''Blackberry Belle'' is the second full-length album released by

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. It was released by

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on October 14, 2003 and features guest appearances by Mathias Schneeberger,

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and Mark Lanegan. The album is a tribute to director

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, a close friend of

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's who died of a heart attack while playing a game of basketball in January 2002. Dulli had been working on another project entitled ''

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'' (which would later see the light of day in 2005), but abandoned those sessions due to Demme's death. The recordings which followed, fueled in part by the memory of Demme, resulted in ''Blackberry Belle''. The album was released on vinyl over two years after the initial CD release. Pressed on white vinyl, the LP contained an extra track "Run, Rabbit Run". This is a demo version featuring Greg Dulli on piano. He was known to perform a version of this song on the last

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tour. The Twilight Singers performed the album in its entirety for the first and only time in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall on September 17, 2011 with special guests Mark Lanegan, Petra Haden and Dave Catching joining the group on stage.

Track listing

All songs written by

except as noted. #"Martin Eden" – 3:39 #"Esta Noche" – 4:33 (Dulli, Schneeberger) #"Teenage Wristband" – 3:34 #"St. Gregory" – 3:28 (Dulli, Tobias) #"The Killer" – 4:28 (Dulli, Phillips) #"Decatur St." – 4:10 #"Papillon" – 4:24 #"Follow You Down" – 2:24 #"Feathers" – 4:02 #"Fat City (Slight Return)" – 3:25 #"Number Nine" – 6:32 #"Run, Rabbit Run" (vinyl release only)

Personnel

– vocals (all songs), piano (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10), guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), keyboards (4, 9),

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(5, 8),

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

(5, 6, 7, 10), drums (10) * Amay - vocals (9) * Nikki Crawford - vocals (8) * Richard Ford -

pedal steel The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all steel guitars, it can p ...

(11) * Scott Ford - bass (1, 2, 7) * Chris Gray - trumpet (2) *

- vocals (3, 11), violins (11) * Matt Hergert - drums (5) * Hoss - drums (3, 11) *

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- vocals (3, 10) * Josh Lampkins - trombone (2) * Mark Lanegan - vocals (11) *

- drums (9) * Steve Myers - vocals (3) * Mike Napolitano - guitar (6), bass (9) * Ashlie Philastre - the clap (9) * Chris Phillips - synth loop (5), drums (5, 6) * Susan Phillips - the clap (9) * Mathias Schneeberger - guitar (1, 2, 5), rhodes (1, 2), mellotron (5), piano (7, 9),

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(7, 9, 10) * Jon Skibic - guitars (2, 7, 10, 11), vocals (7),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

(7) *

Rick Steff Rick Steff is a Memphis keyboard artist who has recorded with bands such as Lucero, Cat Power, Dexys Midnight Runners, and Hank Williams Jr. Rick's father is Dick Steff, a trumpet player who appeared on many songs with Elvis Presley, and Dusty ...

- clavinet (6), organ (11) * Michael Sullivan - bass (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) *

Jesse Tobias Jesse Tobias (born April 1, 1972) is an American guitarist who is the lead guitarist and co-writer for Morrissey since 2004. Tobias first gained fame during a brief tenure with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1993, although he was replaced by Dave ...

e-bow The EBow, short for electronic bow or energy bow, is an electronic device used for playing string instruments, most often the electric guitar. It is manufactured by Heet Sound Products, of Los Angeles, California. It was invented by Greg Heet i ...

(3), guitar (4) *

- saxophone (2) * Greg Wieczorek - drums (2, 4, 6, 10), percussion (4, 10), vocals (6) * Brian Young - drums (1, 7) *

lapsteel The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional ...

(5)

References

{{Authority control The Twilight Singers albums 2003 albums One Little Independent Records albums Albums produced by Greg Dulli