Wire mode to Wire by Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub NEUF

Tracks:
Winners Circle
Drifting Texas Sand
Rosa Lee
I Am Here
Borrowed and Broke
Percy Lynns Run
Some of These Days
Ring the Bell
I Turned a Corner
This Time Next Year
When You Go Wrong
Disciple
Walking to McCourey
Long Tall Glass of Water

Performer Notes:

• Paul Burch & The WPA Ballclub: Paul Burch (vocals, guitar, echo harp, organ, vibraphone, drums); Ranger Doug (guitar, background vocals); George Bradfute (baritone guitar); Paul Niehaus (lap steel & slide guitars, sitar, background vocals); Raymond McClain (banjo, fiddle, background vocals); Dennis Crouch (acoustic bass); Ken Loggains (drums); Deanna Varagona (background vocals).
• Additional personnel: Greg Stearns (guitar); Hank Tilbury (background vocals).
• The Bag Boys: Bob Chabot (guitar, harmonica, background vocals); Paul Jost (acoustic bass, background vocals).
• Producers: Hank Tilbury, Paul Burch, Paul Niehaus.
• Recorded at Studio W and Tone Chaparall, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Personnel: Paul Burch (vocals, guitar, organ, vibraphone, drums); Bob Chabot (guitar, harmonica); Ranger Doug Green, Greg Stearns (guitar); Paul Niehaus (slide guitar, lap steel guitar, sitar); George Bradfute (baritone guitar); Dennis Crouch (upright bass).
• Recording information: Studio W; Tone Chaparall, Nashville, TN.
• Photographers: Dana Thomas; Bruno Boussard; Paul Burch.
• Though he hails from the arty environs of Lambchop, Paul Burchs solo work is far more traditional-sounding. The songs on his second album WIRE TO WIRE sound like they could have been recorded in 1958 Nashville instead of 1998 Nashville, making Robbie Fulks sound like Van Halen. Though the instrumentation is largely acoustic, the crack band Burch assembled (which includes some Lambchop cohorts) is anything but mellow. The overall feel is one of Texas swing mixed with bluegrass and honky-tonk, with percolating, down-home grooves supporting Burchs solid country songsmithery. For those who lean more to the "alt" side of alt-country, WIRE TO WIRE is highly recommended.

Professional Reviews: Mojo (Publisher) (9/03, p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Burch sounds like a man born out of time; actually he sounds like Hank Williams..."

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Paul Niehaus; Deanna Varagona; Hank Tilbury

Release Date: 6 October, 1998

Label: Checkered Past Records