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Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away $15

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Everything You Love . . . (2009)

click on song title for lyrics

Cry      video here
Hard to Believe
Beyond Love
Green Mountains and Me
Run Jolee Run
Dreams
Black T Shirt
Tumbleweed Stew
Twistin’
Beautiful Thing      video here
Temporary      video here

“Everything You Love plays seamlessly, like one of Lucinda Williams’ classic early albums, pristine, honest, and lingering.” –Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle

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Holiday Special: Everything You Love download cards are just $5 each, postage paid, for a limited time (great stocking stuffers)! Includes cover art and all 11 songs in mp3 format.

Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway – 2 CDs – $20

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Ribbon of Highway

Ribbon of Highway (2008)

Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway

A labor of love for all involved, this two-disc set captures some of today’s finest folk performers paying homage to one of the creative geniuses of the 20th century.  Part memorial service, part American history lesson, part hootenany, this collection of live performances will get you thinking about what it means to have the soul of an American.

Featuring Bob Childers, Jimmy LaFave, Joel Rafael, Slaid Cleaves, Eliza Gilkyson, Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Ellis Paul, Kevin Welch, Michael Fracasso with special appearances by Pete Seeger and Fred Hellerman.

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Unsung $15

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Unsung (2006)

Devil’s Lullaby  by Michael O’Connor
 Another Kind of Blue by Peter Keane  featured on NBC’s Parenthood!
Everette  by Steve Brooks
 Oh Roberta  by Graham Weber
Racecar Joe  by Adam Carroll
 Call It Sleep  by Chris Montgomery
Millionaire  by David Olney
 Fairest of Them All  by Ana Egge
Flowered Dresses  by Karen Poston
 Working Stiff  by Melvern Taylor
Getaway Car  by Michael O’Connor
 Song for June  by JJ Baron      video here

Unsung is a special project for Slaid, a collection of songs by friends and colleagues including Karen Poston, Michael O’Connor and Adam Carroll.  

Wishbones $15

Friday, January 8th, 2010
Wishbones

Wishbones (2004)

click on song title for lyrics

Wishbones
Road Too Long
Drinkin’ Days
Sinner’s Prayer
Tiger Tom Dixon’s Blues
Below        video here
Quick as Dreams
Horses
Hearts Break
Borderline
New Year’s Day

Wishbones is the long-awaited follow-up to 2000′s award-winning album, Broke Down. Produced by Austin Hall of Famer Gurf Morlix

Holiday Sampler EP $7

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Holiday Sampler EP

Holiday Sampler EP (2001)

5-song CD includes:

click on song title for lyrics

Monster In Law

November Skies

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

One Good Year (holiday mix)

You Don’t Have to Tell Me

Broke Down $15

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Broke Down 2000

Broke Down (2000)

click on song title for lyrics

Broke Down
One Good Year      Russell Crowe’s version here!
Horseshoe Lounge
Cold and Lonely      video here
Breakfast in Hell
Lydia
Bring it On
This Morning I Am Born Again
Key Chain
I Feel the Blues Moving In

 

Slaid’s breakout album. Featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, Mountain Stage and World Cafe, “Broke Down” spent 5 weeks at the top of Gavin’s Americana radio chart and appeared in the following Top Ten lists: P2, No Depression, KGSR (Austin), WFUV (New York), Austin American Statesman, Austin Chronicle.

No Angel Knows $15

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
No Angel Knows

No Angel Knows (1997)

click on song title for lyrics

Not Going Down
No Angel Knows
Dance Around the Fire
Jennie’s All Right
Look Back at Me
Wrecking Ball
The River Runs
Don’t Tell Me
Skunk Juice
Last of the V-8s
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Slaid’s first national release, on Philo/Rounder, shot to #2 on the Gavin Americana radio chart in early 1997, garnering critial praise nationwide and leading to the start of Slaid’s recent worldwide touring schedule.

For the Brave and Free (currently out of print)

Monday, January 4th, 2010

For the Brave and Free (1993)

Slaid’s first batch of Texas-penned songs:

Click on song title for lyrics.

Ramblers
Brother’s Keeper      free download
For the Brave      free download
Danger
Careful
Something to Lose
The Ballad of Nick and Betty
Another Man’s Wealth
The Dad Song
Yippie-I-O
Desert Dreams

demos/bonus tracks:

Troubled Times      free download
Marty
Lost
Racetracks and Rodeos
Double Crossed Heart      free download
Do You Still Believe      free download

Currently out of print.

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