My Dearest Darkest Neighbor

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| name = My Dearest Darkest Neighbor

| type = studio

| artist = Hurray for the Riff Raff

| cover = mydearestdarkestneighbor.jpg

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| released = {{start date|2013|7|1}}

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| length = 55:37

| label = Mod Mobilian Records/This Is American Music

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| prev_title = Look Out Mama

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Small Town Heroes

| next_year = 2014

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My Dearest Darkest Neighbor is the fourth full-length album by New Orleans musical group Hurray for the Riff Raff. It was originally available only as a reward in a Kickstarter campaign to fund their previous album Look Out Mama, and in local record stores. A version of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" was included in the new release. The album was released July 1, 2013 by Mod Mobilian Records and This Is American Music.{{cite news|last=Fensterstock|first=Alison|title=A take on John Lennon's 'Jealous Guy' heralds Hurray for the Riff Raff's new cover CD, due July 1|url=http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/a_take_on_john_lennons_jealous.html|accessdate=16 June 2013|newspaper=Times-Picayune}}

Track listing

  1. "Delta Momma Blues" (Townes Van Zandt) – 3:48
  2. "Fine and Mellow" (Billie Holiday) – 3:37
  3. "My Morphine" (Gillian Welch) – 4:05
  4. "Black Jack Davey" (Traditional) – 3:11
  5. "Western Cowboy" (Lead Belly) – 4:42
  6. "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) – 3:27
  7. "Just a Heart" (James Hand) – 3:34
  8. "Angel Ballad" (Alynda Lee Segarra, based on the Gillian Welch composition "Ruination Day") – 6:06
  9. "Cuckoo" (Segarra) – 3:34
  10. "People Talkin'" (Lucinda Williams) – 3:52
  11. "River" (Joni Mitchell) – 4:48
  12. "I'm Goin' Away" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:19
  13. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) – 4:34
  14. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 4:00

Personnel

  • Alynda Lee Segarra – vocals, guitar
  • Yosi Perlstein – fiddle, drums, percussion
  • Sam Doores – drums (track 5), piano (track 6), guitar (#14)
  • Dan Cutler – bass (tracks 5 and 14)
  • Zach Setchfield – slide guitar (track 14)
  • Andy Wilhite – organ (track 14)

References