Charlie Parr: Last of the Better Days Ahead

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40244

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: July 30, 2021
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Piedmont Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Last Of The Better Days Ahead (3:12)
02 Blues For Whitefish Lake, 1975 (3:51)
03 Walking Back From Willmar (4:18)
04 Anaconda (3:46)
05 Everyday Opus (8:03)
06 On Fading Away (5:14)
07 817 Oakland Avenue (4:19)
08 On Listening To Robert Johnson (5:56)
09 Bed Of Wasps (3:44)
10 Rain (6:07)
11 Decoration Day (15:53)
[Credits]
Charlie Parr (12-string, resonator, baritone and resonator guitars/vocals) Liz Draper (bass) Tasha Baron (keyboards) Chris Grey (drums)
Executive Producer: Daniel Sheehy and John Smith, Producer: Charlie Parr, Liz Draper and Erik Koskinen, Co-producer: Kate Harrington, Liner Notes: Abraham Smith, Designer: Matthew Curry, Photographer: Ivy Vainio and Shelly Mosman, Enginer: Huntley Miller, Erik Koskinen and Tom Herbers
[Notes]
Charlie Parr’s newest album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, is a collection of powerful new songs about how one looks back on a life lived, as well as forward on what’s still to come. Its spare production foregrounds Parr's poetic lyricism, his expressive, gritty voice ringing clear over deft acoustic guitar playing that references folk and blues motifs in Parr's own exploratory, idiosyncratic style.