ALEX SHOUMATOFF — SUITCASE
ON THE LOOSE
No commercial release - Internet only
original availability date: April
2008
The Blind Wandering Prophet of Old
3:43
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & accordion
Jorn Reissner: acoustic guitar
Chaim Tannenbaum: backing vocal & harmonica
Michael Jerome Browne: backing vocal
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & accordion
Jorn Reissner: acoustic guitar
Chaim Tannenbaum: backing vocal & harmonica
Michael Jerome Browne: backing vocal
What's the Drill?
3:52
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Kate McGarrigle: acoustic guitar
Slava Egorov: pennywhistle
Chaim Tannenbaum: mandolin
Michael Jerome Browne: violin
Brad Albetta; double bass
Kate McGarrigle: acoustic guitar
Slava Egorov: pennywhistle
Chaim Tannenbaum: mandolin
Michael Jerome Browne: violin
Brad Albetta; double bass
Pennsylvania Turnpike Blues
2:51
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Michael Jerome Browne: 12-string guitar
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Michael Jerome Browne: 12-string guitar
It's Only Flesh
4:42
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Joel Zifkin: violin
John Rudel String: percussion
Michael Jerome Browne: acoustic guitar & Montreal neo-swing guitar
Brad Albetta; bass
Kate McGarrigle: piano
Joel Zifkin: violin
John Rudel String: percussion
Michael Jerome Browne: acoustic guitar & Montreal neo-swing guitar
Brad Albetta; bass
Forest Woman
5:26
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal
Slava Egorov: big drum, ocarina & bamboo flutes
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Michael Jerome Browne: violin, banjo & 12-string guitar
Brad Albetta; backing vocal & double bass
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal
Slava Egorov: big drum, ocarina & bamboo flutes
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Michael Jerome Browne: violin, banjo & 12-string guitar
Brad Albetta; backing vocal & double bass
One Morning Soon
4:26
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal, backing vocal & electric
guitar
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal, acoustic guitar & banjo
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Slava Egorov: backing vocal, rama & percussion
Jorn Reissner: acoustic guitar
Michael Jerome Browne: violin & fretless gourd banjo
Fantamady Kouyate: electric guitar
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal, acoustic guitar & banjo
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Slava Egorov: backing vocal, rama & percussion
Jorn Reissner: acoustic guitar
Michael Jerome Browne: violin & fretless gourd banjo
Fantamady Kouyate: electric guitar
Looking for a Place
2:33
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal, guitjo & whistling
Kate McGarrigle: vocal "Buffalo Gal"
Slava Egorov: vocal "Who's Afraid Of the Big Bad Wolf" [in Russian]
Kate McGarrigle: vocal "Buffalo Gal"
Slava Egorov: vocal "Who's Afraid Of the Big Bad Wolf" [in Russian]
Too Much
4:40
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal, guitjo & acoustic
guitar
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & piano
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Joel Zifkin: violin
Slava Egorov: acoustic guitar
Jody Golick: saxophone
Michel Pépin: electric guitar
John Rudel: percussion
Kate McGarrigle: backing vocal & piano
Anna McGarrigle: backing vocal
Martha Wainwright: backing vocal
Lily Lanken: backing vocal
Joel Zifkin: violin
Slava Egorov: acoustic guitar
Jody Golick: saxophone
Michel Pépin: electric guitar
John Rudel: percussion
Suitcase On the Loose
4:04
Alex Shoumatoff: lead vocal & acoustic guitar
Kate McGarrigle: piano & organ
Joel Zifkin: violin
Brad Albetta: bass
John Rudel: percussion
Kate McGarrigle: piano & organ
Joel Zifkin: violin
Brad Albetta: bass
John Rudel: percussion
recorded at: Kate
McGarrigle residence, Querbes Avenue, Montréal, QC
produced by: Kate McGarrigle
engineered by: Slava Egorov, Brad Albetta, Pierre Marchand & Borza Ghomeshi
mixed by:
date: Summer, 2007
produced by: Kate McGarrigle
engineered by: Slava Egorov, Brad Albetta, Pierre Marchand & Borza Ghomeshi
mixed by:
date: Summer, 2007
Although not commercially available the complete album
can be heard at Alex Shoumatoff's website. It runs to 10 songs but one of them,
track 9, "The Stream of Life," has no McGarrigle contribution and is therefore
not listed here.