Sandbox (Michael Houser album)

Sandbox is the second studio album by Widespread Panic Lead Guitarist Michael Houser.

Released posthumously in 2006, 'Sandbox' is a collection of Houser originals Recorded at John Keane's Athens, GA studio in August 2002, shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer.^[1] In contrast to Door Harp, the tracks are mostly full-band rockers, several of which had been played by Widespread Panic in the past.^[2] Also unlike Door Harp, the songs are all accompanied by Houser's low-key vocals.

Most instruments are played by Houser and Keane, with the Widespread Panic percussion section of Todd Nance and Domingo S. Ortiz providing drums and percussion.^[3] Lyrically, some of the new songs on the album share the theme of saying goodbye (Goodbye My Love,No Cryin' Now).

A two-song bonus CD with outtakes was included with the original release in 2006.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Houser

1. "No Matter What" – 6:33
2. "Goodbye My Love" – 4:36
3. "Sandbox" – 5:14
4. "Can't Change the Past" – 2:59
5. "Low Country" – 5:31
6. "Where Does It Go" – 5:20
7. "Nacoochee Queen" – 3:25
8. "Country Sex Song" – 4:53
9. "Solitude" – 5:00
10. "Bull Run" – 5:09
11. "No Cryin' Now" – 4:16
12. "She Drives Me to Drink" – 5:27

Bonus CD included with original release

1. "Smoke And Burn" – 4:08
2. "Song In My Heart" – 6:15

References