The Means & The Machine, by American Gun

The Means & The Machine

by American Gun

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1.	Drunk Girls 03:12	buy track
2.	Fight Song 04:27	buy track
3.	Horses 04:42	buy track
4.	Neil Young Mood 04:11	buy track
5.	Nature vs. Man 03:40	buy track
6.	This Old Town 03:54	buy track
7.	Girl Done Gone 03:48	buy track
8.	Fast One 03:28	buy track
9.	First Impressions 04:01	buy track
10.	Find Our Way Home 03:53	buy track
11.	All the Same to Me 05:09	buy track
12.	Moonshiner 04:39	buy track
13.	Jesus Gave Us Rock and Roll 05:22	buy track

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released August 16, 2008

1. Drunk Girls (Merckle)
2. Fight Song (Merckle)
3. Horses (Mathis)
4. Neil Young Mood (Mathis)
5. Nature vs. Man (Mathis)
6. This Old Town (Merckle)
7. Girl Done Gone (Merckle)
8. Fast One (Mathis)
9. First Impressions (Mathis)
10. Find Our Way Home (Merckle)
11. All the Same to Me (Ben Nichols)
12. Moonshiner (Traditional)
13. Jesus Gave Us Rock and Roll (Mathis)

American Gun is:
Andrew Hoose: Drums, percussion
Kevin Kimbrell: Bass
Todd Mathis: vocals, electric/acoustic guitar, keyboards, mandolin
Donald Merckle: vocals, acoustic guitar
Jeff Crews: electric guitar, keyboards

with special guests:
Chris Stamey: additional keyboards
Al Perkins: lap & pedal steel
Lauren Moore: backing vocals & violin
Grady Lindler: pedal steel
Tim McManus: mandolin & accordion
Mike "Nz" Nazarenko: harmonica
Chris Bussell: saxophone
Nicholas Annan: trumpet
Warren Dent: keyboards
Mr. Hall: preaching

released August 16, 2008

All songs by Mathis © 2008 stepoutofthelinemusic BMI or Merckle © 2008 johnnyrockmusic BMI

Except "All the Same to Me" by Ben Nichols © 2005 Liberty & Lament and "Moonshiner" Traditional arranged by Merckle and American Gun

Produced by Mathis/Merckle
Recorded/Engineered by Steve Slavich at the Jam Room Columbia, SC January, April, May 2007
Mixed by Chris Stamey at Modern Recording Chapel Hill, NC July & August 2007
Mastered by Brent Lambert at the Kitchen Carboro, NC October 2007
Artwork/Layout by Sasha Barr thisisthenewyear.com

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Americana, rock, ambient. Songwriter, producer, engineer, music enthusiast.

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