Well, here we are kiddies – it’s 2012. Time for a recap of 2011, Samuel Jones style. I shall not post a list of my favorite songs or albums from last year – to be honest, I didn’t really have any. Instead, what we have here is an exclusive and explosive top 10 list of some of my most favorite joints that I wrote/recorded/played on in 2011. All of this material was recorded at The Mystic Fortress, except for ”My Only Friend” which was recorded at home in my apartment. Just about everything here is currently unreleased, so not many people have heard these gems. Happy New Year to all my brothers and sisters of the electric universe – keep your minds and bodies together, and I’ll see you in the promised land…
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from MiXTAPEALBUM
- beats, lyrics & vocals: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- recorded by Samuel Jones Lunsford at The Apt.
- music: Samuel Jones Lunsford & John Thompson
- lyrics : Samuel Jones Lunsford
- drums, bass, guitar & vocals: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- lead guitar: John Thompson
- recorded & mixed by John Thompson at The Mystic Fortress
3. Rootstone Jug Band – Bootlegger’s Blues (demo)
- Trad. Arr. by Scott Baldwin, Samuel Jones Lunsford, & John Thompson
- fiddle: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- guitars: Scott Baldwin, John Thompson
- recorded & mixed by John Thompson at The Mystic Fortress
4. Mephisto Heat – Filthy Dawgs
- music: Joe Lunsford
- lyrics: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- drums & guitar: Joe Lunsford
- bass, guitar & vocals: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- guitar: John Thompson
- recorded & mixed by John Thompson & Joe Lunsford at The Mystic Fortress
5. The Young Sinclairs – I’ll Pretend (demo)
- music & lyrics: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- all instruments & vocals: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- recorded & mixed by Samuel Jones Lunsford at The Mystic Fortress
6. Stevie D & Joneski – Catch The Buzz
- beats: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- lyrics: Samuel Jones Lunsford & Stephen Davies
- recorded & mixed by Samuel Jones Lunsford at The Mystic Fortress
7. Bishop – Branded & Stranded (ruff mix)
- music: Joe Lunsford, Samuel Jones Lunsford, John Thompson, Jonathan Ayer
- lyrics: Joe Lunsford, Samuel Jones Lunsford, Jonathan Ayer
- drums: Jonathan Ayer
- bass, guitar solo, maracas, vibraslap: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- guitar, cowbell: Joe Lunsford
- guitar: John Thompson
- recorded and mixed by Joe Lunsford at The Mystic Fortress
8. The Young Sinclairs – Babe, That’s All She Knows (demo)
- music & lyrics: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- all instruments & vocals: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- recorded & mixed by Samuel Jones Lunsford at The Mystic Fortress
9. The Young Sinclairs – Don’t Need Nobody
- music: Samuel Jones Lunsford, John Thompson, Jason Wells
- lyrics: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- drum & vocals: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- guitar: John Thompson
- bass: Jason Wells
- recorded & mixed by John Thompson at The Mystic Fortress
10. The Young Sinclairs – Someone Like The Hawk
- music: John Thompson
- lyrics: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- drums, guitar, bass: John Thompson
- vocals, 12-string guitar, tambourine: Samuel Jones Lunsford
- recorded & mixed by John Thompson at The Mystic Fortress