Sackcloth 'n' Ashes

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Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
Studio album by 16 Horsepower
Released	1996
Recorded	at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Alternative Country
Length	N/A
Label	A&M Records
Producer(s)	Warren Bruleigh
Professional reviews
N/A
16 Horsepower chronology
16 Horsepower (1995)	Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996)	Low Estate (1997)

Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is 16 Horsepower's debut full-length album.

[edit] Tracklist

1. "I Seen What I Saw" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:24
2. "Black Soul Choir" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:52
3. "Haw" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:29
4. "Scrawled In Sap" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 2:46
5. "Horse Head" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:01
6. "Ruthie Lingle" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 2:44
7. "Harm's Way" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:20
8. "Black Bush" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:16
9. "Heel On The Shovel" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:11
10. "American Wheeze" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:33
11. "Red Neck Reel" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 2:41
12. "Prison Shoe Romp" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:11
13. "Neck On The New Blade" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 3:15
14. "Strong Man" (Edwards/16 Horsepower) - 4:21

[edit] Personnel

• David Eugene Edwards - Vocals, Banjo, Guitar, Bandoneon, Lap steel
• Jean-Yves Tola - Drums, Backup vocals
• Keven Soll - Stand up bass, Flat top acoustic bass, Cello, Backup vocals
• Gordon Gano - Fiddle

[edit] Trivia

• The instrument credited as a Bandoneon on this album is actually a similar instrument called a Chemnitzer concertina.
• The album title Sackcloth and ashes is a reference to the Holy Bible (see Matthew 11:20-21 RSV and Esther 4:1 RSV).