Jonathan Wilson Releases ‘El Camino Real’ EP & Confirms ‘Dixie Blur’ Deluxe Edition

Jonathan Wilson will issue a deluxe edition of his 2020 studio album, Dixie Blur, digitally via BMG/Bella Union on October 30. The news of Dixie Blur: Deluxe Edition comes today with the release of the El Camino Real EP through digital services, which can be streamed below.

Dixie Blur: Digital Edition features the full album, which was released on March 6, as well as a series of five previously unreleased B-Sides and four acoustic performances of tracks from the LP. Wilson recorded Dixie Blur in Studio A at Nashville’s Sound Emporium facility with a band that included bassist Dennis Crouch, pedal steel wiz Russ Pahl, multi-instrumentalist Jim Hoke and fiddler Mark O’Connor. Jonathan tapped Pat Sansone of Wilco to produce the 14-track album.

Jonathan Wilson’s El Camino Real EP features six tracks, including three with Mark O’Connor. Wilson spoke about how he convinced O’Connor to play on someone else’s session for the first time since 1990 in a recent interview with Raina Douris of World Café. See the story of Mark O’Connor’s contributions to Dixie Blur below:

Stream Jonathan Wilson’s El Camino Real EP and check out the tracklists for both releases below:

El Camino Real EP Tracklist

1. El Camino Real (feat. Mark O’Connor)
2. The Woods Are Greener (feat. Mark O’Connor)
3. Pirate (feat. Mark O’Connor)
4. Platform
5. Demon
6. None But Us

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Dixie Blur: Deluxe Edition Tracklist

Side A (Full Album)

1. Just for Love
2. ’69 Corvette
3. New Home
4. So Alive
5. In Heaven Making Love
6. Oh Girl
7. Pirate
8. Enemies
9. Fun For The Masses
10. Platform
11. Riding The Blinds
12. El Camino Real
13. Golden Apples
14. Korean Tea

Side B (B-Sides)

1. Baby You’re A Star
2. Simple Thing
3. Woods Are Greener
4. Demon
5. None But Us

Side C (Acoustic)

1. Enemies
2. Golden Apples
3. Fun For The Masses
4. 69 Corvette