''Dislocation Blues'' is a collaborative studio album, credited to American singer-songwriter and guitarist,

Chris Whitley Christopher Becker Whitley (August 31, 1960 – November 20, 2005) was an American blues/rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. During his 25-year career he released more than a dozen albums, had two songs in the top 50 of the Billboard mainst ...

and Australian musician,

Jeff Lang Jeff Lang (born 9 November 1969) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and music producer. Lang plays various types of guitar, both slide and standard, as well as banjo, mandolin, cümbüş and drums. He is a three-time ARIA Award w ...

. The album was recorded in studios between Adelaide and Melbourne in April 2005, seven months before Chris Whitley's death from lung cancer. The album was released in Australia in August 2006 and peaked at number 64 on the

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, becoming the highest-charting album in Australia for both artists. At the

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, the album was nominated for

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Reception

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said "This collection of traditional blues tunes such as 'Stagger Lee' covers of

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's '

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' and '

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' and originals from the catalogs of both men is an intimate, loose, deeply intuitive, and complementary set".

Track listing

# "

Stagger Lee "Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas 1895. The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded ...

" (

Traditional A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

; arranged by Jeff Lang and Chris Whitley) – 7:26 # "Twelve Thousand Miles" (Jeff Lang) – 4:36 # "

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) – 5:00 # "Rocket House" (Chris Whitley) – 5:09 # "The Road Leads Down" (Jeff Lang) – 2:52 # "Dislocation Blues" (Chris Whitley) – 5:27 # "Forever in My Life" (Prince Rogers Nelson –

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) – 3:55 # "Velocity Girl" (Chris Whitley) – 4:52 # "Ravenswood" (Jeff Lang) – 5:23 # "Underground" (Jeff Lang, Chris Whitley, Grant Cummerford, Ashley Davies) – 4:19 # "

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) – 6:42 # "Motion Bride" (Chris Whitley, Jeff Lang) – 1:26 # "

Hellhound on My Trail "Hellhound on My Trail" (originally "Hell Hound on My Trail") is a blues song recorded by Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson in 1937. It was inspired by earlier blues songs and blues historian Ted Gioia describes it as one of Johnson's "bes ...

" (live) (

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...

) (hidden track) – 5:49 # "Kick the Stones" (live) (Chris Whitley) (hidden track) – 4:59

Personnel

*Chris Whitley – vocals, guitars *Jeff Lang – vocals, guitars, chumbush, banjo *Grant Cummerford – bass *Ash Davies – drums

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Albums published posthumously Chris Whitley albums Jeff Lang albums