Dancer with Bruised Knees

Dancer With Bruised Knees
Studio album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Released	1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Folk
Length	40:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Joe Boyd
Kate and Anna McGarrigle chronology
Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1976) Dancer With Bruised Knees (1977) Pronto Monto (1978)

Dancer with Bruised Knees is the second album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1977. It employed several notable folk musicians to contribute a bluegrass feel to many of the tracks. The album also includes three French songs, one by the McGarrigles with Philippe Tatartcheff, and two traditional numbers.

Guest musicians included John Cale, Dane Lanken, Bill Monroe, Dave Mattacks and Pat Donaldson.

Reception

Robert Christgau said the album is "Not as tuneful as some might wish" but is nonetheless "Even better than the debut". He particularly complimented the studio techniques.^[1]

Track listing

Each song's writing credit is listed below.

1. "Dancer with Bruised Knees" – 3:46 - Anna
2. "Southern Boys" – 3:20 - Kate
3. "No Biscuit Blues" – 1:43 - William Dumaresq/Galt MacDermot
4. "First Born" – 3:55 - Kate
5. "Blanche comme la neige" – 3:44 - traditional, arrangement by Kate and Anna
6. "Perrine était servante" – 3:14 - traditional, arrangement by Kate and Anna
7. "Be My Baby" – 3:11 - Anna
8. "Walking Song" – 3:33 - Kate
9. "Naufragée du tendre" – 3:46 - Anna/Philippe Tatartcheff
10. "Hommage à Grungie" – 3:54 - Kate
11. "Kitty Come Home" – 4:36 - Anna
12. "Come a Long Way" – 2:17 - Kate

Personnel

• John Cale - organ on "Dancer with Bruised Knees"; marimba on "Be My Baby"
• Richard Davis - bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Sue Evans - percussion
• George Bohannon - horn
• Andrew Cowan - guitar
• Ron Doleman - violin
• Pat Donaldson - bass
• Gordie Fleming - accordion
• Steve Gadd - drums
• Scot Lang - guitar
• Dane Lanken - vocals
• Gilles Losier - bass, violin
• Dave Mattacks - drums
• Anna McGarrigle - banjo, accordion, keyboards, vocals
• Kate McGarrigle - guitar, piano, vocals
• Tommy Morgan - harmonica
• Ken Pearson - keyboards
• Warren Smith - percussion
• Chaim Tannenbaum - guitar, harmonica, mandolin, recorder, background vocals
• Jay Ungar - violin
• Michael Visceglia - bass
• Peter Weldon - banjo, harmonica, vocals

References