Carolyn Wonderland
Truth Is
Release Date: May 16, 2025

LP UPC: 014551502616
CD UPC: 014551502623
Digital UPC: 014551502630

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1. Sooner Or Later 4:13
(Carolyn Wonderland, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP)

2. I Ain’t Going Back 2:54
(Carolyn Wonderland, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP)

3. Truth Is 3:39
(Carolyn Wonderland, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP)

4. Let’s Play A Game 4:00
(Carolyn Wonderland, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP)

5. Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard Again 4:00
(Carolyn Wonderland & Dave Alvin, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP / Blue Horn Toad Music admin. by BMG Bumblebee, BMI)

6. It Should Take 2:25
(Carolyn Wonderland, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP)

7. Wishful Thinking 4:16
(Greg Wood & Eddie Hawkins, Chump Salvage Music, BMI / Muscience Music, ASCAP)

8. Orange Juice Blues 3:37
(Richard Manuel, Universal Tunes, a division of Songs of Universal, BMI)

9. Tattoos As His Talisman 3:29
(Carolyn Wonderland & Dave Alvin, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP / Blue Horn Toad Music admin. by BMG Bumblebee, BMI)

10. Flowers In Bloom 4:26
(Carolyn Wonderland, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP)

11. Deepest Ocean Blue 3:52
(Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King, Naj Conklin & Giovanni Carnuccio III, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP / Lucky Monday Music, ASCAP / Naj Conklin, BMI / Tyrannoscore, ASCAP)

12. Blues For Gene 6:40
(Carolyn Wonderland & Dave Alvin, Wonder Chicken Publ., admin. by Drive Music Publ., ASCAP / Blue Horn Toad Music admin. by BMG Bumblebee, BMI)

Carolyn Wonderland Electric Guitar, Lap Steel, Vocals, Whistling
Naj Conklin Electric and Upright Bass
Giovanni “Nooch” Carnuccio Drums, Percussion (2,3,6,7)
with
Shelley King Harmony Vocals (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11), Acoustic Guitar (4,5,7,8,9,11), ”Pop” (10)
Dave Alvin Electric Guitar (1,8,9,12)
Red Young B3 Organ (1,2,3,4,8,10,11), Piano (5,10,11)
Bukka Allen Piano (1,7), B3 Organ (7,9)
Kevin Lance Percussion (1,11)
Ruthie Foster Vocals (2,3)
Marcia Ball Vocals (2,3,8), Piano (8)
Cindy Cashdollar Lap Steel Guitar (5,8)
Henri Herbert Piano (6,12)
Stuart Sullivan Percussion (7)

Produced by Dave Alvin
Recorded and Mixed by Stuart Sullivan at Wire Recording at Point West, Austin, TX
Additional Engineers:Drew Potter and  Pete Caponi
Mastered by Collin Jordan and Bruce Iglauer at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL
Photos by Mary Keating Bruton, MKB Photography
Packaging Design by Kevin Niemiec
Hair and Makeup by Brandi Cowley
Stylist: Cheryl G Smith, Wardrobe Matters

This album is dedicated to the memories of two musicians who changed me for the better, and whom I miss dearly, John Mayall and Gene Taylor. May you find yourself in their music.

Dave Alvin appears courtesy of Yep Roc Records
Ruthie Foster appears courtesy of Sun Records

Booking: Intrepid Artists International, staff@intrepidartists.com, (704) 358-4777

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