Vermilion

• Artist: Continental Drifters
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Call them an alternative country supergroup -- Peter Holsapple (The dBs), Vicki Peterson (The Bangles), and Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills) are the most recognizable names, but the other band members have spent time in groups as varied as Dream Syndicate, the Bluerunners and the Steve Wynn Band. Maybe that doesn't sound much like an alternative country pedigree, but that's the best currently available descriptor for the sound made by the Contental Drifters. That sound is not, shall we say, overproduced. In fact, it's downright messy at times, with acoustic and electric guitars splayed out around indistinct bass and clattering drums and the occasional mandolin and rubboard. The vocals (shared mostly by Holsapple and Cowsill) aren't recorded that cleanly, either. But the raw-edged charm of "Heart, Home" and "Way of the World" wouldn't have benefitted from better production. Holsapple's rocking "Don't Do What I Did" makes even better use of the crowded, messy mix. Very nice. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Rain Song	Susan Cowsill, Vicki Peterson	Continental Drifters	(3:57)
Drifters	Susan Cowsill, Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(4:51)
Way of the World	Susan Cowsill, Vicki Peterson	Continental Drifters	(4:31)
Don't Do What I Did	Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(2:55)
Spring Day in Ohio	Susan Cowsill	Continental Drifters	(3:54)
Watermark	Vicki Peterson	Continental Drifters	(3:24)
I Want to Learn to Waltz With You	Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(4:23)
Meet Me in the Middle	Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(4:00)
Heart, Home		Continental Drifters	(4:35)
Darlin Darlin	Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(4:25)
Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway	Vicki Peterson	Continental Drifters	(3:41)
Who We Are, Where We Live	Vicki Peterson	Continental Drifters	(5:29)
Daddy Just Wants It to Rain	Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(7:51)
Anything	Peter Holsapple	Continental Drifters	(3:10)

Credits

Continental Drifters (Tambourine), Continental Drifters (Producer), Continental Drifters (Main Performer), Continental Drifters (Design), Continental Drifters (Mixing), Russ Broussard (Percussion), Russ Broussard (Drums), Russ Broussard (Vocals (Background)), Russ Broussard (Rubboard), Susan Cowsill (Guitar (Acoustic)), Susan Cowsill (Mandolin), Susan Cowsill (Drums), Susan Cowsill (Tambourine), Susan Cowsill (Vocals), Susan Cowsill (Photography), Peter Holsapple (Organ), Peter Holsapple (Guitar (Acoustic)), Peter Holsapple (Banjo), Peter Holsapple (Harmonica), Peter Holsapple (Percussion), Peter Holsapple (Piano), Peter Holsapple (Guitar (Electric)), Peter Holsapple (Tambourine), Peter Holsapple (Vocals), Robert Mache (Mandolin), Robert Mache (Drums), Robert Mache (Guitar (Electric)), Robert Mache (Vocals (Background)), Vicki Peterson (Guitar (Acoustic)), Vicki Peterson (Drums), Vicki Peterson (Guitar (Electric)), Vicki Peterson (Vocals), Mark Walton (Bass), Mark Walton (Drums), Mark Walton (Triangle), Mark Walton (Vocals (Background)), Mark Walton (Photography), Jim Watts (Engineer), Mike Mayeux (Producer), Mike Mayeux (Engineer), Mike Mayeux (Mixing), Scott Hull (Mastering), Robley Dupleix (Photography), Joseph Broussard (Tambourine), Mary Broussard (Tambourine), Mary Broussard (Vocals), Susan Coswill (Guitar (Acoustic)), Susan Coswill (Mandolin), Susan Coswill (Drums), Susan Coswill (Tambourine), Susan Coswill (Vocals), Susan Coswill (Photography), Miranda Victoria (Tambourine), Andre Walton (Tambourine), Dana Walton (Tambourine), Dana Walton (Vocals), Jonathan Walton (Tambourine)

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