Tracks:
New Cannonball Rag
Shadow Cosmos
Roan County Banjo
From the North Garden
Sweet Sweet Lullaby
Shadow Cosmos
Roan County Banjo
From the North Garden
Sweet Sweet Lullaby
Performer Notes:
- Personnel: Chris Robinson, Neal Casal (vocals, guitar); Adam MacDougall (vocals, keyboards); Meg Baird (vocals); Barry Sless (pedal steel guitar); Tony Leone (mandolin, drums, percussion); Charles Moselle (flute).
- Recording information: The Brotherhood Arts Lab, Unicorn, California.
- Illustrator: Alan Forbes.
- Photographers: Jay Blakesberg; Neal Casal.
- Recorded at the same sessions that produced the summer of 2016's Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel, the EP If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home by Now is its own distinct beast. Where Anyway could float away in a smoky haze, If You Lived Here largely stays earthbound, emphasizing CRB's songwriting and affinity for Americana learned through the Band and the Grateful Dead. The same easy interplay from the LP is felt here but, in a way, it's even more striking in the context of this easy-rolling, funky country-rock and hippie soul. By largely concentrating on songs -- "From the North Garden" does act as a droning palate cleanser -- it becomes evident that the band has its own mellow chemistry and, in turn, that Robinson is writing lazy rockers ("New Cannonball Rag") and ragged ballads ("Sweet Sweet Lullaby") that are as good as anything he's ever done. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Producer: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Studio/Live: Live
Release Date: 4 November, 2016
Label: CD
Dimensions: 14.1 x 0.2 x 12.4 centimeters (0.01 kg)