Who's Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile? is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 2004. It includes three previously unreleased songs.
Critical reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming wrote "…if you want a potent reminder of just how good a songwriter Case is, and how well he can make his material work in the studio, this album offers the evidence in spades." Russell Hall of No Depression magazine reviewed the album and wrote "Case rarely comes off as strident; few singers are better than he at conveying a yearning, scruffy romanticism. Moreover, songs such as the rockabilly throwaway “Coulda Shoulda Woulda" show that sometimes Case is concerned with nothing more than having a good time."
Track listing All songs written by Peter Case unless otherwise noted. "Wake Up Call" – 3:28 "My Generation's Golden Handcuff Blues" – 4:12 "Crooked Mile" – 4:14 "Blind Luck" (Case, Fred Koller) – 4:16 "Spell of Wheels" (Case, Joshua Case) – 5:13 "On the Way Downtown" (Peter Case, Joshua Case) – 3:33 "Let Me Fall" – 4:14 "Two Heroes" (Case, LeRoy Marinell) – 6:11 "Blues Distance" – 4:48 "Coulda Shoulda Woulda" (Case, Kevin Bowe, Duane Jarvis) – 2:41 "Cold Trail Blues" – 4:36 "If You've Got a Light to Shine" – 4:03 "Something's Coming" – 5:43 "I Hear Your Voice" – 5:01 "First Light" – 4:56 "Gone" – 3:47
Personnel Peter Case – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano Sandy Chila – drums Lili Haydn – violin Gabe Witcher – violin Brad Rice – bass Eric Rigler – uilleann pipes Jerry Scheff – bass Willie Aron – electric piano Joshua Case – guitar, Wurlitzer Bryan Head – drums, glockenspiel Don Heffington – bodhran, drums, footsteps, jaw harp, percussion David P. Jackson – bass Warren Klein – tamboura Greg Leisz – guitar, Llap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar David Meshell – bass Darrell Leonard – horn Joe Sublett – horn Steven Soles – harmony, background vocals Billy Swan – harmony, background vocals Jeff Big Dad Turmes – clarinet, saxophone Andrew Williams – harmonium, harmony vocals, background vocals, guitar
Production Andrew Williams – producer, engineer, mixing Peter Case – producer, engineer Joshua Case – producer, mixing, computer editing J. Steven Soles – producer Larry Hirsch – producer Gavin Lurssen – compilation mastering Geoff Pearlman – engineer Greg Allen – package design, photography
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