Runaway (Jim Carroll album)
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Runaway is a 2000 EP album by author and punk musician Jim Carroll
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Track 2 is a 1994 demo from Pools of Mercury
Tracks 3-5 recorded live at Crocodile Cafe, Seattle on 17 November 1998
Jim Carroll
James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.-Biography:Carroll was born to a...
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Track listing
- "RunawayRunaway (Del Shannon song)"Runaway" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit...
" (Del ShannonDel ShannonDel Shannon was an American rock and roll singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit, "Runaway", in 1961.- Biography :...
, Max CrookMax CrookMaxfield Doyle Crook is an American musician, a pioneer of electronic music in pop. He probably remains best known as the featured soloist on Del Shannon's 1961 hit "Runaway", which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron...
) - (4:24) - "Hairshirt Fracture" (Carroll, Robert Roth) - (4:24)
- "I Want the Angel" (Carroll, Brian Linsley) - (2:51)
- "It's Too Late" (Carroll, Wayne Woods) - (2:58)
- "Falling Down Laughing" (Carroll, Robert Roth) - (3:51)
Track 2 is a 1994 demo from Pools of Mercury
Tracks 3-5 recorded live at Crocodile Cafe, Seattle on 17 November 1998
Personnel
- Jim Carroll - vocals
- Gary Valentine - rhythm guitar on "Runaway"
- Mark PickerelMark PickerelMark Pickerel is best known as the original drummer for the Screaming Trees, a rock group from Ellensburg, WA, that formed in 1985. Other members of the band included the versatile singer Mark Lanegan and the Conner brothers...
- drums - Robert RothRobert Roth (Musician)Robert Roth is best known as a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of 90's Sub Pop and Capitol Records band Truly. The band have recently have reunited with all original members to play in shows in Seattle, London and Azkena Rock Festival 2008 alongside Ray Davies, the Sex Pistols, Dinosaur Jr...
- guitar, organ - Kurt BlochKurt BlochKurt Bloch is an American songwriter, guitarist, engineer and producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of Fastbacks. He has also been a member of The Young Fresh Fellows and has recorded tracks and produced albums for Tokyo Dragons, Robyn Hitchcock, Les Thugs, Flop, Sicko , The Minus...
- guitar - Brian Young - drums
- George Reed-Harmon - bass
- Hiro YamamotoHiro YamamotoHiro Yamamoto is an American bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell in 1984...
- bass on "Hairshirt Fracture"