Revelations, by Andy Sullivan Orchestra

Revelations

by Andy Sullivan Orchestra

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1.	Dreams Go Away 02:07	buy track
2.	Panning for Gold 03:30	buy track
3.	Room Full of Sky 04:35	buy track
4.	That Sting 04:44	buy track
5.	A Lonely Guy 04:48	buy track
6.	Fiona 03:33	buy track
7.	Whatcha Gonna Do? 03:17	buy track
8.	Volcano 06:39	buy track
9.	Trouble 02:52	buy track
10.	Forget Love 03:46	buy track
11.	The Evening Redness from the West 02:49	buy track

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In which Andy, Ben and Stumpy, joined on a few numbers by Jason Straight, widen the lens to pull in lounge jazz, ersatz bluegrass and End Times appalachia. Several of these songs would go on to be warhorses of the Steeplejack live show. Hear them here in their original American Primitive glory.

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released September 1, 1993

Andy Sullivan - voice, guitar, banjo, harmonica.
Ben Connelly - stand-up bass, voice, guitar.
Erik "Stumpy" Sessions - fiddle, percussion, voice.
Jason Straight - drum kit.
Recorded April and July 1993 by Tom Zander at Studio Z, Minneapolis. Front cover art by Dan Sullivan.
Thanks to: Zander, Jonathan Richman, Mary Petrie, the staff at the 400 Bar, Tom Surowicz, Deneen Gannon, Jim Meyer, Keith Goetzman, Jim Walsh, Track Record Studios, Colleen Clash, the Sullivan family, Urania Lloyd, the Robinson sisters, Carcass (for the riff), Scott Allen and Rex Daisy, the Delilahs, Pimentos for Gus, Cormac McCarthy, the staff at Kinko's in St. Paul, and all who clapped at our gigs. Apologies to anyone who had something broken by us.

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Andy Sullivan Orchestra Saint Paul, Minnesota

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. These guys weren't much of an orchestra either. However, in their brief run from 1991 through 1993 this street-corner trio did manage to win critical praise and sell more than a few cassettes around the Midwest before Ben and Andy moved on to Steeplejack and Stumpy moved back to Iowa. ... more

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