Chinatown
Studio album by The Be Good Tanyas
Released	March 11, 2003
Genre	Folk, bluegrass
Length	56:30
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	John Ellis
The Be Good Tanyas chronology
Blue Horse (2000) Chinatown (2003) Hello Love (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]

Chinatown is the second album by The Be Good Tanyas, released in 2003.^[3][4][5]

Track listing

1. "It's Not Happening" (Frazey Ford) – 2:41
2. "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes Van Zandt) – 5:13
3. "Junkie Song" (Ford) – 3:47
4. "Ship Out On the Sea" (Ford) – 4:13
5. "Dogsong 2" (Samantha Parton) – 5:08
6. "Rowdy Blues" (Ford, Trish Klein) – 3:32
7. "Reuben" (Traditional; arranged by Jolie Holland, Parton, Ford, Klein) – 4:23
8. "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional; arranged by The Be Good Tanyas) – 3:49
9. "In Spite of All the Damage" (Ford) – 3:59
10. "Lonesome Blues" (Parton) – 4:17
11. "In My Time of Dying" (Traditional; arranged by The Be Good Tanyas) – 3:43
12. "I Wish My Baby Was Born" (Traditional; arranged by Samantha Parton) – 3:50
13. "Horses" (The Be Good Tanyas) – 4:01
14. "Midnight Moonlight" (Peter Rowan) – 3:41

Personnel

• Frazey Ford – guitar, mandolin (2), vocals
• Samantha Parton – guitar, mandolin, ukulele, piano (5), vocals
• Trish Klein – electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, acoustic guitar (9), mandolin (12), harmony vocals

Additional Personnel

• Andrew Burden – double bass
• Glenn "Ike" Eidsness – drums
• Jolie Holland – fiddle (10), harmony vocals (5, 10)
• Olu Dara – cornet (3, 13)
• Paul Clifford – drums (5)
• Aaron Chapman – saw (5)
• Ketch Secor – fiddle (7)
• Doug Thordarson – five-string viola & violin (5)
• Roey Shemesh – double bass (1), bowed bass (5), fretless bass (4)
• Diane Williams (Frazey's mom) – harmony vocals (14)
• Martin Green – accordion (12)

References