Mo Beauty
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Mo Beauty is the debut album by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
frontman Alec Ounsworth
. It was released October 20, 2009, on Anti- Records. In August 2009, Ounsworth released Skin and Bones
as Flashy Python.
The title is the name of shop in the Treme
section of New Orleans, a photograph of which is on the album cover.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their debut album, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, was self-released in 2005.-History:...
frontman Alec Ounsworth
Alec Ounsworth
Alec Ounsworth is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and frontman of indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. He is also a member of The Pelican Picnic and Flashy Python...
. It was released October 20, 2009, on Anti- Records. In August 2009, Ounsworth released Skin and Bones
Skin and Bones (Flashy Python album)
Skin and Bones is the debut album by Flashy Python. It appeared without any pre-release press on the band's official website, from where it is available for streaming, high-quality mp3 download, and purchase in physical form on CD or Vinyl.-Track listing:...
as Flashy Python.
The title is the name of shop in the Treme
Treme
Tremé is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are Esplanade Avenue to the north, North Rampart Street to the east, St. Louis Street to the south and North Broad Street to the west...
section of New Orleans, a photograph of which is on the album cover.
Track listing
- "Modern Girl (...With Scissors)"
- "Bones in the Grave"
- "Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (Song for New Orleans)"
- "That Is Not My Home (After Bruegel)"
- "Idiots in the Rain"
- "South Philadelphia (Drug Days)"
- "What Fun."
- "Me and You, Watson"
- "Obscene Queen Bee #2"
- "When You've No Eyes"
- "Dr. So and So" (iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
only Bonus Track) - "Big Microscope" (iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
only Bonus Track) - "Dim Wit Road" (iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
only Bonus Track)
Personnel
- Alec OunsworthAlec OunsworthAlec Ounsworth is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and frontman of indie rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. He is also a member of The Pelican Picnic and Flashy Python...
- Vocals, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - George Porter, Jr.George Porter, Jr.George Porter, Jr. is a musician best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters. Along with Art Neville, Porter formed the group in the mid 60's and came to be recognized as one of the progenitors of funk. The Meters disbanded in 1977, but reformed in 1989...
- Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Stanton MooreStanton MooreStanton Moore is a drummer raised in Metairie, Louisiana. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career and recorded with bands as diverse as jazz-funk keyboardist Robert Walter and heavy metal act Corrosion of Conformity...
– Drums - Robert WalterRobert Walter (musician)Robert Walter is a keyboard player specializing in instrumental soul jazz on the Hammond B3 organ. He is a founding memberof The Greyboy Allstars, and has since led his own band Robert Walter's 20th Congress.-Biography:...
– KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Matt Sutton – Baritone and Pedal Steel Guitars
- Steve BerlinSteve BerlinSteve Berlin is an American saxophonist, keyboardist and record producer, best known as a member of the rock group Los Lobos and, before that, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, The Blasters, and The Flesh Eaters...
- Producer - Mark Mullins, Craig Klein, Greg HicksGreg HicksGreg Hicks is an English actor. He completed theatrical training at Rose Bruford College and has been a member of The Royal Shakespeare Company since 1976...
, Washboard Chaz, Shannon PowellShannon Powell”The King of Treme” Shannon Powell is an American jazz and New Orleans jazz virtuoso drummer. He has toured internationally and played with Ellis Marsalis, Danny Barker, Willie Metcalf Jr., Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Diana Krall, Earl King, Dr...
, John Boute, Al "Carnival Time" JohnsonAl "Carnival Time" JohnsonAl "Carnival Time" Johnson is an American singer and piano player best known for the Mardi Gras song "Carnival Time".- Early life and career :...
, and Meschiya Lake. - Various Instrumentation