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Un Soir 02:49
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Trouble 02:41
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Lost John 02:08
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Bitter Truth 07:25
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Left Behind 02:43
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The third album by Mark Graham and Orville Johnson DBA The Kings of Mongrel Folk™ originally released in 2013

Produced by The Kings
Recorded by Orville Johnson at The SunRoom. Seattle WA
Additional recording and mixing by Garey Shelton at Garey Shelton Productions, Seattle WA
Bitter Truth recorded live by Doug Haire at Jack Straw Studios, Seattle WA
Mongrel's Dream recorded live by David Lange at David Lange Studio, Edgewood WA
Mastered by Ross Nyberg, Issaquah WA

Cover Art by Paul Rangell
Photography by Scott Herrick
Layout and design by Charmaine Slaven

Guest Musicians
Jeff Busch • percussion
Susan Lewis • harmony vocal
John Miller • guitar
Paul Elliot • violin
Keith Lowe • bass

Special Thanks: Susan Lewis • Parry Marston • Emily Graham • Paul Rangell • Rob Bulkley & Gary Davidson at Dusty Strings • Sonarchy and KEXP-FM • Uncle Dave Macon • Sidney Bechet

Particular credits are all listed on the individual tracks. Click on each track to find them.

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released March 12, 2020

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Orville Johnson Seattle, Washington

Orville Johnson was raised in the Illinois heartland. He acquired his love of singing as a youth in the fundamentalist Pentecostal church he attended and, when he later began playing guitar and dobro, responded to the roots music that surrounded him by learning to play the blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, and country music that are all part of the mosaic that characterizes his own mongrel music. ... more

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