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From www.honesttune.com:
On Jan 24, 2006, John Keane's Supercat Records will release
Sandbox, a new solo album from the late Michael Houser of Widespread Panic. The album will include many Houser favorites, including "Sandbox" as well as several tunes written shortly before his death in 2002. The album was produced by John Keane.
Sandbox is Widespread Panic guitarist/vocalist Michael Houser's
second and final solo effort. It is a collection of original songs
recorded in his home studio between the Fall of 2001 and Spring of
2002. While a few of the tunes have been knocking around for years,
most have never been performed live, and none have appeared on any
previous releases. Sadly, Houser was diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer during the latter part of this recording process, and he
succumbed to the disease on August 10 of that year. Shortly before
he passed away, Michael handed the recordings over to longtime
friend and Widespread Panic producer John Keane asking him to finish
the project for a posthumous follow up to Door Harp, his
instrumental solo effort recorded earlier that year.
Says Keane, "I knew that Mikey had been recording material for a
solo record at his home studio, but I didn't realize how much he had
accomplished until he called me over to his house to play them for
me. I was stunned, to say the least. It was clear that I was
listening to some of his best lyrics and melodies, and the guitar
and mandolin parts were breathtaking in their beauty and simplicity. Mikey asked me to flesh out the songs with additional
instrumentation, and he expressed a desire to have bandmate John
Bell contribute some vocals. I felt honored to be entrusted with the
task of polishing these rough diamonds into a finished record. That
was the last time Mikey and I spoke—a week later he was gone. Sandbox is classic Mikey at his best, despite his struggles with
failing health. His wry sense of humor and generous spirit prevail
throughout. It's a very intimate and personal musical statement, and
a wonderful parting gift for those of us who knew him, and those who
have yet to discover his legacy."
Track List:
1 No Matter What - 6:33
2 Goodbye My Love - 4:36
3 Sandbox - 5:14
4 Can't Change the Past - 2:59
5 Low Country - 5:30
6 Where Does it Go - 5:21
7 Nacoochee Queen - 3:23
8 Country Sex Song - 4:51
9 Solitude - 4:59
10 Bull Run - 5:09
11 No Cryin Now - 4:15
12 She Drives Me to Drink - 5:28
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