Hurricane Season

• Artist: Tom Russell Band
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• Release Date: 1991
• Total Time: 41:04
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Folk

Review

Tom Russell scores consistently as both performer and songwriter on this release, which is loaded with inventive lyrics, effusive vocals, and rich, exuberant instrumentation. Best tracks include "Black Pearl," awhich benefits from Fats Kaplin's accordion; "Chocolate Cigarettes," which Russell cowrote with folksinger Sylvia Tyson; and the poignant "Haley's Comet," about the comet-like rise and fall of rock & roll's Bill Haley. In the years following this album's release, Russell has re-recorded many of these songs, and it's easy to see why -- when you've got material this good, it must be pretty tempting to keep taking it off the shelf. ~ Jeff Burger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Black Pearl	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(3:41)
Lord of the Trains	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(5:02)
Beyond the Blues	Tom Russell, Bob Neuwirth, Peter Case	Tom Russell	(3:40)
Jack Johnson	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(2:57)
Chocolate Cigarettes	Sylvia Tyson, Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(4:34)
Winnipeg	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(3:49)
The Evangeline Hotel	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(3:32)
A Dollar's Worth of Gasoline	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(5:28)
Hurricane Season	Tom Russell	Tom Russell	(4:28)
Haley's Comet	Tom Russell, Dave Alvin	Tom Russell	(3:53)

Credits

Kai Andersen (Engineer), Tom Russell (Vocals), Billy Troiani (Guitar (Bass)), Magne Ostby (Engineer), Tom Russell (Guitar), Magne Ostby (Assistant Engineer), Gunnar Lehne (Percussion), Niels Juelsgate (Executive Producer), Andrew Hardin (6-String Bass), Fats Kaplin (Harmonica), Mike Warner (Drums), Andrew Hardin (Vocals (Background)), Nancy Given (Design), Fats Kaplin (Pedal Steel), Andrew Hardin (Guitar (12 String)), Tom Skjeklesaether (Producer), Mike Warner (Percussion), Michael Warner (Drums), Karl Fats Kaplin (Fiddle), Fats Kaplin (Accordion), Gunnar Lehne (Producer), Gunnar Lehne (Executive Producer), Andrew Hardin (Bass), Andrew Hardin (Guitar), Andrew Hardin (Producer), Tom Russell (Guitar (Acoustic)), Michael Warner (Vocals (Background)), Mike Warner (Vocals (Background)), Tom Russell (Performer), Karl Fats Kaplin (Accordion), Karl Fats Kaplin (Harmonica), Fats Kaplin (Fiddle), Karl Fats Kaplin (Guitar (Steel)), Michael Warner (Percussion), Tom Russell (Producer), Tom Skjeklesaether (Executive Producer), William Troiani (Guitar)