Magnolia Electric Co. - Magnolia Electric Co.

Released 3/04/03
Secretly Canadian, SC076
Available as CD/LP

    Tracklist:

  • Farewell Transmission
  • I’ve Been Riding With The Ghost
  • Just Be Simple
  • Almost Was Good Enough
  • The Old Black Hen
  • Peoria Lunch Box Blues
  • John Henry Split My Heart
  • Hold On Magnolia
  • The Big Game Is Every Night (Japanese bonus track)

The Musicians:
Jason Molina - vox, electric guitar
Jennie Benford - vox, mandoline
Mike Brenner - lap steel, slide bass
Jim Grabowski - piano,hammond
Dan MacAdam - violin
Jeff Mueller - guitar
Scout Niblett - vox
Jeff Panall-drums
Lawrence Peters - vox, washboard
Dan Sullivan - electric guitar
Rob Sullivan - bass

Recorded at Steve Albini’s ELECTRICAL AUDIO STUDIOS in Chicago, IL on July 1st, 2nd & 3rd.

Quote from Jason Molina - “We’re going for a sort of 1950’s sound, ancient echo techniques on the voxs, doo wop back up singers (Jennie Benford, Scout Niblett, Lawrence Peters), dirty guitars, and as usual, as much of this is going to be done live as is possible.”