Shemekia Copeland

America's Child [CD]

Shemekia stakes her claim as a riveting Americana singer of striking authenticity on this album produced by genre champion Will Kimbrough. Eight new songs from Mary Gauthier, Kimbrough and more, plus brilliant versions of John Prine’s “Great Rain” (a duet with Prine), The Kinks’ “I’m Not Like Everybody Else,” Johnny Copeland’s “Promised Myself” and the traditional ballad “Go To Sleepy Little Baby.” Rhiannon Giddens, Steve Cropper, Emmylou Harris and more guest. Copeland is a powerhouse, a superstar…she can do no wrong –Rolling Stone

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1.	Ain’t Got Time for Hate	4:23
2.	Americans	3:53
3.	Would You Take My Blood?	3:49
4.	Great Rain	4:49
5.	Smoked Ham And Peaches	4:37
6.	The Wrong Idea	4:07
7.	Promised Myself	5:28
8.	In The Blood Of The Blues	4:54
9.	Such A Pretty Flame	4:37
10.	One I Love	2:56
11.	I’m Not Like Everybody Else	4:19
12.	Go To Sleepy Little Baby	1:56

Produced by Will Kimbrough
Executive Producer: John Hahn
Recorded and mixed by Sean Sullivan at the Butcher Shoppe, Nashville, TN
Additional recording by Will Kimbrough and Stathis Kalyviotis
Mastered by Jim Demain at Yes Master, Nashville, TN
Cover photo by Kevin Cook, KCC Photography
Additional photos by Mike White
Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec

Thanks to Brian Schultz, Johnny Lee, Sandra Copeland, Cindi Hahn, Tory Edwards, Phyllis Edwards, Fran Digel, Amy Brat, Garry Buck, Ron Kaplan, Lori Mulderink, Betsy Kopczynski, Oliver Wood, Kevin Gordon, Randi Tolbert, Arthur Neilson, Willie Scandlyn, Kevin Jenkins, Robin Gould, Willie Morrison, Truman Morrison, Judge Morrison, Stathis Kalyviotis, Kristi Stassinopoulou, Barbara Newman, Jessica Kimbrough, Tom Marker, V.G.Jairam, Blackie and Red, Michael Cloeren, Toywa Currington, and, as always, my dad, Johnny Clyde.

Special thanks to Bill Fitzgerald and FitzGerald’s Roadhouse, Berwyn, IL.

Also special thanks to Fiona Prine, Patrick McAuliff, Bruce Iglauer, Tim Kolleth, Marc Lipkin and everyone at Alligator Records.

Humongous thanks to Will Kimbrough, Mary Gauthier, John Prine, Rhiannon Giddens, Emmylou Harris, Steve Cropper, John Hahn and all the artists who appeared on this record.

This record is dedicated to the memory of Al Carlson

Shemekia asks that you support abused women through Thistle Farms: thistlefarms.org

John Prine appears courtesy of Oh Boy Records

Management: John Hahn Management, (212)580-5722, jhahn4@gmail.com

Booking: Patrick McAuliff, Paradigm Talent Agency, (312)640-7500, patrick@paradigmagency.com

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1. Ain’t Got Time for Hate
(John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, Avarice and Greed Publ./Will Kimbrough Music, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Will Kimbrough
Pedal Steel Guitar: Al Perkins
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott
Harmonica: J.D. Wilkes
Background Vocals: Mary Gauthier, Emmylou Harris, Will Kimbrough, Gretchen Peters, John Prine, Katie Pruitt, Kristi Stassinopoulou and Tommy Womack

2. Americans
(Mary Gauthier & John Hahn, Mary Gauthier Songs, ASCAP/Avarice and Greed Publ., BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Guitar, Organ: Will Kimbrough
Pedal Steel Guitar: Paul Franklin
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott
Background Vocals: Mary Gauthier, Emmylou Harris and Katie Pruitt

3. Would You Take My Blood?
(John Hahn & Will Kimbrough, Avarice and Greed Publ./Will Kimbrough Music, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Guitar, Organ: Will Kimbrough
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

4. Great Rain
(John Prine & Michael Campbell, Weona Music/Downtown DMP Songs, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland and special guest John Prine
Lead Guitar, Organ: Will Kimbrough
Guitar: Al Perkins
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

5. Smoked Ham And Peaches
(Mary Gauthier & John Hahn, Mary Gauthier Songs, ASCAP/Avarice and Greed Publ., BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
National Guitar: Will Kimbrough
African Banjo: Rhiannon Giddens
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

6. The Wrong Idea
(John Hahn, Willie Morrison, Truman Morrison, Kevin Nolan & Matt Nolan, Avarice and Greed Publ./ The Morrison Brothers Band Music, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar, Organ: Will Kimbrough
Fiddle: Kenny Sears
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott
Background Vocals: Lisa Oliver Gray and Shemekia Copeland

7. Promised Myself
(Johnny Clyde Copeland, JoClyde Music, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Steve Cropper
Guitar, Organ: Will Kimbrough
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

8. In The Blood Of The Blues
(Terry Abrahamson & Derrick Procell, Rolling Fork Music/Saw Rite Music, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Will Kimbrough
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

9. Such A Pretty Flame
(John Hahn & Oliver Wood, Avarice and Greed Publ./Royal Kook Music, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Will Kimbrough
Pedal Steel Guitar: Al Perkins
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

10. One I Love
(Kevin Gordon & Gwil Owen, Little Rain Music/Turgid Tunes, BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Will Kimbrough
Harmonica: J.D. Wilkes
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

11. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
(Ray Davies, Abkco Music, Inc./Unichappell Music, Inc., BMI)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Will Kimbrough
Bass: Lex Price
Drums: Pete Abbott

12. Go To Sleepy Little Baby
(Traditional)

Vocals: Shemekia Copeland
Lead Guitar: Will Kimbrough