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Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is the debut full-length studio album by American alternative country band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996.
Track listing[]
- "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24
- "Black Soul Choir" – 3:52
- "Haw" – 3:35
- "Scrawled in Sap" – 2:46
- "Horse Head" – 3:01
- "Ruthie Lingle" – 2:44
- "Harm's Way" – 3:20
- "Black Bush" – 3:16
- "Heel on the Shovel" – 3:11
- "American Wheeze" – 3:33
- "Red Neck Reel" – 2:41
- "Prison Shoe Romp" – 3:11
- "Neck on the New Blade" – 3:15
- "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.[Citation needed]
- 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.
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