west of California, south of North, by Decoy Prayer Meeting

west of California, south of North

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tessilu So tight. Beautiful vocals, lyrics, instrumentals. Also, they are the nicest band of tunesters you'd ever want to meet. 🙋‍♀️❤️💐

Wendy Schultz It’s smooth. That’s why.

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1.	Belle of the Ball 04:00	info	buy track
2.	Little Handful 04:16	info	buy track
3.	You Know Me 03:01	info	buy track
4.	Fact That You're Laughing 05:08	info	buy track
5.	Dawn 05:08	info	buy track
6.	Awfully Nice 03:32	info	buy track
7.	He Who Wears the Crown 03:48	info	buy track

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Produced, engineered and mixed by Joshua Shapera at Shirk Studios and the Mixin Administration, Chicago, IL. Mastered by Neal Ostrovsky.

Eric Chial, vocals, steel string acoustic and nylon string guitars; Michael J. Conroy, electric guitars, electric sitar; Brian Stout, bass guitar and backing vocals; Lou Hallwas, piano and keyboards; Greg Schultz, pedal steel guitar; Jake Huppert, drums.

Additional musicians: Elizabeth Whitmore, fiddle on Track 1; Joshua Shapera, keys; Pat Sansone, Hammond B3 organ on Track7.

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released June 1, 2017

(1) "Belle of the Ball" written by Micah Gilbert;
(2) "Little Handful" written by Lou Hallwas, Eric Chial and Brian Stout;
(3) "You Know Me" written by Michael J. Conroy;
(4) "Fact That You're Laughing" written by Mike Coy;
(5) "Dawn" written by Lou Hallwas;
(6) "Awfully Nice" written by Eric Chial;
(7) "He Who Wears the Crown" written by Michael J. Conroy, Eric Chial and Brian Stout.

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Produced, engineered and mixed by Joshua Shapera at Shirk Studios and the Mixin Administration, Chicago, IL. Mastered by Neal Ostrovsky.

Eric Chial, vocals, steel string acoustic and nylon string guitars; Michael J. Conroy, electric guitars, electric sitar; Brian Stout, bass guitar and backing vocals; Lou Hallwas, piano and keyboards; Greg Schultz, pedal steel guitar; Jake Huppert, drums.

Additional musicians: Elizabeth Whitmore, fiddle on Track 1; Joshua Shapera, keys; Pat Sansone, Hammond B3 organ on Track7.

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Decoy Prayer Meeting Chicago, Illinois

Since '04 in Chicago: Honky Tonk/ Rockabilly from 40s-70s: Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Perkins, Louvins, Everlys, Gram Parsons, G. Watson, Ray Price.

Brian Stout (bass, vocals); Jake Huppert (drums); Eric Chial (vocals, guitar), Lou Hallwas (keys); Greg Schultz, Mike Conroy, (guitar).

Alumni: Patrick Thornbury, Todd Hill (bass), Ken Champion, Gabriel Stutz, (pedal steel), Jason Styx (drums). ... more

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