Potato Hole Explained

Potato Hole
Type:	Album
Artist:	Booker T.
Cover:	Booker T. Jones Potato Hole cover.jpg
Released:	April 21, 2009
Recorded:	September – October 2008
Genre:	R&B, electric blues
Label:	ANTI-
Producer:	Rob Schnapf, Booker T.
Prev Title:	I Want You
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	The Road from Memphis
Next Year:	2011

Potato Hole is a 2009 album by Booker T. Jones, recorded with Drive-By Truckers as the backing band and guitar accompaniment by Neil Young.

On January 31, 2010, Potato Hole won the Best Pop Instrumental Album award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.^[1] The track "Warped Sister" was also nominated, for Best Rock Instrumental Performance,^[1] but that award went to Jeff Beck for "A Day in The Life".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Booker T. Jones; except as noted.

1. "Pound It Out" – 4:18
2. "She Breaks" – 4:22
3. "Hey Ya!" (André 3000) – 3:53
4. "Native New Yorker" – 3:47
5. "Nan" – 2:08
6. "Warped Sister" – 4:47
7. "Get Behind the Mule" (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) – 4:10
8. "Reunion Time" – 3:49
9. "Potato Hole" – 6:50
10. "Space City" (Mike Cooley, Brad Morgan, Jason Isbell, Patterson Hood, Shonna Tucker) – 5:38

Personnel

• Booker T. – organ, guitars (1, 5, 8)
• Mike Cooley – guitars
• Patterson Hood – guitars
• John Neff – guitars, pedal steel guitar
• Neil Young – guitars
• Shonna Tucker – bass
• Brad Morgan – drums
• Lucy Castro – percussion

Technical

• Andy Kaulkin – executive producer
• Doug Boehm – engineer
• Jason Thrasher – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: GRAMMY Award Results for Booker T. Jones . grammy.com . Recording Academy . August 25, 2020.
2. Web site: GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Rock Instrumental Performance . grammy.com . Recording Academy . August 25, 2020.