The Civil Wars (2013)

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The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars
Sensibility Recordings/Columbia
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The One That Got Away

I Had Me A Girl

Same Old Same Old

Dust To Dust

Eavesdrop

Devil’s Backbone

From This Valley

Tell Mama

Oh Henry

Disarm

Sacred Heart

D’Arline
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The One That Got Away
Written by Joy Williams, John Paul White and Charlie Peacock
© 2012 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI)/Patron And Profit Publishing (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Charlie Peacock: Fender Rhodes, Linn Drum, & Ambient Treatment
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin
Jerry Douglas: Dobro
Mark Hill: Bass
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Pedal Steel Effects
Aaron Sterling: Drums
Instrumental arrangement by Charlie Peacock

I Had Me a Girl
Written by Joy Williams and John Paul White
© 2011 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
Dan Dugmore: Lap Steel
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Charlie Peacock: Drums
Sam Ashworth: Tambourine & Tom Toms
Instrumental arrangement by Charlie Peacock
The Civil Wars’ performance: Produced by Rick Rubin
Engineered by Greg Fidelman
Assisted by Sara Lyn Killion
Additional Engineering by Eric Lynn
Recorded at Shangri La Studios (Malibu CA)
Instrumentation and mix: Produced by Charlie Peacock
Engineered by Richie Biggs and Charlie Peacock at The Art House (Nashville, TN)
Additional Engineering and Assistance by Sam Ashworth & James Sweeting

Same Old Same Old
Written by Joy Williams and John Paul White
© 2011 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin & Fiddle
Jerry Douglas: Dobro
Mark Hill: Bass
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Pedal Steel
Charlie Peacock: Ambient Piano
Aaron Sterling: Bass Drum & Cymbals

Dust to Dust
Written by Joy Williams and John Paul White
© 2011 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Charlie Peacock: Piano, Bass & Keyboards
Gabe Scott: Hammer Dulcimer
Jeff Taylor: Harmonium
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Pedal Steel
James Sweeting: Tiny Loop
Aaron Sterling: Drums

Eavesdrop
Written by Joy Williams, John Paul White and Charlie Peacock
© 2011 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI)/Patron And Profit Publishing (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
Mark Hill: Bass
Gabe Scott: Hammer Dulcimer
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Aaron Sterling: Drums
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin & Fiddle

Devil’s Backbone
Written by Joy Williams, John Paul White and Charlie Peacock
© 2011 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI)/Patron And Profit Publishing (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Charlie Peacock: Piano, Bass, & Ambient Treatment
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Lap Steel
Aaron Sterling: Drums

From This Valley
Written by Joy Williams, John Paul White and Phil Madeira
© 2010 Sensibility Songs, admin. by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI)/Nashville Minute (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin & Fiddle
Barry Bales: Acoustic Bass
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Pedal Steel
Aaron Sterling: Drums

Tell Mama
Written by Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell
© 1966 Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI)

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal & Acoustic Guitars
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin
Barry Bales: Acoustic Bass
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Pedal Steel
Original Track Engineered by Don Srygley at FAME (Muscle Shoals, AL)
Vocals and Overdubs Engineered by Richie Biggs and Charlie Peacock

Oh Henry
Written by Joy Williams and John Paul White
© 2011 Sensibility Songs, admin. by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin & Fiddle
Barry Bales: Acoustic Bass
Charlie Peacock: Keyboard Bass
Jeff Taylor: Accordion
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars
Dan Dugmore: Lap Steel
Aaron Sterling: Kick Drum

Disarm
Written by Billy Corgan
© 1992 Cinderful Music (BMI)

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Andy Leftwich: Mandolin & Fiddle
Mark Hill: Bass
Jerry McPherson: Electric Guitars

Sacred Heart
Written by Joy Williams and John Paul White
© 2011 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal & Acoustic Guitars
Charlie Peacock: Ambient Treatment
Andy Leftwich: Fiddle
Jeff Taylor: Pump Organ & Piano
Renata Pepper: Language Translation Assistant
Becky Peterson: Language Pronunciation Assistant

D’Arline
Written by Joy Williams and John Paul White
© 2012 Here’s To Me Music, admin. by Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/Shiny Happy Music, admin. by BMG Rights Management LLC (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Joy Williams: Vocal
John Paul White: Vocal & Acoustic Guitar
Crow Family Calling: Edgar, Allan, & Poe
Restored by Richie Biggs and Charlie Peacock
Recorded at Joy’s Screened-In Porch, Live on an iPhone 4S
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Performed by The Civil Wars
Produced by Charlie Peacock, except “I Had Me a Girl,” The Civil Wars’ performance produced by Rick Rubin
Instrumentation and mix produced by Charlie Peacock

Executive Producer: Nate Yetton

All tracks Engineered by Richie Biggs & Charlie Peacock at The Art House (Nashville, TN)
Additional Engineering and Assistance by Sam Ashworth & James Sweeting
...except “I Had Me a Girl,” Engineered by Greg Fidelman at Shangri-La Studios (Malibu, CA)
Assisted by Sara Lyn Killion
Additional Engineering by Eric Lynn

All songs Mixed by Tom Elmhirst at Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY)
Mix Assistant & Pro Tools Op: Ben Baptie
Mix Assistant: Joe Visciano
...except “Tell Mama” and “Sacred Heart,” Mixed by Richie Biggs
Hospitality by Andi Ashworth
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios (Portland, ME)
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Joy Thanks

Nate Yetton, Miles Alexander Yetton, Travis Yetton, Mike Couse, sensibility music, Charlie Peacock, Andi Ashworth, The Williams family, The Yetton family, Adele, Annie Clark, Connie Britton, Taylor Swift, Alison Sudol, Allan Heinberg, Kathryn & Chris York, Meg & Shawn Blackney, Brie Stoner, Alayna Max, Audra Maxwell, Krista Koleas, RB Walker, Evan Barbee, Rick Rubin, T Bone Burnett, Katie Moore, Kaitlyn Garrand, Carla Sacks, Asha Goodman, Sacks & Co., Frank & Lore riley, High Road Touring, David Wykoff, John Strohm, Mark Slagle, Allister Ann, Clay Hunt, Jason Hecht, Travis Bing, Taylor Nyquist, Linda Shepherd, Kurt Vitolo, Shawn Fowler, Columbia Records and all of our Sony family, Rob Stringer, Doug Morris, Ashley Newton, Mark Williams, Joel Klaiman, Greg Linn, Lisa Sonkin, Betsy Whitney, Christian Schraga, Benny Tarantini, Lee Stimmel, Bryan Younce, Saul Levitz, Gina Rahon, Nick Gatfield, Alison Donald, Mark Terry Ollie Hodge, Ian Dutt, Pete Black, Mark Collen, Edgar Berger, Dennis Lavinthal, Lenny Beer, Todd Hensley, Karen Glauber, Mark Pearson, HITS, Joel Katz, Jess Rosen, Guy Moort, Daniel Lloyd-Jones, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Marty Bandier, Jody Gerson, Jennifer Knoepfle, Danny Strick, Brian Monaco, John Campanelli, William Rice, Anna Meacham, Emma Philpot, Mike Byrne, Rich Perry, Rob Challice, Lori Kampa, Meg MacDonald, Rene Magallon, Michael Ehrenberg, Paul Brown, Lynn Grossman, Michele Wernick, Daniel Higbee, Larry Jenkins, Callie Khouri, Damon Marzano, Burno Ybarra, Michael Tarlowe, Rick Krim, Leslie Fram & Lanny West, Barbera Libis, Chris Talbott, Rita Houston, Norm Winer, Thorn, Jason Bentley, Ariana Morgenstern, Bob Boilen, Ann Powers, Neil Portnow, Susan Stewart, Nancy Shapiro, Barb Dehgan, Eddie Owen, Scott Register, Sarah Lowe, Aubrey Hyde, Becky Peterson, Renata Pepper, Kent Wolfenbarger, Tom Elmhirst, Richie Biggs, Sam Ashworth, James Sweeting, Shure Microphones, Greg Fidelman, Sara Lyn Killion, Eric Lynn, Ben Baptie, Joe Visciano, Andy Leftwich, Jerry Douglas, Mark Hill, Jerry McPherson, Dan Dugmore, Aaron Sterling, Barry Bales, Odessa Rose Jorgensen, Gabe Scott, Jeff Taylor, Phil Madeira, and Billy Corgan.

To all of our fans; You have inspired me over the years, and you continue to. Thankful for each and every one of you.
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John Paul Thanks

This is for the only thing that has every really mattered, although I sometimes lost sight of it (figuratively and literally)--my family. Jacob, John Paul, Jack, Juliana--you couldn’t be loved more. And most of all to my wife, Jenny--I’ll never be half th eperson you are, but I’ll die trying.

Along the way, I’ll love you with all I have.

Thanks to Charlie Peacock, Andi Ashworth, Sam Ashworth, Richie Biggs; Nate and Travis Yetton and mike Couse at Sensibility; Jason Hecht, Taylor Nyquist, Clay Hunt, Travis Bing, and Allister Ann; Katie Moore; Frank Riley and High Road Turing; Carla Sacks, Asha Goodman and Sacks and Co.; Shawn Fowler at ToneTree and all at Super D; Todd Hensley, Karen Glauber, Lenny Beer and Mark Pearson at HITS; Lori Kampa; Reid HUnter and David Gold; John Strohm; Kurt Vitolo; Greg Luken; Purple PR; Darrell Franklin, Laurent Hubert and BMG Rights; BMI; Columbia Records; Daniel Higbee, Michelle Wernick and Secret Road; Bob Moczydlowsky and opspin; Noisetrade; Ryan Smith and Shure; Elixir Strings; John Chandler at Pedaltrain; Phil Gallo; Chris Talbott; Scott Boilen and NPR; Anne Powers; Rita Houston; Bob Harris and Dermot O’Leary; Russ Corey; Damon Marzano, Bruno Ybarra and iTunes; Michael Tarlowe, Jill Zitnick and Amazon; Eddie Owen and Linda and Rodney Hall at Fame; Walt Aldridge, Janna Malone, Bob Garfrerick and UNA; the communities of St. Joseph in Florence, AL and Sacred Heart in Loretto, TN; Tyler Young; Billy and Jeanne Reid, K.P. and Katy McNeill, Sarah Trapp, Shelley Colvin, and all the family at Billy Reid...
And with much love to my parents--Mac and Mary White, to Wade and Debi Blass, and to my brothers, Billy and Tony, and my sister, Amanda. Love y’all dearly.

Produced by Charlie Peacock
The Civil Wars’ performance produced by Rick Rubin
Instrumentation and mix produced by Charlie Peacock
Executive Producer: Nate Yetton

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A&R: Nate Yetton
A&R Admin: Travis Yetton & Mike Couse
Management: sensibility management
Publicity: Sacks & Co. (US) and Purple PR (UK)
Legal: J. David Wykoff, Esq.; Joel Katz & Jess Rosen, Greenberg Traurig; John P. Strohm, Loeb & Loeb

Art Direction & Design: Katie Morre | thisnotthisdesign.com
Cover image photo credit: Pom Tawan
Recording Gear: Shure Microphones, Elixir Stringsm, Dangerous Audio, Presonus, and McDSP