Busy Being Born Explained

Busy Being Born
Type:	album
Artist:	Gary Lucas
Cover:	Gary Lucas - Busy Being Born.jpg
Released:	March 17, 1998
Genre:	Folk
Length:	49:07
Label:	Tzadik
Producer:	Gary Lucas, Kazunori Sugiyama
Prev Title:	Evangeline
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	@ Paradiso
Next Year:	1999

Busy Being Born is an album by Gary Lucas, released in 1998 through Tzadik Records.^{[1] [2]} It is an album of children's songs.^[3]

Production

"Fleischerei" is a tribute to the soundtracks to Max Fleischer cartoons.^[4]

Personnel

Musicians

• Greg Cohen – bass guitar
• Jonathan Kane – drums
• Gary Lucas – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, production

Production and additional personnel

• Larry Fine – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
• André Grossmann – photography
• Kenny Hurwitz – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
• Tim Kalliches – engineering
• Misako Kano – piano on "Abie the Fishman"
• Ikue Mori – design
• Sascha von Oertzen – engineering
• Kazunori Sugiyama – production
• Irene Trudel – engineering
• Allan Tucker – mastering
• John Zorn – saxophone on "Adon Olom" and "Sandman"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gary Lucas Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Gary Lucas' New Album Inspired by 'Trippy' 1930s Fleischer Cartoons. April 20, 2016. downbeat.com.
3. News: GUITARIST CAN GO HOME AGAIN WITH ALBUM . The Plain Dealer . November 14, 1997 . Friday . 14.
4. Web site: Iggy Pop, the Honey Pot, Gary Lucas, Tír na nÓg, Tony Banks, Hawkwind, Alex Harvey, McGough & McGear, Noise Floor. Dave. Thompson. Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.