Devil's Elbow (Doug Kershaw album)

Devil's Elbow
Studio album by Doug Kershaw
Released	1972
Recorded	The Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Buddy Killen
Doug Kershaw chronology
Swamp Grass (1972) Devil's Elbow (1972) Douglas James Kershaw (1973)

Devil's Elbow is a 1972 album by Doug Kershaw.^[1]

Reception

The album was received as a swing towards psychedelic music.^[2][3][4] Stereo Review did not welcome Kershaw's move from Cajun fiddler to Nashville singer.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Super Cowboy" (Joe Allen)
2. "Devil's Elbow" (Don Wayne)
3. "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" (Bill Anderson)
4. "Jamestown Ferry" (Bobby Borchers, Mack Vickery)
5. "Billy Bayou" (Roger Miller)
6. "Lou'siana Sun" (Doug Kershaw)
7. "You Don't Want My Love" (Roger Miller)
8. "Honky Tonk Wine" (Mack Vickery)
9. "Fisherman's Luck" (Doug Kershaw)
10. "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" (Harlan Howard)
11. "I Like Babies" (Doug Kershaw, Don Wayne)
12. "(Had Not Been For) My Sally Jo" (Doug Kershaw, Buddy Killen)

Personnel

• Doug Kershaw - fiddle
• Jimmy Colvard, Johnny Christopher, Troy Seals - guitar
• Curly Chalker, Stu Basore - pedal steel
• Joe Allen, Tommy Cogbill - bass
• Bobby Emmons, Bobby Woods - keyboards
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica, tuba
• Bill Ackerman, Jerry Carrigan, Karl Himmel, Kenny Malone - drums
• Buddy Killen - percussion, arrangements
• The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham - backing vocals

Technical

• Ernie Winfrey - engineer
• Ed Thrasher - art direction
• Kevin Smart - cover photography

References

1. Donald Clarke, Alan Cackett, Paul Balmer The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music 1998 p.688 "DOUG KERSHAW .. The Cajun Way '69, Spanish Moss '70, Doug Kershaw and Devil's Elbow '71, Douglas James Kershaw '73, "
2. Phil Hardy, Dave Laing Da Capo companion to twentieth-century popular music 1995- Page 510 " Swamp Grass (1972) had a heavy-rock emphasis while Devil's Elbow swung towards psychedelic music and Douglas James Kershaw..."
3. Patricia Nyhan, Brian Rollins, David Babb Let the good times roll!: a guide to Cajun & zydeco music 1998 - Page 87 "Devil's Elbow i 1972/Warner Bros. 2649 LP This album has a country & western feel, probably due to the country music writers producer Buddy Killen chose: Roger Miller, Don Wayne and Harlan Howard. Kershaw delivers forceful vocals on the title track and his own Louisiana"
4. High Fidelity 1973- Volume 23 Page 266 "Doug Kershaw: Devil's Elbow. Doug Kershaw, fiddle and vocals; vocal and instrumental accompaniment. Devil's Elbow, eleven more. Warner Bros. BS 2649, $5.98. Kershaw claims to have written more than 19,000 songs, which may lead "
5. Stereo Review -1973 Volume 30 p. 94 "DOUG KERSHAW: Devil's Elbow. ... Performance: Wrong turn Recording: Commercial Doug Kershaw seems to have decided to leave the Bayou country and move up deep into the heart of commercial Nashville. This album displays almost none .. purely magical fiddling and features him as a vocalist. Bad move. As a c-&-w singer he is just an adequate one among many. Slickness pervades everything here, and dullness is the result. As a fiddler the man is an artist, uniquely evocative"