Yardstyle- The Acoustical Sounds of Big Sugar Double Vinyl
The 13-song collection combines new material with reinterpreted versions of past cuts (including the hit "Turn the Lights On"). It showcases Big Sugar performing their tunes in stripped-down acoustic form; these arrangements were inspired by their jam sessions on the tour bus and backstage before shows. Recorded live off the floor in a drum circle 'yardstyle' arrangement Big Sugar is joined by their friends and elders.
Released April 15, 2014
PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY GORDIE JOHNSON & JACOB SCIBA @ PHASE ONE AUDIO, SCARBOROUGH CANADA
ASSISTED BY JEFF PELLETIER
MIXED BY GORDIE JOHNSON & JACOB SCIBA @ ARLYN RECORDING STUDIO, AUSTIN TEXAS
ASSISTED BY JOSEPH HOLGUIN
DIGITALLY MASTERED BY HOWIE WEINBERG @ HOWIE WEINBERG MASTERING, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
VINYL BY UNITED RECORD PRESSING, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
Musicians:
Gordie Johnson- vocal, guitar, banjo, steel guitar, percussion
Willi Williams- vocal, percussion
Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe- harmonica, saxophone, guitar, vocal
Garry Lowe- bass, vocal
Christopher “Friendlyness” Hatton- melodica, percussion, vocal
Stephane Beaudin- percussion
“Bongo” Gene Campbell- percussion
Tony “Raffa” White- percussion, vocal
Safwan Javed- percussion, vocal
“Sun-Ray” Grennan- percussion, vocal
Meredith Shaw- vocal
John Angus MacDonald- guitar, bouzouki, vocal
Colin MacDonald- guitar, vocal
ALBUM ARTWORK, CONCEPT AND DESIGN: Gordie Johnson
MANAGEMENT: Alex Johnson, Bread And Butter Productions
FAN LIASON: Susan Andersson
PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY GORDIE JOHNSON & JACOB SCIBA @ PHASE ONE AUDIO, SCARBOROUGH CANADA
ASSISTED BY JEFF PELLETIER
MIXED BY GORDIE JOHNSON & JACOB SCIBA @ ARLYN RECORDING STUDIO, AUSTIN TEXAS
ASSISTED BY JOSEPH HOLGUIN
DIGITALLY MASTERED BY HOWIE WEINBERG @ HOWIE WEINBERG MASTERING, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
VINYL BY UNITED RECORD PRESSING, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
Musicians:
Gordie Johnson- vocal, guitar, banjo, steel guitar, percussion
Willi Williams- vocal, percussion
Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe- harmonica, saxophone, guitar, vocal
Garry Lowe- bass, vocal
Christopher “Friendlyness” Hatton- melodica, percussion, vocal
Stephane Beaudin- percussion
“Bongo” Gene Campbell- percussion
Tony “Raffa” White- percussion, vocal
Safwan Javed- percussion, vocal
“Sun-Ray” Grennan- percussion, vocal
Meredith Shaw- vocal
John Angus MacDonald- guitar, bouzouki, vocal
Colin MacDonald- guitar, vocal
ALBUM ARTWORK, CONCEPT AND DESIGN: Gordie Johnson
MANAGEMENT: Alex Johnson, Bread And Butter Productions
FAN LIASON: Susan Andersson