Slant 6 Mind Explained

Slant 6 Mind
Type:	Album
Artist:	Greg Brown
Cover:	Slant_Six_Mind.jpg
Released:	Oct 21, 1997
Genre:	Folk
Length:	54:01
Label:	Red House
Producer:	Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown
Prev Title:	Further In
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Over and Under
Next Year:	2000

Slant 6 Mind is the title of the fourteenth principal album release by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 1997.

At the Grammy Awards of 1998, Slant 6 Mind was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jeff Burger wrote of the album "For the most part, this 14th album is business as usual for Greg Brown, which is very good news indeed... Suffice it to say that once you've heard Brown's voice, you won't forget it. And while Brown once claimed he could sing Hank Williams songs with even more passion than he delivers his own, this terrific album makes a more passionate performance hard to imagine."

Track listing

All songs by Greg Brown.

1. "Whatever It Was" – 4:49
2. "Loneliness House" – 4:24
3. "Mose Allison Played Here" – 3:45
4. "Spring & All" – 3:15
5. "Vivid" – 3:15
6. "Dusty Woods" – 5:57
7. "Billy From the Hills" – 5:00
8. "Speaking in Tongues" – 4:33
9. "Enough" – 4:38
10. "Hurt So Nice" – 2:13
11. "Wild Like a Sonny Boy" – 3:41
12. "Down at the Mill" – 4:08
13. "Why Don't You Just Go Home" –4:23

Personnel

• Greg Brown – vocals, guitar
• Bo Ramsey – guitar, slide guitar, harmony vocals
• Bob Black – banjo
• Paul Griffith – drums
• Dave Moore – harmonica
• Al Murphy – fiddle
• Kelly Joe Phelps – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals, lap steel guitar
• Gordon Johnson – bass

Production

• Produced by Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown
• Engineered and mixed by Tom Tucker
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Photography by Jim Herrington