Sackcloth 'n' Ashes



Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is the debut full-length studio album by American alternative country band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996.

Track listing

 * 1) "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24
 * 2) "Black Soul Choir" – 3:52
 * 3) "Haw" – 3:35
 * 4) "Scrawled in Sap" – 2:46
 * 5) "Horse Head" – 3:01
 * 6) "Ruthie Lingle" – 2:44
 * 7) "Harm's Way" – 3:20
 * 8) "Black Bush" – 3:16
 * 9) "Heel on the Shovel" – 3:11
 * 10) "American Wheeze" – 3:33
 * 11) "Red Neck Reel" – 2:41
 * 12) "Prison Shoe Romp" – 3:11
 * 13) "Neck on the New Blade" – 3:15
 * 14) "Strong Man" – 4:21

Personnel

 * 16 Horsepower
 * David Eugene Edwards - vocals, banjo, guitar, bandoneon, lap steel guitar
 * Jean-Yves Tola - drums, backing vocals
 * Keven Soll - upright bass, flattop acoustic bass, cello, backing vocals


 * Guest musicians
 * Gordon Gano - fiddle

Trivia

 * The instrument credited as a bandoneon on this album is actually a similar instrument called a Chemnitzer concertina.
 * The album title is a reference to the Holy Bible (see Matthew 11:20-21 RSV and Esther 4:1 RSV).
 * The songs "Black Soul Choir" and "Haw" were both later made into music videos, both of which featured the band.
 * The song "Black Soul Choir" was covered by American groove metal band Devildriver on their 2011 album Beast.