Political Manifest Explained

Political Manifest
Type:	studio
Artist:	Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
Cover:	Political Manifest.jpg
Released:	June 28, 2004
Recorded:	February 2004, Joshua Tree, CA
Genre:	Alternative country
Label:	Glitterhouse
Producer:	Mark Olson

Political Manifest is the seventh album by the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 2004. The album reflects singer/songwriter Mark Olson's disgust at the state of the US. It was released on Mercy Recordings in the US.

Reception

The Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 3 and wrote "[Olson's] disgust at the state of the nation as befits all things Creekdipper is elegantly realised, simmering over a bedrock of soft piano, woody guitars, and some slow, funky blues"

Track listing

All songs Mark Olson except where noted.

1. "Poor GW"
2. "Walk with Them"
3. "Duck Hunting"
4. "Senator Byrd Speech"
5. "Where is My Baby Boy"
6. "George Bush Industriale"
7. "Saw Song"
8. "Portrait of a Sick America"
9. "My Father Knows Foes" (Traditional)
10. "The End of the Highway"
11. "Coming, Coming" (Traditional)

Personnel

• Mark Olson – vocals, piano, dulcimer, bass, flute
• Victoria Williams – vocals, electric guitar, tres
• Ray Woods – vocals, drums
• Don Heffington – vocals, bass harmonica, saw
• Tom Freund – bass, organ
• Greg Leisz – dobro

Production notes

• Mark Olson – producer, engineer
• David Vaught – mixing
• Bob Stone – mastering