''Beauty Queen Sister'' is the 13th studio album by
Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The two met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part o ...
, released on October 4, 2011 on
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Recording Society is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City. It was a primarily classical label at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but also has a catalogue of recordings by a n ...
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Track listing
#"Share the Moon" – 3:34
#"John" – 4:22
#"Beauty Queen Sister" – 3:11
#"We Get to Feel It All" – 3:32
#"War Rugs" – 3:23
#"Gone" – 3:02
#"Mariner Moonlighting" – 3:36
#"Birthday Song" – 4:19
#"Feed and Water the Horses" – 4:30
#"Making Promises" – 3:19
#"Damo" – 4:07
#"Able to Sing" – 4:02
#"Yoke" – 5:09
Personnel
;Indigo Girls
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Amy Ray
Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemo ...
– Vocals, songwriting, electric guitar (1–5, 7, 8, 13), acoustic guitar (6, 10, 12), electric mandolin (9), mandolin (11)
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Emily Saliers
Emily Ann Saliers (born July 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the musical duo Indigo Girls. Saliers sings soprano and plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.
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– Vocals, songwriting, ukulele (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 6, 8–12), electric guitar (3), slide guitar (6), classical guitar (7)
;Additional Musicians
*Carol Isaacs – Wurlitzer (1, 4, 12), Hammond B3 (1, 2), vibes (1, 4, 5, 7–9, 13), piano (3, 6–9), accordion (10, 13)
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Brady Blade
Brady L Blade Jr. (born 1965 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American rock, pop and country drummer, record producer and composer, who currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden.
He is the son of Dorothy and Pastor Brady Blade Sr. (Pastor of ...
– drums (1–4, 6, 9, 10, 12), loop (2)
*Jim Brock – percussion (1–10, 12, 13), loop (2), drums (5, 7, 8, 13)
*Stuart Mathis – electric guitar (10)
*Luke Bulla – violin (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9, 13), mandolin (2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
*Allison Brown – banjola (2, 8, 9, 12), banjo (5–7)
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Frank Howard Swart
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* Frank (given name)
* Frank (surname)
* Franks (surname)
* Franks, a medieval Germanic people
* Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang
Curr ...
– bass (1–4, 6, 9, 10, 12)
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Viktor Krauss
Viktor Krauss is an American musician who plays acoustic and electric bass. He has released solo albums and has worked as a sideman with many musicians, including his sister, singer and fiddler Alison Krauss.
Music career
Krauss was born to Fre ...
– upright bass (5, 7, 8, 13)
*Allen Parker – synth loop (8)
;Additional Vocalists
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The Shadowboxers
The Shadowboxers are an American pop band formed in Atlanta, Georgia. The founding members Scott Tyler (vocals, guitars), Adam Hoffman (vocals, guitars), and Matt Lipkins (vocals, keyboards)met at Emory University in 2008.
History
Formation
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– backing vocals (3, 4)
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Lucy Wainwright Roche
Lucy Wainwright Roche (born December 16, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Preceded by two EPs, ''8 Songs'' and ''8 More'', Roche released her debut album, ''Lucy'' in October 2010. In 2013, she starred as Jeri in the ''Stuff You Should Kno ...
– guest vocals (5), additional backing vocals (12)
;Track 11 (Damo)
*Eamonn de Barra – whistles, flute
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Damien Dempsey
Damien Dempsey (born 9 June 1975) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk contemporary lyrics that deliver social and political commentaries on Irish society. Damien sings in his native, working class accent in the Eng ...
– backing vocals
*Clare Kenny – bass
*John McLoughlin – acoustic guitar, mandolin
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John Reynolds – drums
;Production
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Peter Collins – producer (1–10, 12–13)
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John Reynolds – producer (11)
Chart performance
The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Folk Albums chart, No. 14 on Top Rock Albums, and No. 36 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 11,000 in its debut week. The album has sold 42,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110825084733/http://publicity.vanguardrecords.com/?p=3680
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2011 albums
Indigo Girls albums
Albums produced by Peter Collins (record producer)
Vanguard Records albums