Liner Notes – Beautiful Mess
Track Listing:
1. Girl Meets God
2. Turn Around
3. Lost in Translation
4. Citizen’s Band
5. True Blue
6. Gone, Gone, Gone
7. Yer Mine
8. It’s Time
9. Waste a Goodbye
10. Not Alone
11. Breaking in Two
12. Just Might Cry
13. Please Don’t Go
Produced by Bill McGarvey
Co-Produced & mixed by Gary Solomon
Recorded in the kitchen, mixed in the living room.
All Songs Written by Bill McGarvey
© 2006 Good Thief Music, BMI
Tracks 4, 9 McGarvey/Dima
© 2006 Billy Liar Music, BMI.
Track 3 McGarvey/Broulliet
© 2006 Good Thief Music, BMI
BMcG: Vocals, Cocktail Drums (3, 8, 9),
Percussion, Guitars, Banjo, Mando Guitar,
Mandolin, Harmonica
The Good Thieves:
Jason Loughlin: Guitars, Yamaha CP70, Lap Steel, Bass
Stephen Hund: Drums (11, 13), Backing Vocals
Mike Tichy: Guitars, Wurlitzer, Backing Vox, Bass
Kimberly Nordling-Curtin: Flute, Backing Vox, Violin
with...
Tony Leone: Drums (1, 2, 5-7, 12)
Byron Isaacs: Bass (1, 2, 5-8, 11, 12)
Amy Helm: Duet Vocals on “True Blue”
Jon Graboff: Pedal Steel (13)
Andy Burton: Piano (4, 12, 13),
Organ (6, 8, 12, 13), Wurlitzer (6)
Eric dePicciotto: Guitar (1-3, 8)
Thomas Novembre: Tremolo Guitar (7)
Deena Shoshkes: Backing Vox (1, 3, 7)
Marianne Osiel: Backing Vox (9)
Kirsten Thien: Backing Vox (13)
Erik Lawrence: Saxaphone (6, 11)
Steve Bernstein: Trumpet (6, 11)
Gary Solomon: Bass (13), Wurlitzer (4)
The Obsessive-Compulsive, Irish-Catholic Chorus: B Vox [9]
Featuring:
Barbara & Bill McGarvey, Robert McDonald,
Kara McDonald, Kiersten McDonald,
Patty McGarvey-Knebels, Kate Knebels,
Blaise Knebels
Dog voices provided by Bailey and Lucy--
actual dogs who were not harmed in any way
during the making of this record
(unless overfeeding is considered a crime).
Nanuet High School Band
[on Solomon's Lament prior to track 11]
Arranged and Conducted by Michael Minard
Produced by Gary Solomon
Featuring:
Jon Roth-Trombone
Jon Weinman-Trombone
John Sweet-Trumpet
James Cha-Clarinet
Mark Skaba-Baritone
Joshua Burger-Bass Drum
BMcG-Snare Drum
"Breaking in Two" [11] is based in part on Ellen O'Grady's
© 2006 Bill McGarvey
www.billmcgarvey.com
billmcgarvey@yahoo.com
201-659-6545
Box 764, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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