A Small Good Thing
Studio album by Bocephus King
Released
1998
Recorded
Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota/Beatty Lane Studios Vancouver, BC, Canada
Genre
Indie
Label
New West Records.
Producer
Bocephus King.
Bocephus King chronology
A Small Good Thing
The Blue Sickness
A Small Good Thing,
A Small Good Thing, Bocephus King's second album was released by New West Records in 1998. The album was marketed as country.,
Sure, argues Perry, there's a smattering of that within A Small Good Thing, but not enough to ghettoize him within that one genre. "It got great reviews," says Perry, "but it got stuffed into places it didn't belong. People are going, "This isn't f-ing country!" The situation was exacerbated in Canada, where the CD "spent most of its life in warehouses." The light at the end of the tunnel appeared at SXSW in the form of an editor from Buscadero, a popular Italian music magazine. Unbeknownst to Perry, the editor was bowled over, and he then returned to Italy with a mission: to inform Europe of the genius of Bocephus King. Perry didn't know what was brewing when he was later interviewed for Buscadero, nor when a European promoter called and booked a tour for him. After apprehensively walking onto a stage in Italy and finding that the crowd knew the words to all his songs, it dawned on him: Bocephus King had quietly become huge in Europe. "We did one big outdoor concert where I thought we were part of a huge festival," says Perry, "and it was just us."
Calgary Straight 2001 Article by Rick Overwater
Artist Information and Track Listing edit:
A Small Good Thing,
1998 New West Records
Bocephus King: Vocals, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, electric guitar, percussion, tympany.
The Rigalattos edit:
Dan Parry: Drums, percussion, b.g's.,
Darren Paris: Bass, b.g's.,
Doug Fujisawa: Piano, organ, b.g's.,
Paul Rigby: Electric guitar, mandolin, gut string, b.g's.
Additional musicians edit:
Dave Staniforth: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synther.,
Craig Ducommun: piano, organ, synther, harmonica.,
Jesse Zubot: violin, mandolin.,
Steve Dawson: weissenborn, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, electric guitar, slide, pedalsteel.,
Brent Sigmeth: b.g's.,
Elliot Polsky: percussion.,
Doug Schmidt: Accordion.,
Joyita Rubin: cello.,
Jed Luhmann: chimes, marimba.,
Lori Williams: background vocals.,
Kristin Mooney: background vocals.,
Jane Sawyer: background vocals.
Track listing edit:
What am I doing here?,
A small good thing,
The haunting of a New York moon,
Blues for Buddy Bolden,
Hours before light,
Ruby,
Nowhere at all,
I'll die in mine,
Think about you,
Tired of waiting,
Heart like yours,
Land of plenty
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