Slingshot Professionals
Studio album by
Kelly Joe Phelps
ReleasedMarch 11, 2003
RecordedPhase 1 Studios in Toronto, Canada
The Factory in Vancouver, British Columbia
Flora in Seattle, WA
GenreBlues, Americana, folk
Length51:47
LabelRykodisc
ProducerLee Townsend
Kelly Joe Phelps chronology
Beggar's Oil
(2002)		 Slingshot Professionals
(2003)		 Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind
(2005)

Slingshot Professionals is an album by American blues singer and guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps, released in 2003.

History

Slingshot Professionals was Phelps' first album with producer Lee Townsend. Phelps is joined by guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Keith Lowe on two tracks: "Not So Far to Go" and "Cardboard Box of Batteries," and the rest of the album features bassist Andrew Downing, as well as fiddler Jesse Zubot and guitarist Steve Dawson. Petra Haden (daughter of jazz musician Charlie Haden) whose album Townsend was producing at the time, harmonizes on one song.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Uncut[3]

Music critic Mark Allan wrote in his Allmusic review the album was "well worth a listen"[2] The UK magazine Uncut wrote "The transformation from revivalist bluesman to contemporary singer-songwriter, which began on 1999's Shine Eyed Mister Zen, continues apace on his fifth album. His songs are now mini stories, sans verse-chorus-bridge restraints, populated by seekers of truth and peddlers of dreams."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly Joe Phelps.

  1. "Jericho" – 6:29
  2. "Window Grin" – 3:50
  3. "Slingshot Professionals" – 5:07
  4. "Not So Far to Go" – 5:16
  5. "It's James Now" – 4:22
  6. "Waiting for Marty" – 5:05
  7. "Knock Louder" – 4:24
  8. "Cardboard Box of Batteries" – 5:18
  9. "Circle Wars" – 7:05
  10. "Rusting Gate" – 4:51

Personnel

Production notes:

  • Produced by Lee Townsend.
  • Engineered by Tucker Martine and Shawn Pierce.
  • Edited and mixed by Shawn Pierce
  • Assistant engineers - Sheldon Zaharko and Greg Kolchinsky
  • Mastered by Greg Calbi
  • Design by Chris Pew

References

  1. ↑ Goodman, Frank. "Interview with Kelly Joe Phelps". Puremusic. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Allan, Mark. "Slingshot Professionals > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Slingshot Professionals > Review". Uncut. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
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