Hitmakers, Vol. 1, by Matt Hudgins & His Shit-Hot Country Band

Hitmakers, Vol. 1

by Matt Hudgins & His Shit-Hot Country Band

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1.	Going Home 03:32	buy track
2.	Ballad of the Old Timer 02:45	buy track
3.	The Hitmaker 03:26	buy track
4.	Poor, Poor Hudge (Fuckup II) 03:31	buy track
5.	Hard-Headed Fool 04:23	buy track
6.	The Legend of Danny Boy 04:08	buy track
7.	Lady In Waiting 03:40	buy track
8.	The Aging Drunkard's Lament 02:40	buy track
9.	On Hell's Burning Shore 03:32	buy track
10.	Slow Down Little Train 04:30	buy track

about

Almost every sound heard on this album was recorded live over two days at the Caledonia Lounge in Athens, Georgia. A few overdubs happened at Chase Park Transduction Studio B after the fact, but all efforts were made to keep the sound of the record true to the way we actually sound as a band.

It was mastered and intended to be heard as two sides of a long-playing vinyl album. For now it is available exclusively as a digital download.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our HickStarter campaign to help fund this record, and the few uncredited "Executive Producers" who wished to remain anonymous. Additional special thanks go out to Drew Vandenberg and Chase Park Transduction, Bryant and the Caledonia Lounge, Flicker, Farm 255, Daniel Peiken, Michelle Gilzenrat, Gordon Lamb, Sloan Simpson, Bob Sleppy and Nuci’s Space, and the good folks of the two Athenses: Athens, Georgia and Xalapa, Veracruz. Go Braves. Go Falcons. Go Chileros. Go Dawgs.

credits

released September 20, 2011

All songs recorded, engineered and mixed by Drew Vandenberg for Chase Park Transduction.

Mastered by Kyle Spence.

Album art by Graham Shirley.

The Shit-Hot Country Band is:
Scott Baxendale - guitar
BJ Bracewell - guitar, vocals
Cole Causey - fiddle, vocals
Jeff Griggs - drums
Matt Hudgins - vocals, guitar
TJ Machado - bass
Erskine McDonald - guitar, vocals
Paul McHugh - keys, vocals
Joe McMullen - trombone, percussion, McMullophone
Thayer Sarrano - pedal steel

Featuring:
Claire Campbell - vocals on "Lady in Waiting."

Matt Stoessel - pedal steel on "Hard-Headed Fool," "The Aging Drunkard's Lament," and "Slow Down, Little Train."
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about

Matt Hudgins Marietta, Georgia

Visionary genius luminary mastermind of the Shit-Hot Country Band, The Sky Children, Tetchy Seisakujo, Hopalong Hudge and his Buckskin Buddies; co-owner of Superfluous Umlaut Records and New Songs of the Old West Publishing.