Mike Badger's Country Side


Mike Badger's Country Side is an album which features a compilation of Mike Badger's country style songs from 1988 to 2008, including previously unreleased material from his solo projects and his back catalogue with The Onset. It was released on the Generator Label in 2008.

Track listing

  1. The Mystery of Life - The Onset - 3:12
  2. Trees and Plants - The Onset - 2:17
  3. Ashtrays and Tables and Barstools - Mike Badger * - 3:33
  4. The Cowboy and His Wife - The Onset * - 2:52
  5. Clear Night For Love - Mike Badger 2000 - 2:52
  6. Another Mans Crime - The Onset - 3:36
  7. They're Animals - Mike Badger 2008* 2:57
  8. Two Times Forgotten Man - The Onset * - 2:51
  9. Waking up In The City - Mike Badger 1998* - 2:06
  10. Daddy's Inside - Mike Badger 2000 - 2:38
  11. Some Things - Mike Badger 2007* - 2:51
  12. Let's Go Home - The Onset - 3:04
  13. Dig It! - Mike Badger 2007* - 1:48
  14. The Mansion on the Hill - The Onset * - 2.29




All words and music by Mike Badger, except

Track 5 Roky Erickson;

Track 8 Mike Badger, Danny Dean;

Track 14 Hank Williams/Rose arr. Danny Dean;

Musicians

Mike Badger - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Jews harp

Danny Dean - lead guitar

Simon Cousins - bass guitar, backing vocals

Paul Hemmings - electric guitar, lap steel guitar

Tony Russell - drums

Roger Llewellyn - backing vocals, banjo, fiddle, harmonica

Bernard Nolan - bass guitar, double bass, fiddle

Brian Morrow - congas

Chris Marshall - double bass

Tony McGuigan - drums

Barry Southern - acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo

Martyn Campbell - bass guitar, backing vocals

Henry Priestman - accordion

Paddy "Loose Moose" - fiddle

Chris Sharrock - drums

Sue Dring - backing vocals

Sheila Seal - backing vocals

Dave "Hillsider" Rowlands - pedal stel guitar

Reviews

"The view from 'Mike Badger's Country Side' is frequently breathtaking. You really should catch it while you can."
Tim Peacock.