Hat (Mike Keneally album) explained

hat.
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mike Keneally
Cover:	Hat. album cover.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	1989–1992
Genre:	Rock/RIO/Avant-Prog
Language:	English
Label:	Exowax
Producer:	Mike Keneally
Next Title:	Boil That Dust Speck
Next Year:	1994

Hat, stylized as hat., is the first studio album by Mike Keneally, originally released in 1992 on Exowax Recordings. It includes the 14 minutes-long complex composition "Lightin' Roy" (dedicated to Frank Zappa) performed entirely by Mike.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Track listing

All songs composed by Mike Keneally, except "The Car Song", composed by Mike and Marty Keneally.

1. "Your Quimby Dollars at Work" - 0:38
2. "I Can't Stop" - 3:31
3. "Ugly Town" - 3:43
4. "Open Up!" - 3:43
5. "Dhen Tin" - 1:17
6. "Spearmint Pup" - 1:57
7. "Fencing" - 3:11
8. "Always Man" - 2:25
9. "My Immense Superiority Over the Silverfish" - 0:15
10. "Eno and the Actor" - 2:30
11. "The Car Song" - 5:15
12. "Heaven Likes You/Apple Pie" - 2:11
13. "Backstage with Wilson Phillips" - 2:41
14. "Here Is What I Dreamed" - 3:07
15. "Here Is Why" - 2:13
16. "Performing Miracles" - 3:40
17. "Spoon Guy" - 1:09
18. "And That's Why It's Called Spunk" - 0:07
19. "Johnny One-Note/The Exciting New Toothpaste from Mars" - 1:27
20. "Day of the Cow 1" - 2:23
21. "Snowcow" - 4:38
22. "Day of the Cow 2" - 1:12
23. "We're Rockin' All Night wit the Tangy Flavor of Cheddar" - 4:53
24. "Rosemary Girl" - 3:30
25. "Lightnin' Roy" - 14:46

Personnel

• Mike Keneally - vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, percussion
• Doug Booth - bass on 2, 10, 11, 16, 24
• Mark DeCerbo - sad vocals on 3
• Marty Eldrige - percussion on 4, 20; harmonica on 20
• Marty Keneally - Effect guitars on 16
• Paul Abbott - Acoustic guitar on 21
• Kevin Gilbert - backing vocals on 10, 12
• Tom Freeman - drums on 4, 5, 8, 20, 22
• Doug Lunn - bass on 1, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23
• Daryl Monroe - vocals on 3
• Carlos Olmeda: backing vocals on 5
• Toss Panos - drums on 1, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23
• Alan Silverstein - drums on 2, 7, 10, 11, 16, 24; bells on 8
• Bob Tedde - backing vocals on 11, 16
• Cici Porter - backing vocals on 8, 14, 24
• Andy Vereen - backing vocals on 24
• Buddy Blue - dobro, dialogue
• Scott Thunes - bass on 7, 8

External links

• hat. by Mike Keneally

Notes and References

1. Michael Molenda Guitar Player Presents 50 Unsung Heroes of the Guitar 2011 "The following year, Keneally released his debut solo album, Hat, ..."
2. Billboard - 14 Aug 1993 - Page 83 "Upcoming is "Hat," an album by Frank Zappa guitarist Mike Keneally that is characterized by "Zappa-style guitar ..."
3. EQ Volume 6, Issues 7-12 - Page 99 " recorded my album Hat on Immune Records using solely the SansAmp classic."