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Thread #167399   Message #4066154
Posted By: cnd
27-Jul-20 - 02:24 PM
Thread Name: Joe Bethancourt: Who Fears the Devil Req
Subject: RE: Joe Bethancourt: Who Fears the Devil Req
I just received the 2004 CD in the mail this afternoon. Much of the information from the physical CD can be found fairly easily online, but being able to listen to the tunes and confirming some of my stabs at song recordings from the Manly Wade Wellman thread (link) are actually correct.

Some other interesting details about the album:

 - Bethancourt intentionally recorded the album to have a "field recording" feeling, so not all of the songs are super clean and polished. This is more noticeable on some recordings than others; for example, Mole In the Ground clearly has a thinness to the recording quality and has a jokingly ad libbed "quick Luke, think up another one. Here comes that Lomax fellow again" quietly in the recording

 - Bethancourt used old and authentic instruments on all his albums; this was no exception. The recordings featured a hand-made fretless banjo, a Whyte Lady #2 Banjo (a traditional open-backed banjo), and a Martin New Yorker guitar strung with real silver strings

 - The album features the following artists:
 Joe Bethancourt: vocals, guitar(s), banjo(s), mandolin, harmonica, etc.
 Austin Brooks: fiddle
 Cher Bethancourt: vocals
 Sharon Bradford: vocals
 Coleen Parker: vocals
 Lora Trimble: vocals

I will be making relevant corrections to the other thread as well.