The Early Widows Explained

The Early Widows is the fourth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, released on May 4, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. The album, produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, was recorded at The Woodshed, a recording studio owned by Canadian country-rock band Blue Rodeo. According to Rutledge, the songs are written with a single character in mind from the Michael Ondaatje novel Divisadero.^[1]

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.^[2]

Track listing

Ondaatje contributed to the writing of several of the songs,^[3] and is credited as co-writer on the single "Be a Man".

The track "I Have Not Seen the Light" is co-written with Nashville singer-songwriter Darrell Scott.

David Baxter – electric guitar
Burke Carroll – pedal steel
Gary Craig – Stew Crookes – tubular bells, electric guitar
Bazil Donovan – bass
Julie Fader – voice
Blake Manning – drums, percussion
Oh Susanna – voice
Justin Rutledge – electric, acoustic and 12-string guitars, piano, wurlitzer, voice
Hawksley Workman – electric guitar, piano, percussion
Jesse Zubot – violin, viola, mandolin, soundscapes
Amoy Levy, Nevon Sinclair, Sharon Riley – choir