Background
In 2002, Frank Black talked to the Free Williamsburg website about some of the songs on ''Devil's Workshop''. "Velvety" was written by Black as a teenager and was called "Velvety Instrumental Version" because at the time he thought it sounded like the Velvet Underground, "which, of course, it doesn't, in hindsight," he said. "We had started to play it when we were touring on '' Dog in the Sand'', just the instrumental version. It was a loud, open the set, "Hello! We're here!" kind of rave-up. It was kind of around. One day I had a session, and I didn't have a new song to present to the band and I said "Okay, I'm gonna write some lyrics to this song." As a matter of fact, that was the first thing we recorded for ''Devil's Workshop'', I believe, on the first day." "His Kingly Cave" is about a trip to Graceland many years before. Black: "I thought it would be fun to take hallucinogenic mushrooms while I was there. I was much younger than I am now. ... I went to Graceland with my girlfriend and we took mushrooms and it was a horrible and tense day. That's a telling of that day in that story."Track listing
All tracks written by Frank Black. # "Velvety" – 2:28 # "Out of State" – 2:29 # "His Kingly Cave" – 4:44 # "San Antonio, TX" – 3:43 # "Bartholomew" – 2:26 # "Modern Age" – 2:55 # "Are You Headed My Way?" – 2:03 # "Heloise" – 3:42 # "The Scene" – 2:29 # "Whiskey in Your Shoes" – 3:06 # "Fields of Marigold" – 3:05Personnel
Frank Black and the Catholics * Frank Black – vocals, guitar *Scott Boutier – drums *David McCaffery – bass, vocals *Dave Philips – guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals Additional musicians * Joey Santiago – guitar * Lyle Workman – guitar *References
{{Authority control 2002 albums Frank Black and the Catholics albums SpinART Records albums Cooking Vinyl albums