''Til Your River Runs Dry'' is a 2013 album by
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the rhythm and blues, R&B and Rock music, rock band The Animals and the funk band War (band), War. He is regarded as one of the Br ...
. It is his "first high-profile record in eons and his first album of largely original material since 2004", states
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and former senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of multiple artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance ...
in his Allmusic review.
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The album peaked number 168 on the ]Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a rec ...
, #15 on the Billboard Tastemakers and #57 on the German album chart.
Track listing
# "Water" (Eric Burdon, Dave Steen) – 4:20
# "Memorial Day" (Tony Braunagel, Eric Burdon, Terry Wilson) – 4:39
# "Devil And Jesus" (Eric Burdon, Gregg Sutton
Gregg Sutton (July 1, 1949 – October 22, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter, guitarist, singer, and bassist, who lived in Los Angeles. He was a member of the country rock band Lone Justice from 1985 to 1987, and wrote or co-wrote song ...
) – 4:22
# "Wait" (Eric Burdon, Terry Wilson) – 3:45
# "Old Habits Die Hard" (Eric Burdon, Tom Hambridge
Thomas Jay Hambridge (born December 20, 1960) is an American rock, country, and blues, producer, songwriter, musician drummer and vocalist. Hambridge has received two Grammy Awards, an ASCAP award, seven Grammy nominations, seven Boston Music A ...
) – 4:00
# "Bo Diddley Special" (Eric Burdon, Terry Wilson) – 5:29
# "In The Ground" (Eric Burdon, Terry Wilson, Stuart Ziff) – 4:10
# "27 Forever" (Eric Burdon, Terry Wilson) – 4:27
# "River Is Rising" (Tony Braunagel, Eric Burdon, Jon Cleary) – 5:59
# "Medicine Man" (Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn (; born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song " Walking in Memphis", from his 1991 album '' Marc Cohn'', which was a To ...
) – 4:39
# "Invitation to the White House" (Eric Burdon) – 5:55
# "Before You Accuse Me" (Bo Diddley
Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, was an American guitarist and singer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy ...
) – 3:13
Personnel
;Musicians
* Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the rhythm and blues, R&B and Rock music, rock band The Animals and the funk band War (band), War. He is regarded as one of the Br ...
– vocals
* Johnny Lee Schell
Johnny Lee Schell is an American guitarist and songwriter. In the late 1960s, he first recorded with producer Norman Petty in Group Axis. In the 1970s, he joined the Amarillo, Texas-based southern rock band, Baby. Since his professional debut, he h ...
– guitar
* Billy Watts – guitar
* Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
– guitar, mandolin, Spanish guitar
* Terry Wilson – bass
* Reggie McBride
Reggie McBride (born September 17, 1954) is an American bass player.
Biography
McBride was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, United States; listening to Motown records, he began to play bass at the age of 8. At the age of 14, he played in ...
– bass
* Tony Braunagel
Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, ...
– drums, percussion, background vocals
* Brannen Tempel – drums
* Wally Ingram – percussion, congas
* Lenny Castro
Lenny Castro (born September 19, 1956) is an American percussionist from the Los Angeles area. He is one of the most prolific percussionists of all time, appearing on hundreds of albums, including those by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Maroon ...
– percussion
* Mike Finnigan
Michael Kelly Finnigan (April 26, 1945 – August 11, 2021) was an American keyboard player and vocalist, his specialty being the B3 Hammond organ. Working primarily as a freelance studio musician and touring player, he played with a wide variet ...
– Hammond B3, piano
* Red Young – keyboards, Hammond B3
* Jim Pugh – keyboards, piano
* Jon Cleary
Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...
– piano, guitar
* Darrell Leonard
Darrell Leonard is an American, Los Angeles–based, trumpet player, composer and arranger.
He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1973.
He is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phanto ...
– trumpet
* Joe Sublett – sax
* Matt Perrine – tuba
* Crag Klein – trombone
* Shaamar Allen – trumpet
* Will Wheaton – background vocals
* Billy Valentine – background vocals
* Teresa James – background vocals
* Leslie Smith – vocal arrangement
;Production
* Marianna Burdon – executive producer, photos
* Doug Sax with Eric Boulanger – mastering at The Mastering Lab www.themasteringlab.com
* Ed Cherney – mixing
* Christianna Proestou – cover design and layout
* Brian Fitzpatrick – art director
* Teri Landi – music production coordinator
* Michael Allen – marketing
* Danielle Boone – coordinator
References
External links
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2013 albums
Eric Burdon albums