Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Barry Go On (Put Yourself on the Mountain) 2. Charcoal Sky 3. Gin Rummy Rules 4. Hey Jonny (Did You Feel that Movie) 5. Without Horses 6. No Dice 7. Bastard Brothers 8. Piece of the Sky 9. Saw Mill River Road 10. Yonkers Girls 11. Yonkers N.Y.
DISC 2: 1. Barry Go On (Put Yourself on the Mountain) 2. Charcoal Sky 3. Gin Rummy Rules 4. Hey Jonny (Did You Feel that Movie) 5. Without Horses 6. No Dice 7. Bastard Brothers 8. Piece of the Sky 9. Saw Mill River Road 10. Yonkers Girls 11. Yonkers N.Y.
| Details | | Producer: | Chip Taylor | | Distributor: | RED Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: John Platania (electric guitar); Greg Leisz (dobro, mandolin); Seth Farber (accordion, piano); Tony Mercadante (electric bass); Tony Leone (drums). Audio Mixer: Huck Bennert. Recording information: The Clubhouse, Rhineback, NY. As a songwriter, Chip Taylor has never seemed to be able to rest on his considerable laurels. Since his return to music in 1996, he's made a series of roots music records, including those with Carrie Rodriguez and Kendel Carson, that have all been critically acclaimed. YONKERS, NY, a double-disc set, may be his most ambitious album to date. Nearing 70, Taylor writes a lot about the past here as he looks back on his life and times in that little suburb just north of the Bronx where he and his brothers -- actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight -- grew up, and reveals some family secrets along the way. The band includes guitarist John Platania; Greg Leisz on pedal steel, mandolin, and dobro; bassist Tony Mercadante; pianist and accordionist Seth Farber; Carson on fiddle; and drummer Tony Leone -- and the music is drenched in classic Americana: folk, country, and rockabilly. On the 11-track set, Taylor recounts his adventures musically and, in some tracks -- such as the opening "Barry Go On (Put Yourself on the Mountain)" and "Bastard Brothers" -- he recounts spoken stories. There are brief written commentaries on the songs in the deluxe hardbound lyric and photo booklet as well.
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