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Personnel: Shawn Mullins (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, clay drum, tambourine, percussion, handclaps, loops); Mike West (electric guitar, banjo, banjolin); David Patterson (electric guitar, strings); Rob Gal (electric guitar, loops); Myshkin (mandolin, washboard, background vocals); Brandon Bush (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, Hammond B-3 organ, organ, handclaps, loops); Marty Kearns (Hammond B-3 organ); Dave LaBruyere, Don McCollister (bass); Kevin Leahy, Travis Aaron McNabb (drums); Chad Franscoviak, Glenn Matullo (handclaps, background vocals); Shelley Yankus, Jen Graham (background vocals). Engineers: Glenn Matullo, Don McCollister, Russ Fowler. Recorded at Orphan Studios and Southern Living At It's Finest, Atlanta, Georgia; Nickel & Dime Studios, Decatur, Georgia. "Lullaby (Rock-A-Bye)" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. A notable Australian issue of the popular American release; features an additional bonus track, A George Harrison Cover 'What Is Life'. Personnel: Shawn Mullins (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, tambourine, percussion, background vocals); Glenn Matullo (vocals, hand claps, background vocals); Paul David Hager (guitar); Mike West (electric guitar, banjo); David Patterson (electric guitar, strings); Rob Gal (electric guitar, drums); Myshkin (mandolin, washboard, background vocals); Brandon Bush (piano, clavichord, organ, Wurlitzer organ, drums, claves, drum programming, background vocals); Mike Lawler (organ); Travis Aaron McNabb, Kevin Leahy (drums); Shelley Yankus (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Jay Healy; Russ Fowler; Tom Lord-Alge. Recording information: Orphan Studios (1997); Southern Living At Its Finest, Atlanta, GA (1997). Editor: Glenn Matullo. Photographers: Ruth Leitman; Christy Bush. Unknown Contributor Role: Brandon Bush. Though he's all made up for late'90s MTV exposure, Shawn Mullins turns out to be an old-fashioned troubadour at heart. Sure, there are hip-hop inflected drum loops, tastefully retro-sounding keyboards and stylish, artful string arrangements, but Mullins' main concern is chronicling his experiences and observations as he moves through a complex, confusing world. Most of the songs are based on acoustic guitar underpinning, and Mullin's appealing drawl is at the center of it all, delivering lyrics full of careful detail from his traveler's bag of tunes. The liner notes even give details of where and why some of the songs were written, a sure sign of a man with itinerant balladeer blood. Hell, there's even a decent cover of Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," what more do you want? Did we mention that Mullin's isn't afraid to get funky? There's more to SOUL'S CORE than just a flavor-of-the-week mindset. Try it and see.
