Sandbox (Michael Houser Album)
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Sandbox is the second studio album developed by
Widespread Panic Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guit ...
Lead Guitarist Michael Houser. Released posthumously in 2006, 'Sandbox' is a collection of Houser originals Recorded at John Keane's Athens, GA studio in August 2002, shortly before his death from
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. In contrast to ''
Door Harp ''Door Harp'' is the first solo studio album by Michael Houser, former lead guitarist of Widespread Panic, released posthumously on September 24, 2002, on Sanctuary Records. Recorded in John Keane's studio in Athens, GA in March 2002, the all-i ...
'', the tracks are mostly full-band rockers, several of which had been played by
Widespread Panic Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guit ...
in the past. Also unlike ''Door Harp'', the songs are all accompanied by Houser's low-key vocals. Most instruments are played by Houser and Keane, with the
Widespread Panic Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guit ...
percussion section of Todd Nance and Domingo S. Ortiz providing drums and percussion respectively. Lyrically, some of the new songs on the album share the theme of saying goodbye (''Goodbye My Love'', ''No Cryin' Now''). A two-song bonus CD with outtakes was included with the original release in 2006.


Track listing

All songs written by Michael Houser # "No Matter What" – 6:33 # "Goodbye My Love" – 4:36 # "Sandbox" – 5:14 # "Can't Change the Past" – 2:59 # "Low Country" – 5:31 # "Where Does It Go" – 5:20 # "Nacoochee Queen" – 3:25 # "Country Sex Song" – 4:53 # "Solitude" – 5:00 # "Bull Run" – 5:09 # "No Cryin' Now" – 4:16 # "She Drives Me to Drink" – 5:27 ;Bonus CD included with original release # "Smoke And Burn" – 4:08 # "Song In My Heart" – 6:15


References

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