Wide Mouth Mason (album) explained

Wide Mouth Mason
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wide Mouth Mason
Cover:	Wide_mouth_mason_album_cover.png
Released:	(Canada) (U.S.)
Recorded:	Greenhouse Studios, Vancouver, B.C.
Genre:	Hard rock, Blues-rock
Length:	48:30
Label:	Warner Music Canada
Producer:	Joel Van Dyke, Wide Mouth Mason
Prev Title:	The Nazarene
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Where I Started
Next Year:	1999

Wide Mouth Mason is the eponymous second studio album by the Canadian blues-rock band Wide Mouth Mason and the first to be released on a major label. The band re-recorded most of their independent first album, The Nazarene, for inclusion on the album as well as the new song "This Mourning". The album was certified Gold in Canada on ^[1] on the strength of the singles "Midnight Rain", "My Old Self", "This Mourning" and "The Game".

Track listing

All songs were written by Wide Mouth Mason.

1. "My Old Self" - 3:48
2. "Midnight Rain" - 3:47
3. "Tom Robinson" - 2:59
4. "The River Song" - 3:23
5. "This Mourning" - 4:55
6. "The Preacherman's Song" - 3:04
7. "The Game" - 3:57
8. "All It Amounts To" - 4:29
9. "Corn Rows" - 4:17
10. "Sister Sally" - 5:25
11. "Tell Me" - 3:34
12. "Mary Mary" - 4:15

Personnel

• Shaun Verreault - guitars, vocals
• Earl Pereira - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Safwan Javed - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians:

• Tanya Hancheroff - backing vocals on tracks 5, 8 and 9
• Mike Kalanj - hammond organ on tracks 10 and 12
• Mike Weaver - rhodes on track 9
• Natasha Boyko - cello on track 4
• Kilarney Secondary High School Choir - backing vocals on track 8
• Colin James - dobro on track 6

Notes and References

1. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php CRIA Searchable Archive - Search "Wide Mouth Mason"