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|lyrics = {{Red Cotton}} | |||
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== | |title = Red Cotton | ||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, Gibson J-50 acoustic guitar<br>[[Dennis Crouch]] - double bass<br>[[Stuart Duncan]] - banjo, fiddle<br>[[Jeff Taylor]] - accordion<br>[[Mike Compton]] - mandolin<br>[[Jim Lauderdale]] - harmony vocal | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett]] | |||
|record_info = March 31-April 2, 2008, Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville | |||
|release_info = June 2, 2009 | |||
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|albums = [[Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]], 2009 | |||
|singles = | |||
|collections = [[Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album]], 2015 | |||
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|background = Written for Elvis' unfinished chamber opera [[The Secret Songs]]. | |||
|first = [[Concert 2005-10-08 Copenhagen|October 8, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark]] | |||
|last = {{2024}} | |||
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| quote = 'Red Cotton' imagines [P.T. Barnum] reading an Abolitionist pamphlet while sewing red-dyed scraps of Lind's garment, even as he confronts the burden of guilt attached to its very threads. | |||
| source = [http://elviscostello.com/news/journal.php?uid=60 elviscostello.com], March 23, 2009. | |||
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{{thumb: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane}} | |||
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{{thumb: Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album}} | |||
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|covers = {{:Red Cotton covers}} | |||
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*[[ | *[[Template:Red Cotton|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Red Cotton covers|Covers]] | ||
[[Category:2009]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
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[[Category:The Secret Songs]] | |||
[[Category:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]] |
Latest revision as of 03:49, 11 January 2024
I'm cutting up her pure white dress |
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“'Red Cotton' imagines [P.T. Barnum] reading an Abolitionist pamphlet while sewing red-dyed scraps of Lind's garment, even as he confronts the burden of guilt attached to its very threads.” — elviscostello.com, March 23, 2009.
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