Five Dollar Bill

Musicians
Corb Lund: guitar, vocals; main riff and solo on ‘Roughest Neck Around’
Kurt Ciesla: string bass; revelry on ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey’
Ryan Vikedal: drums on ‘Five Dollar Bill,’ ‘Expectation And The Blues,’ ‘No Roads Here,’ ‘Apocalyptic Modified Blues,’ ‘Heavy And Leaving,’ and ‘(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots’
Harry Stinson: drums on ‘Short Native Grasses (Prairies Of Alberta),’ ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey,’ ‘Roughest Neck Around,’ ‘Daughter, Don’t You Marry No Guitar Picker,’ and ‘She Won’t Come To Me’; backing vocals on ‘Five Dollar Bill,’ ‘Expectation And The Blues,’ ‘Short Native Grasses (Prairies Of Alberta),’ ‘Heavy And Leaving,’ ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey,’ ‘Roughest Neck Around,’ ‘(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots,’ ‘Buckin’ Horse Rider,’ and ‘She Won’t Come To Me’; hot electric guitar parts on ‘Roughest Neck Around’
Dan Dugmore: steel guitar on ‘Five Dollar Bill’
Rob Anderson: steel guitar on ‘Short Native Grasses (Prairies Of Alberta)’
Tammy Rogers: fiddle, arranged and performed on ‘No Roads Here’; fiddle on ‘(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots’
Darcy Phillips: piano, organ on ‘She Won’t Come To Me’
Craig Nickle: revelry on ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey’
Grant McKinney: revelry on ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey’
Jay Iden: revelry on ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey’
Lyle Bell: revelry on ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey’
Mark Posthuma: revelry on ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey’

Songwriting
Written by Corb Lund
Except:
‘Intro/Jack Of Diamonds’ written by Traditional

Production
Produced by Harry Stinson
Engineered by Rusty McFarland at Hum Depot, Nashville, Tennessee on ‘Five Dollar Bill,’ ‘Expectation And The Blues,’ ‘Apocalyptic Modified Blues,’ and ‘Heavy And Leaving’
Engineered by Barry Allen at Homestead Recorders, Edmonton, Alberta on ‘Short Native Grasses (Prairies Of Alberta),’ ‘No Roads Here,’ ‘Time To Switch To Whiskey,’ ‘Roughest Neck Around,’ ‘Daughter, Don’t You Marry No Guitar Picker,’ ‘(Gonna) Shine Up My Boots,’ ‘Buckin’ Horse Rider,’ and ‘She Won’t Come To Me’
Recorded at Hum Depot Studio
Recorded at Homestead Recorders
Mixed at Homestead Recorders
Mastered by Dave Shipley at FoxWood Music
Glass mastered at Disque Americ

Copyright
Copyright © Corb Lund Music
Phonographic copyright ℗ Corb Lund Music
Phonographic copyright ℗ Stony Plain Recording Co. Ltd.

Funding
Marketed by Alberta Foundation For The Arts

Liner Notes
When it comes to famous names of famous bands, one always wonders: Did the band's name always sound cool, or did it just sound cool once they hit the big time? The Corb Lund Band doesn't really have the catchy ring of a Lynyrd Skynyrd or Aerosmith, but it's easy to get the feeling after listening to the first couple of cuts that it soon will.

The band's modus operandi is fairly simple: three- to four-minute songs, tight country-rock arrangements, and laid-back lyrics sung by a laid-back vocalist. The fairly short song lengths on bouncy pieces like "No Roads Here" and "Apocalyptic Modified Blues" guarantee that the listener will still be paying attention when the song ends, while the taut arrangements of boogie bonanzas like "Expectation and the Blues" and "Roughest Neck Around" give both pieces drive and pizzazz.

Corb Lund himself handles the guitar work and lead vocals, and he handles both exceptionally well. He's also managed to match the lyrics of songs like "Buckin' Horse Rider" to the country-rock arrangements, meaning they tumble out in the most natural way.

All 12 songs are good songs, with a good mix of tempos and enough fluctuation in style (a touch of Tex-Mex here, some honky tonk there) to keep the listener listening. The Corb Lund Band also deserves credit for crafting "Time to Switch to Whiskey," a song guaranteed to promote irresponsible behavior.

Five Dollar Bill gives notice that good country music with a touch of rock is still available: One just has to go to Canada to get it.

-Ronnie D. Lankford Jr.

Notes
Tracks 1, 2, 5, and 6 recorded at the Hum Depot, Nashville, Tennessee, engineered by Rusty McFarland.
Tracks 3, 4, and 8–13 recorded at Homestead Recorders, Edmonton, Alberta, engineered by Barry Allen.