''New American Language'' is

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native singer/songwriter

Dan Bern Dan Bern (also known as Bernstein; born July 27, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, novelist and painter. His music has been compared to that of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Ochs and Elvis Costello.Bret ...

's first release with Messenger Records.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, all tracks by

#"Sweetness" – 3:53 #"New American Language" – 5:12 #"Alaska Highway" – 4:05 #"God Said No" – 5:31 #"Turning Over" – 5:10 #"Black Tornado" – 5:24 #"Albuquerque Lullaby" – 3:54 #"Tape" – 3:37 #"Honeydoo!" – 2:14 #"Toledo" – 5:22 #"Rice" – 5:30 #"Thanksgiving Day Parade" – 10:27

Personnel

*Dan Bern – Organ, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Vocals, Illustrations, Paintings *Wil Masisak - Piano, Bass, Organ, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, Guitar, Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Vocals *Eben Grace - Guitar, Banjo *Brian Schey - Bass, Guitar, Vocals *Spanky Mahoney - Drums *Jake Coffin - Drums, Vocals *Paul Kuhn - Cellocaster *Lisa Donnelly - Vocals *Randy Kaplan - Vocals *Brent Berry & Clark Jamison - Percussion *Scott Watson - Tuba

References

2001 albums Dan Bern albums Cooking Vinyl albums Messenger Records albums Albums produced by Chuck Plotkin {{2000s-folk-rock-album-stub