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= | |title = The Crooked Line | ||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[T Bone Burnett]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, Gibson J-50 acoustic guitar<br>[[T Bone Burnett]] - Kay 161 electric guitar<br>[[Dennis Crouch]] - double bass<br>[[Stuart Duncan]] - fiddle<br>[[Jeff Taylor]] - accordion<br>[[Mike Compton]] - mandolin<br>[[Jim Lauderdale]] - harmony vocal<br>[[Emmylou Harris]] - 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 | |||
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|background = Written for but not used in an unspecified movie, possibly the 2005 [[Johnny Cash]] biopic ''Walk The Line''. | |||
|first = [[Concert 2005-07-22 Wallingford|July 22, 2005, Wallingford, CT]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-10 New York|February 10, 2023, New York, NY]] | |||
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| quote = ‘The Crooked Line’ is a song longing for constancy. It's the only song I've ever written about fidelity that is without any irony. | |||
| source = [http://elviscostello.com/news/journal.php?uid=60 elviscostello.com], March 23, 2009. | |||
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[[Category:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]] | [[Category:Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]] |
Latest revision as of 03:43, 11 February 2023
Life isn't a game won or tied |
Background:
“‘The Crooked Line’ is a song longing for constancy. It's the only song I've ever written about fidelity that is without any irony.” — elviscostello.com, March 23, 2009.
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Covers
My Darling Clementine with Steve Nieve | performed live, July 12, 2020, the Immobile Tour webcast, Day 59.2, Manchester, England and Trouville, France |
2020 |
My Darling Clementine & Steve Nieve | My Darling Clementine: Country Darkness Vol. 3 | 2020 | Website |