SIDE B:
1. Make It Though to Spring (4:25)
Words and Music by Jono Manson and George Bacon
Magic Request Music / BMI
Cottage Pie Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Acoustic Tenor Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal
Myrrhine Faller - Harmony Vocal
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Violin
Mark Clark - Drums
Jon Graboff - Pedal Steel, Mandolin, Electric Guitar
2. As Long as Grass Grows (3:37)
Words and Music by Jono Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Guitars, Lead Vocal
Kevin Trainor - Electric Guitar
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Electric Piano, Organ
Mark Clark - Drums
Myrrhine Faller - Background Vocals
Craig Dreyer - Tenor and Baritone Saxophones, Horn Arrangements
Barry Danielian - Trumpet
Clark Gayton - Trombone
3. Alone (4:23)
Words and Music by Jono Manson, Caline Welles and Natanya Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Tenor Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, Lead Vocal
David Berkeley - Lead Vocal
Sally Van Meter - Dobro
Beppe Gambetta - Acoustic Guitar
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Electric Piano, Organ
Paul Pearcy - Drums, Shaker
Jon Graboff - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
4. Before We Get Stupid (2:35)
Words and Music by Jono Manson and Kevin Trainor
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Guitar,, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal
Crystal Bowersox - Lead Vocal
Jeff Scroggins - Banjo
Eric Ambel - Electric Guitars
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Piano
Paul Pearcy - Drums
5. Late Bloomer (5:20)
Words and Music by Jono Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Acoustic Guitars, Lead Vocal
Eliza Gilkyson - Harmony Vocal
Sally Van Meter - Weissenborn
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Piano, Organ
Mark Clark - Drums
Produced by Jono Manson
Recorded and Mixed by Jono Manson at The Kitchen Sink, Santa Fe, NM
Additional Recording by:
Craig Dreyer at Mighty Toad Studio (Brooklyn, NY)
Eric Ambel at Evie’s Terrace (Brooklyn, NY)
Jason Reed at Spacecamp (Sonoma, CA)
Brian McRae at Wreckingroom Studio (Lyons, CO)
Clark Hagan at Mighty Fine Studios (Denver, CO)
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
Packaging design by Jason Lee Denton
John Popper appears courtesy of Round Hill Records
Eliza Gilkyson appears courtesy of Howlin' Dog Records
SIDE A:
1. Lights Go Out (2:54)
Words and Music by Jono Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Lead and Harmony Vocals
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Organ, Electric Piano
Mark Clark - Drums, Percussion
Jon Graboff - Electric Guitars
2. On the Downlow (4:01)
Words and Music by Jono Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Acoustic Guitars, Electric Tenor Guitar, Lead Vocal
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Electric Piano
Mark Clark - Drums, Congas
Jon Graboff - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
3. No New Kind of Blue (3:04)
Words and Music by Jono Manson and Caline Welles
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal
John Popper - Lead Vocal, Harmonica
Kein Trainor - Electric Guitar
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Mark Clark - Drums
John Egenes - Dobro, Mandolin
4. The Further Adventures of Goat Boy and the Clown (4:47)
Words and Music by Jono Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Guitars, Lead Vocal
Eric Ambel - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason “Goat Boy” Crosby - Piano, Harmony Vocal
Paul Pearcy - Drums, Tambourine
Craig Dreyer - Tenor and Baritone Saxophones, Horn Arrangements
Barry Danielian - Trumpet
Clark Gayton - Trombone
5. Timberline (2:57)
Words and Music by Jono Manson
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Tenor Guitar, Lead Vocal
Trevor Bahnson - Lead Vocal, Electric Guitar
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Piano, Violin
Mark Clark - Drums
6. The Last Man Shot in the War (3:40)
Words and Music by Jono Manson and Kevin Trainor
Magic Request Music / BMI
Lilyjamcreative / BMI
Jono Manson - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocal
Eliza Gilkyson - Harmony Vocal
Kevin Trainor - Electric Guitar
Ronnie Johnson - Bass Guitar
Jason Crosby - Piano, Organ
Paul Pearcy - Drums
Jon Graboff - Electric 12-String Guitar, Pedal Steel
With deep gratitude to everyone who brought this project to life: to my fellow singers, musicians and recording engineers, to Caline, Kevin, George and Natanya, who wrote with me, and to Joe Poletto, Michelle Garramone and the rest of the Blue Rose family.
Special thanks to:
Hanan Rieber, Roberto Sasso, Christopher Schinke, Tom Gruber, Luca Vitali, Dan Hassid, Alessandro Calesini, Kito Peters, Annette Hopkins, Brian Osterhout, Shlomit Manson, Andy Witten, Christina Price, Ali Lesch, May Wilson, Elijah Whippo, Peg Hopkins, Cami Dreyer, Toby Welles, Anne Lockee, Gianfilippo Masserano, Jeremy Adelman, Susan Crowe, Fabio Ricchebono, Roger M. Fox, Cindy Cook, Lydia Mann, Moti Rieber, Gary Adler, Alessandro Maggiori, Richard Ian Greene, Richard Rajacich, Bette Korber, Jaime Michaels, DeAnna Cooper, Jenna Scanlan, Ramon Lovato, Arnold Bey, Mark Clark, Suzanne Oliva, Bill Hooper, Sarah & Michael Dellheim, Matt Roppelt, Richard Adesso, Noreen O’Brien, Dan Levy, Daniel Heinze, Cosmos Sunshine, Stefano Baraldi, Roger Coble, Thomas Kaelin, Alania Lindquist, Lawrence Altergott