Blue Boy (album)
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Blue Boy is a 2001 album from Canadian singer-songwriter
Ron Sexsmith
. It was recorded in Nashville
, and was produced by Steve Earle
and his partner Ray Kennedy as the "Twangtrust." It includes a cover of the Kyp Harness
song "Thumbelina Farewell."
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
. It was recorded in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, and was produced by Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
and his partner Ray Kennedy as the "Twangtrust." It includes a cover of the Kyp Harness
Kyp Harness
Kyp Harness is a Canadian social activist and folk singer, known for the poetry of his lyrics.-Biography:Harness was born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1964...
song "Thumbelina Farewell."
Track listing
- "This Song" – 3:43
- "Cheap Hotel" – 2:17
- "Don't Ask Why" – 2:58
- "Foolproof" – 3:45
- "Tell Me Again" – 2:35
- "Just My Heart Talkin'" – 2:21
- "Not Too Big" – 3:20
- "Miracle in Itself" – 2:47
- "Thirsty Love" – 3:15
- "Never Been Done" – 2:52
- "Thumbelina Farewell" – 4:14
- "Parable" – 3:17
- "Keep It in Mind" – 3:09
- "Fallen" – 3:07