Cheat the Gallows explained

Cheat the Gallows
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bigelf
Cover:	Bigelf - CheatTheGallows.jpg
Released:	August 12, 2008
Recorded:	at Kung Fu Gardens, North Hollywood in 2006–2007
Genre:	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, progressive metal
Length:	56:53
Label:	Custard Records
Producer:	Damon Fox
Prev Title:	Hex
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Into the Maelstrom
Next Year:	2014

Cheat the Gallows is the third studio album by American progressive rock/progressive metal band Bigelf.

Track listing

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Personnel

Bigelf

• Damon Fox – vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
• Ace Mark – guitar
• Duffy Snowhill – bass
• Steve Frothingham a.k.a. Froth – drums

Guest appearances

• Linda Perry – backing vocals (on tracks 7 & 8)
• Danny "Lord Weatherby" Martin – ring leader (on track 1)
• Eric Gorfain – string arrangements

The Counting Sheep Orchestra (on tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)

• Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli – conductor
• Daphne Chen, Terrence Glenny, Marisa Kuney, Ami Levy, Calabria McChesney, Cameron Patrick, Radu Pieptea, Melissa Reiner, Isabelle Senger, Marcy Vaj & Alwyn Wright – violins
• Caroline Buckman, Alma Fernandez, Leah Katz & David Sage – violas
• Peggy Baldwin, Matt Cooker, Richard Dodd & John Krovoza – cellos

The Section Quartet (on tracks 5 & 7)

• Eric Gorfain & Daphne Chen – violins
• Leah Katz – viola
• Richard Dodd – cello

The Kung-Pao Horns (on tracks 1, 2 & 10)

• Stewart Cole – trumpet
• James King – tenor sax, flute, piccolo
• Dan Ostermann – trombone
• Tracy Wannomae – alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute

Production

• Produced by Damon Fox
• Engineered by Ian Lehrfeld
• Mixed by Ian Lehrfeld with Damon Fox
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cheat the Gallows: Bigelf: Music . Amazon.com . February 9, 2012.