Sackcloth 'n' Ashes

Sackcloth 'n' Ashes
Studio album by 16 Horsepower
Released	February 6, 1996
Studio	Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Alternative country
Length	46:18
Label	A&M
Producer	Warren Bruleigh
16 Horsepower chronology
16 Horsepower (1995)16 Horsepower1995 Sackcloth 'n' Ashes (1996) Low Estate (1997)Low Estate1997

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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

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.
• The song "Black Soul Choir" was covered by Big John Bates: Noirchestra on their 2015 album "From the Bestiary to the Leathering Room".