Slingshot Professionals

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Slingshot Professionals
Slingshot Professionals cover
Studio album by Kelly Joe Phelps
Released March 11, 2003
Genre Blues
Length 51:47
Label Rykodisc Records
Producer Lee Townsend
Professional reviews
Kelly Joe Phelps chronology
Beggar's Oil
(2002)
Slingshot Professionals
(2003)
Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind
(2005)

Slingshot Professionals is an album by Kelly Joe Phelps, released in 2003. He is joined by guest guitarist Bill Frisell.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Jericho" – 6:29
  2. "Window Grin" – 3:50
  3. "Slingshot Professionals" – 5:07
  4. "Not So Far to Go" – 5:16
  5. "It's James Now" – 4:22
  6. "Waiting for Marty" – 5:05
  7. "Knock Louder" – 4:24
  8. "Cardboard Box of Batteries" – 5:18
  9. "Circle Wars" – 7:05
  10. "Rusting Gate" – 4:51

[edit] Personnel

  • Kelly Joe Phelps - vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Andrew Downing - acoustic bass
  • Steve Dawson - Weissenborn lap steel guitar
  • Bill Frisell - electric guitar
  • Chris Gestrin - organ, piano, accordion
  • Scott Amendola, drums, percussion, talking drum
  • Petra Haden - background vocals
  • Keith Lowe - acoustic bass
  • Jesse Zubot - mandolin, violin

[edit] Production Notes

  • Produced by Lee Townsend
  • Engineered by Tucker Martine and Shawn Pierce
  • Edited and mixed by Shawn Pierce
  • Assistant engineers - Sheldon Zaharko and Greg Kolchinsky
  • Mastered by Greg Calbi
  • Design by Chris Pew