Rockity Roll
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| EP by Mike Doughty | ||
| Released | 2003 | |
| Recorded | May 27–28, 2003 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 17:18 | |
| Label | (self-released) | |
| Producer(s) | Pat Dillett | |
| Mike Doughty chronology | ||
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| Smofe + Smang: Live in Minneapolis (2002) |
Rockity Roll (2003) |
Skittish / Rockity Roll (2004) |
Rockity Roll was the third solo recording released by Mike Doughty after the breakup of his former band, Soul Coughing. It is a six-song EP which he recorded in New York City over two days in May 2003 at Pat Dillett's tiny, windowless cubby at Kampo studios, a cultural center on Bond Street in New York's NoHo, owned by a prestigious Japanese calligrapher--the bottom floors of the building are studios, and the top two are dedicated to traditional Japanese calligraphy.
Everything on the record was recorded by Doughty: vocal, acoustic guitar, and programming done on a lo-fi Roland Groovebox. It was conceived as a cross between acoustic indie rock and chintzy electroclash.
Though its release pre-dated Haughty Melodic, Doughty made it near the end of that disc's recording process, as a kind of breather from that album's laborious, two-year process; he wanted to see how quickly he could make and release an album.
The self-released version of Rockity Roll is out of print; it's currently available as part of the Skittish / Rockity Roll two disc re-release.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and performed by Mike Doughty.
- "Ways + Means" – 3:06
- "27 Jennifers" – 2:49
- "Down On The River By The Sugar Plant" – 3:07
- "40 Grand In The Hole" – 2:15
- "Ossining" – 2:37
- "Cash Cow" – 3:22
