American Patchwork

Personnel: Anders Osborne (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, percussion); Pepper Keenan (guitar, percussion, background vocals); Robert Walter (piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboard bass); Stanton Moore (drums).Audio Mixers: Warren Riker; Ben Mumphrey.Recording information: Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, LA (2009).Photographer: Jerry Moran.Anders Osborne has two distinct musical personalities: one is a blistering, unhinged slide guitar bluesman inextricably linked to his adopted home of New Orleans; the other is a literate, poignant singer/songwriter. He has only balanced them once before, on 2001's brilliant Ash Wednesday Blues. The rest of his records, fine as they are, have leaned more heavily on one side or the other. American Patchwork, Osborne's debut for Alligator, finds that balance again, but goes deeper, wider. His songwriting has reached an entirely new skill level, no matter the manner -- or volume -- he chooses to display it. Produced by Stanton Moo