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Produced by Michale Fonfara Co-Produced
by Engineered
and Mixed by Recorded and Mixed
Mastered by Nick Blagona |
Chuck Angus: lead vocals, guitar Peter Jellard: lead guitar, fiddle, harmonica, accordion, back up vocals Tim Hadley: bass, back up vocals Peter Duffin: drums, mandolin, back up vocals Guests:
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Background
The release of 22 Trailer Park shows the band at their most powerful.
The songs are engaging, the hooks catchy and the sound loud, boisterous
and ringing.
The Songs
Unemployed loggers; men in bitter custody battles; vagabonds calling
their ex-girlfriends from prison or pay phones along the highway; women
working in coffee shops -- these are the people who make up the landscape
of 22 Trailer Park. The thirteen songs on 22 Trailer Park is a moving portrait
of life in an age of the disappearing blue collar north. Already ³The
Song for George Chuvalo² has gathered a great deal of interest on
CBC Radio with its haunting opening line ³If Jesus were a prize fighter
would he move like Sugar Ray?²
The Sound
22 Trailer Park was recorded in Toronto with veteran producer Michael Fonfara.
Fonfara, whose history goes back to the legendary super group Rhinoceros,
has worked with the likes of Lou Reed, Foreigner, Mutt Lang and Downchild
Blues Band. In setting out to record this album, the Angels wanted to move
away from traditional Angels¹ territory. Michael Fonfara had the experience
to move them towards new sounds. The result is thirteen electrifying songs
punctuated with crisp harmonies and distorted guitars..
What the Critics Say
"One hell of a ride."
- This Magazine
"Ranks up there with the best of Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle and
Lucinda Williams."
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"They say a picture is worth a thousand words but a skilled and gifted songwriter like Chuck Angus can say 1,000 words worth of stories in a couple of well-chosen lines
....The Grievous Angels are the perfect vehicle to deliver Chuck Angus' songs -- a great band with folk music sensibility filtered through a serious party band attitude...
...The Grievous Angels fifth recording 22 Trailer Park
is another heady mix of lyrics beautifully crafted
and then seemingly taken down to the bar for their
first performance..."
- Les Siemieniuk - DNTO, CBC
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