The Angel's Message To Me is the first studio album collaboration by Chris Brokaw

Chris Brokaw

Chris Brokaw is an American musician, mostly known for his work with the bands Come and Codeine.While studying at Oberlin College, Brokaw met many people who became figures on the American indie rock scene of the 1990s, among them Stephen Immerwahr, who formed Codeine with Brokaw, as well as...

 and Geoff Farina as a duo. It was released on Damnably

Damnably (UK Label)

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 in the UK on March 18, 2010, and on Capitan in the US on May 6, 2010. The album is a collection of covers of pre-WWII North American blues, folk and ragtime classics by the likes of Reverend Gary Davis

Reverend Gary Davis

Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, was an American blues and gospel singer and guitarist, who was also proficient on the banjo and harmonica...

, Blind Blake

Blind Blake

"Blind" Blake was an American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist.-Biography:...

, The Kentucky Ramblers, and Leroy Carr

Leroy Carr

Leroy Carr was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. He first became famous for "How Long, How Long Blues" on Vocalion Records in 1928.-Life and...

.

Track listing

1. "The Angel's Message To Me"
2. "Ginseng Blues"
3. "Guitar Chimes"
4. "Oh Death"
5. "Sitting On Top Of The World"
6. "St. James Infirmary Blues
7. "Stagger Lee"
8. "Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
9. "Never Happen No More"
10. "Trouble In Mind"

External links

• Chris Brokaw official site
• Geoff Farina official site
• Damnably.com