''I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left'' (styled ''i Started out with nothin and i Still got most of it Left'') is the third album by

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. It was released on September 29, 2008. It entered the

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at number 9 on October 6, 2008. The album is his first on the record label

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, but the vinyl releases are still on his old label, Bronzerat Records. The record features guest musicians

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and

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. Turner's vocals were originally performed by Tunstall, although she later backed out of this role, but is still featured on the album playing flute, guitar and singing backing vocals. The album was released in two ways: the standard edition (with only 11 tracks on one disc), and the Die Cut limited edition, which includes three bonus tracks on disc one and also a bonus disc with six tracks (two songs, four spoken word). iTunes download, included 11 tracks.

Track listing

''All song written by Seasick Steve except where noted.''

Disc 1

# "Started Out with Nothin" # "Walkin Man" # "St. Louis Slim" # "Happy Man" # "Prospect Lane" # "

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" # "Fly by Night" # "Just Like a King" (Seasick Steve and

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) # "One True" # "Chiggers" # "My Youth" # "The Letter" (

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) # "Levy Camp Blues" (

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) # "Roll and Tumble Blues" (

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) # "The Log Cabin" (hidden track) Tracks marked only appear on the Die Cut Limited Edition disc 1.

Bonus disc 2

# "Train" (spoken word) # "Story" (spoken word) # "Breakfast" (spoken word) # "Heart Attack" # "Lunch" (spoken word) # "Laughin' to Keep from Cryin'" (

Mississippi Joe Callicott "Mississippi" Joe Callicott (October 10, 1899 – May 1969) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist. Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi, United States. In 1929 he played second guitar in Garfield Akers' duet recording, " ...

)

Personnel

Musicians

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

and

foot percussion The foot ( : feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made ...

*Dan Magnusson -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(track 4) *

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

(track 4),

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

(track 5 & 12) &

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

(track 12) *

(track 8) **

** Jim Sclavunos -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

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fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

*Kim Fleming -

(track 1 & 4) *Gale Mayes -

(track 1 & 4)

Other personnel

*Nick Brine - Engineering *John Davis - Mastering * Christopher Rowe - Mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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