''Blood's Too Rich'' by Luke Doucet & the White Falcon is

Luke Doucet Luke Doucet (born June 9, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has written and performed as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal and the folk rock band Whitehorse. In 2006 and 2011, Doucet was nominated f ...

's third studio album. The album was released in

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on January 8, 2008 by

Six Shooter Records Six Shooter Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that uses an artist-centric business model, focusing on art before commerce combined with extensive touring. Six Shooter Records was founded in 2000 by Shauna d ...

. Six Shooter Records released the album in the United States on June 24, 2008. In an interview for '' Exclaim!'', Doucet commented on how the album compared with his previous album, '' Broken'': :''Broken'' was very much single-themed. It was a break-up record about

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s and wallowing in pity and self-despair. In comparison, this record is looser, thanks to the help of the band the White Falcon. Although they worked on the last record, this is three-and-a-half years later, where they've actually become a band, rather than it being just me and the people I hire. I hope that comes across, because that's deliberate. It was deliberate to treat the process as one involving my band and friends as opposed to my employees. The White Falcon is Rich Levesque, bass, John Dinsmore, six-string bass, Paul Brennan, drums and Doucet's wife

Melissa McClelland Melissa McClelland (born 18 May 1979) is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto, Ontario. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and Americana. A writer ...

, backing vocals. The name, "The White Falcon" refers to Doucet's reissue

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Guitar. In promotion of "Blood's Too Rich", Doucet toured across Canada and the United States with Blue Rodeo, toured Europe with

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and will tour Europe again this fall, followed by a Canadian tour supporting

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."Luke Doucet Myspace"
Referenced September 13, 2008.

Track listing

All songs written by Doucet except as indicated. # "Long Haul Driver" # "Blood's Too Rich" # " The Lovecats" ( Robert Smith) # "Cleveland" # "First Day (In the New Hometown)" # "Take You Home" # "The Comandante" # "Beacon on the Southpaw" # "Motorbike" (Luke Doucet/

Mike Plume Mike Plume (born May 28, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. Background Canadian singer-songwriter Mike Plume fronts his roots-based namesake band. His first record, ''Songs From a Nort ...

) # "It's Only Tuesday" # "The Day

Rick Danko Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During ...

Died" # "Bombs Away"

References

Luke Doucet albums Six Shooter Records albums 2008 albums {{2000s-country-album-stub