Here Come the Choppers
Here Come the Choppers | ||||
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Studio album by Loudon Wainwright III | ||||
Released | April 19, 2005[1] | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Label | Sovereign Records | |||
Producer | Lee Townsend | |||
Loudon Wainwright III chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | A− [2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Here Come the Choppers is a 2005 album by Loudon Wainwright III. The title track is an acerbic and blackly humorous reference to the Iraq War, reset in southern California's Miracle Mile.
"The inspectors found nothing
That’s just not right
Whole Foods and Kmart
Are targets tonight"
Perhaps the most remarkable track though, is Hank and Fred, a real-life account of Wainwright driving to the grave of Hank Williams when he heard the news, on the car radio, of the death of children's TV host Fred Rogers.
"One New Years' Day Hank slipped away
Slumped over in the back
Oh, I hope he had his cardigan on
In that Cadillac"
The album is also notable for the seemingly unlikely recruitment of Bill Frisell on lead guitar.
The cover illustration is by Steve Vance.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III
- "My Biggest Fan" – 6:02
- "No Sure Way" – 5:29
- "Had to Be Her" – 5:02
- "Hank and Fred" – 4:55
- "Half Fist" – 4:13
- "To Be on TV" – 4:03
- "God's Country" – 3:14
- "Make Your Mother Mad" – 4:06
- "When You Leave" – 5:22
- "Nanny" – 3:12
- "Here Come the Choppers" – 6:42
- "Things" – 4:06
Personnel
- Loudon Wainwright III - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Jim Keltner - drums, percussion
- Bill Frisell - electric guitar
- Greg Leisz - mandolin, pedal steel, electric & lap steel guitar
- David Piltch - electric & acoustic bass
- Coco Love Alcorn - vocals
- Chris Gestrin - Wurlitzer
- Shawn Pierce - Engineer, Audio Engineer, Mixing
Release history
- CD: Sovereign Records
References
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- Loudon Wainwright III
- Album II
- Album III
- Attempted Mustache
- Unrequited
- T Shirt
- Final Exam
- Fame and Wealth
- I'm Alright
- More Love Songs
- Therapy
- History
- Grown Man
- Little Ship
- Social Studies
- Last Man on Earth
- Here Come the Choppers
- Strange Weirdos
- Recovery
- High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
- 10 Songs for the New Depression
- Older Than My Old Man Now
- Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)
- I'd Rather Lead a Band
- Lifetime Achievement
- A Live One
- Career Moves
- BBC Sessions
- So Damn Happy
- Live at the Cactus Cafe
- 40 Odd Years
- Years in the Making
- "Dead Skunk"
- "One Man Guy"
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