time.

Thank YOU for listening.

credits

released May 25, 2017

James Rohr: Piano,Wurli,Organ,Accordion,Lead Vocals
Mike Castellana: Guitar,Pedal Steel
Jef Charland: Bass,Vocals
Tauras Biskis: Drums,Congas,Vocals

Jim Fitting: Harmonica 5,8 & 9
Laurence Scudder: Viola 5 & 9
Alec Spiegelman: Tenor Sax 5

Rachael Price: BgrdV 4
Bridget Kearney: BgrdV 4
Mike Calabrese: BgrdV 4
Mike Olson: BgrdV 4

Martha Bourne: BgrdV 6,7,8 & 9
Melissa Faith Capezio: BgrdV 1 & 9
Amy Corriea: BgrdV 9

Steve Mayone: Aux Perc 1,3,9; BgrdV 3,7; Mandolin 9

Recorded at Shortdawg Studios in Somerville, MA and Dimension Sound in Jamaica Plain, MA

Engineered by Steve Mayone (Shortdawg Studios)
and Joe Stewart (Dimension)
Mixed,blended,shaken AND stirred by Tom Dube
Mastered by Ian Kennedy at New Alliance East
Produced by The Blue Ribbons and Steve Mayone
Cover art by Duncan Arsenault

All songs by James Rohr 2017 Universal Spleen ASCAP

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The Blue Ribbons Massachusetts

Boston Music Award winners,The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as
“Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun Ra and Captain Beefheart,” they
combine “upbeat disillusionment and celebratory fatalism with musicianship” – Charan Devereux;Boston Globe. ... more

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