''Chinatown'' is the second album by

The Be Good Tanyas The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian folk music group formed in Vancouver in 1999. Their influences include folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they perform can be referred to as alt-country or Americana. History The Be Good Tanya ...

, released in 2003.

Track listing

#"It's Not Happening" (

Frazey Ford Frazey Obadiah Ford is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She was a founding member of The Be Good Tanyas. Her solo debut ''Obadiah'' was released on Nettwerk on July 20, 2010. Jenny Charlesworth of ''The Georgia Straight'' wrote that a ...

) – 2:41 #"Waiting Around to Die" (

Townes Van Zandt John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was an American singer-songwriter.

) – 5:13 #"Junkie Song" (Ford) – 3:47 #"Ship Out On the Sea" (Ford) – 4:13 #"Dogsong 2" (Samantha Parton) – 5:08 #"Rowdy Blues" (Ford, Trish Klein) – 3:32 #"Reuben" (Traditional; arranged by

Jolie Holland Jolie Holland is an American singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional, country, rock, jazz, and blues. Career Growing up in Houston, Texas, Jolie left in 1994, moving to Austin, New Orleans, and San Francisco before en ...

, Parton, Ford, Klein) – 4:23 #"

The House of the Rising Sun "The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. ...

" (Traditional; arranged by

) – 3:49 #"In Spite of All the Damage" (Ford) – 3:59 #"Lonesome Blues" (Parton) – 4:17 #"

In My Time of Dying "In My Time of Dying" (also called "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" or a variation thereof) is a gospel music song by Blind Willie Johnson. The title line, closing each stanza of the song, refers to a deathbed and was inspired by a passage in the B ...

" (Traditional; arranged by

) – 3:43 #"I Wish My Baby Was Born" (Traditional; arranged by Samantha Parton) – 3:50 #"Horses" (The Be Good Tanyas) – 4:01 #"Midnight Moonlight" (

Peter Rowan Peter Rowan (born July 4, 1942) is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and sings. Biography Rowan was born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family. From an early age, he had an interes ...

) – 3:41

Personnel

– guitar, mandolin (2), vocals *Samantha Parton – guitar, mandolin, ukulele, piano (5), vocals *Trish Klein – electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, acoustic guitar (9), mandolin (12), harmony vocals ;Additional Personnel *Andrew Burden – double bass *Glenn "Ike" Eidsness – drums *

– fiddle (10), harmony vocals (5, 10) *

Olu Dara Olu Dara Jones (born Charles Jones III, January 12, 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist, and singer. He is the father of rapper Nas. Early life Olu Dara was born Charles Jones III on January 12, 1941 in Natchez, Mississippi. His mother, El ...

– cornet (3, 13) *Paul Clifford – drums (5) *Aaron Chapman – saw (5) *

Ketch Secor Old Crow Medicine Show is an Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, that has been recording since 1998. They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on September 17, 2013. Their ninth album, '' Remedy'', released in 2014, won the G ...

– fiddle (7) *Doug Thordarson – five-string viola & violin (5) *Roey Shemesh – double bass (1), bowed bass (5), fretless bass (4) *Diane Williams (Frazey's mom) – harmony vocals (14) * Martin Green – accordion (12)

References

2003 albums The Be Good Tanyas albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub