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Clayton Ballard : Civilized Villains
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The depressed folk ghost of Nick Drake meets the swampy Tom Waits for breakfast and then eats him.
Genre: Folk: Folk Blues
Release Date: 2009
Civilized Villains
Clayton Ballard
Record Label: Slowtown Records
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Present for the President 3:10 + MP3 $0.99
2. Lone Tree (The Legend Of) 3:14 + MP3 $0.99
3. Ghost of Mae West 3:31 + MP3 $0.99
4. John the Revelator 2:46 + MP3 $0.99
5. What Martyrs Leave Behind 2:42 + MP3 $0.99
6. Mr. Gein 2:50 + MP3 $0.99
7. Samson 2:18 + MP3 $0.99
8. Ring Finger 2:39 + MP3 $0.99
9. Herb Moly 3:40 + MP3 $0.99
10. Pay the Piper 3:09 + MP3 $0.99
11. This Place Is a Prison 3:18 + MP3 $0.99
12. I Rain Animal Tea 4:54 + MP3 $0.99
13. Killer On the Railroad Track 5:23 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Clayton Ballard uses bluegrass instrumentation and combines it with lyrics on the darker side of things. The murder ballads are cast in front of a ghostly folk setting. It's not for the weak at heart.

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Invigorating
author: Danielle
                            
Its been years since I have heard and album with so much depth, ingenuity, and grace curl up with a bottle of wine next to the cabin fire and absorb the greatness that is "Civilized Villains"
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