The Good Life (Railroad Earth album)
Encyclopedia
The Good Life is the third studio album by the bluegrass
/jam band
Railroad Earth
, released on June 8, 2004.
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
/jam band
Jam band
-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...
Railroad Earth
Railroad Earth
Railroad Earth is a roots and Americana-based newgrass band from Stillwater, New Jersey. Their name was borrowed from the Jack Kerouac short story "October in the Railroad Earth," to which the band also has a song by the same name...
, released on June 8, 2004.
Track listing
- "Storms" (Sheaffer) - 4:54
- "Bread and Water" (Railroad Earth, Sheaffer) - 4:24
- "Mourning Flies" (Railroad Earth, Sheaffer) - 5:47
- "Long Way Go To" (Sheaffer) - 4:30
- "The Good Life" (Sheaffer) - 5:18
- "In the Basement" (Sheaffer, Skehan) - 5:09
- "Water Fountain Quicksand" (Skehan) - 2:55
- "Goat" (Sheaffer) - 4:50
- "Said What You Mean" (Sheaffer) - 6:32
- "Way of the Buffalo" (Sheaffer) - 4:19
- "'Neath the Stars" (Sheaffer) - 4:10
- "(Untitled)" - 5:21
Musical
- Tim Carbone - harmonica, piano, violin, accordion, Electric guitar, harmonium, viola, vocals (background), toy piano.
- Andy Goessling - banjo, bouzouki, dobro, flute, guitar, mandolin, sax (alto), sax (baritone), sax (tenor), ukulele, guitar (12 string), slide guitar, marxophone
- Todd Sheaffer - acoustic guitar, vocals
- John Skeehan - Mando Magic!
- Johnny Grub - Bass to the Face
- Casey Harmon - Drums