Description
Reissued on LP for the First Time (April 2022) Since Original 1985 Release!
It’s been 37 years since the release of Poor Little Critter on the Road, the debut album from The Knitters, the original alt-country band comprised of three members of X, one Blaster and a Red Devil. It was in 1985 that Exene Cervenka, John Doe and DJ Bonebrake joined Dave Alvin and Jonny Ray Bartel to record the critically acclaimed debut for a sound that Alvin described as “It’s like if the guys at Sun Records dropped LSD and made a record with Lead Belly and the Carter Family. That’s what The Knitters sound like.” Nan Warshaw said there would not be the idea for Bloodshot Records if there wasn’t a Knitters and Jeff Tweedy has frequently talked about the influence they had on him.
Tracklist:
- Poor Little Critter on the Road
- Someone Like You
- Walkin’ Cane
- Silver Wings
- Poor Old Heartsick Me
- The New World
- Cryin’ But My Tears Are Far Away
- Love Shack
- The Call of the Wreckin’ Ball
- Trail of Time
- Baby Out of Jail
- Rock Island Line
