Walking in the Green Corn (RSD Black Friday 2022)

Description

‘History and legend have often found their way into my songs’, reflects Grant-Lee Phillips, ‘but sometimes I don’t have to look quite so far to find inspiration’. The ten songs on Grant-Lee Phillips’ ‘Walking in the Green Corn’ are drawn from Phillips’ intensive investigations into his native lineage. Phillips, who is Muskogee (Creek), elliptically explores the intersection of past and present, personal and political. While the songs delve deeply into the subconscious mystery of his own back story, they simultaneously reveal the resonance and insight of ancient myth in parallel to contemporary man’s emotions, actions, and errors. With the exception of violin and vocals by Sara Watkins (formerly of Nickel Creek) and an understated vibraphone part by Alexander Burke, everything on ‘Walking in the Green Corn’ was performed, sung, and engineered by Phillips. For the album’s 10th anniversary, ‘Walking in the Green Corn’ is getting it’s first-ever vinyl reissue on turquoise coloured vinyl and also includes a bonus 7-inch single (also on turquoise coloured vinyl) of two totally unreleased tracks: ‘Billy Bowlegs’ and ‘Red River’. This is the first time the album has ever been available on coloured vinyl.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Vanishing Song – Grant-Lee Phillips
2. Great Horned Owl – Grant-Lee Phillips
3. Buffalo Hearts – Grant-Lee Phillips
4. The Straighten Outer – Grant-Lee Phillips
5. Fool’s Gold – Grant-Lee Phillips
6. Silent Arrow – Grant-Lee Phillips
7. Bound to This World – Grant-Lee Phillips
8. Thunderbird – Grant-Lee Phillips
9. Black Horses in a Yellow Sky – Grant-Lee Phillips
10. Walking in the Green Corn – Grant-Lee Phillips
Disc 2
1. Billy Bowlegs (Bonus Track) – Grant-Lee Phillips
2. Red River (Bonus Track) – Grant-Lee Phillips