Track List
- 1. Sympathy For The Devil
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written by Mick Jagger-Keith Richards
RLJ: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocal, background vocals
Ben Harper: congas, shakers, hammond b3 organ, electric guitar
Jason Yates: pump organ
DJ Bonebrake: vibes - 2. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
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written by Neil Young
RLJ: electric guitar, vocal, background vocals
Ben Harper: acoustic guitars, steel guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
Sheldon Gomberg: upright bass
Chris Joyner: hammond b3 organ
Jesse Ingalls: piano - 3. Masterpiece
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written by Ben Harper
RLJ: vocal
Ben Harper: acoustic guitar, vibes
Sheldon Gomberg: upright bass, arco bass - 4. The Weight
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written by Robbie Robertson
RLJ: piano, vocal - 5. St. James Infirmary
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RLJ: acoustic guitar, vocal
Ben Harper: drums
Sheldon Gomberg: upright bass
Jamie Elman: piano - 6. comfort you
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written by Van Morrison
RLJ: acoustic guitar, vocal
Sheldon Gomberg: upright bass
Larry Goldings: hammond b3 organ, piano - 7. Reason To Believe
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written by Tim Hardin
RLJ: 12 string acoustic guitar, vocal
Ben Harper: national lap steel guitar
David Lindley: violin - 8. Play With Fire
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written by Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - William Wyman - Robert Charles Watts - Brian Jones
RLJ: acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocal, vocal
Ben Harper: electric bass, lap steel guitar, percussion, background vocals - 9. Seems Like A Long Time
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written by Theodore Anderson
RLJ: acoustic guitar, vocal
Ben Harper: background vocals
Sheldon Gomberg: upright bass
Jason Yates: hammond b3 organ - 10. Catch The Wind
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written by Donovan Leitch
RLJ: acoustic guitar, vocal
Ben Harper: acoustic guitar
Sheldon Gomberg: upright bass
Larry Goldings: piano
released: September 18, 2012
Produced by Ben Harper
My thanks to Sheldon. Thank you for calling Ben. And all the musicians you called. And for coming to the studio every time I wanted to work. Your respect and thoughtfulness made me come over, but your engineering made me stay. You are truely old school my friend, doing whatever needs to be done to make the project whole.
Gratitude and affection to Ben Harper, who says I am his twin. twin, it has been a blessing for me, this spring, with you and Sheldon. sometimes you dont realize how beautiful you are until you see yourself reflected in the eyes of someone who sees how beautiful you are. And I think thats what this work has been like for me. I saw glimpses of color and shape sparking from you as you listened to me, and you reminded me to get out of myself and to honor and lift the spirit. comfort you, we all wept as we listened. the parched streets and the sweet smell of rain. the soft night, meeting the tired day and, one courageous, one kind, this light happens that make all the hours of the day worthwhile. a music and then i looked at you, and maybe i was the only one weeping. So carefully, now, and with love, Rickie Lee.
Dedicated to my daughter, and sent out to my friends, Kim, Susan, and villy wang. love you girls. dont ever change.
Rickie Lee Jones
""Rickie Lee Jones has made a career out of surprising people. She takes on these iconic tracks fearlessly and never disappoints." -- NPR
"Her skeletal "Sympathy for the Devil," with a barely there guitar line, is a model of spooky minimalism... "The Devil You Know" is exceedingly pretty." -- Los Angeles Times
"[The Devil You Know] draws its power from the subtle expressionism of Jones’ voice... a discreet, quietly rapturous record." -- UNCUT - Best of the Month
"Jones gives songs we know well radically raw and splintered makeovers." -- New York Daily News
"Sympathy for the Devil"…is turned into a seriously chilling piece of witchy hocus-pocus." -- Q Magazine
"Four stars... Spooky retellings of rock history’s riches…Jones should be applauded for bringing to the fore the disturbing voices that were always there, buried deep in the originals." -- Record Collector