''Sun Dirt Water'' is the fifth studio album by

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folk rock Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...

band

The Waifs The Waifs (originally styled as The WAiFS) are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (musician), Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals) as well as Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocal ...

. It was released by Jarrah Records on 1 September 2007. It debuted at number two in the

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on 10 September. It was certified platinum, for shipment of 70000 units, in 2010.

Track listing

#"Pony" (Cunningham) #" Sun Dirt Water" (Thorn) #"Vermillion" (Simpson) #"How Many Miles" (Cunningham) #"Without You" (Cunningham) #"Sad Sailor Song" (Simpson) #"Get Me Some" (Cunningham) #"Eternity" (Cunningham) #"Sweetest Dream" (Cunningham) #"Goodbye" (Cunningham) #"Stay" (Cunningham) #"Love Let Me Down" (Simpson) #"Feeling Sentimental" (Cunningham)

Personnel

The Waifs

* Josh Cunningham - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, ukulele * Donna Simpson - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion *

Vikki Thorn Vikki Elizabeth Thorn (née Simpson, born c. 1974) is an Australian harmonica player, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter and one-third of the Australian folk rock band the Waifs. Her elder sister, Donna Simpson, also plays guitar and sings in ...

- vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar *Ben Franz - electric & double bass *David Ross Macdonald - drums & percussion

Additional Musicians

*Reese Wynans - hammond b3, piano, wurlitzer *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

- pedal steel, lap steel *

Jeff Coffin Jeff Stanley Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008, Coffin ...

- clarinet *Scat Springs - background vocals *Erick Jaskowiak - background vocals *Garry West - hand claps

Credits

*Produced by

and

Garry West Garry Bruce West (born 19 January 1949) is an Australian politician. He was a National Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1995, representing the electorate of Orange. He held several Ministerial positions in ...

*Recorded at Compass Sound Studio,

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Track listing

Personnel

The Waifs

Additional Musicians

Credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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