Holiday in Dirt explained

Holiday in Dirt is an album by Stan Ridgway, released in 2002 through Ultramodern/New West Records. It is a collection of leftovers, rarities, compositions for film soundtracks. A quasi-cinematic project, the release of the Holiday in Dirt album was accompanied by a showing of 14 short films by various independent filmmakers, each film a visual interpretation of one of the songs on the album. A compilation DVD of the films, titled Holiday in Dirt: 14 Short Films of the Music of Stan Ridgway and produced by Minneapolis filmmakers Chris Strouth and Rick Fuller, was released in February 2005.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway.

Credits

• Stan Ridgway: Composer, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, liner notes, primary artist, producer, vocals
• Ted Andersen: Drums
• Baboo God: Engineer
• Don Bell: Saxophone
• Tchad Blake

Engineer

• Bob DeMaa: Mastering
• Mitchell Froom

Guest artist, organ, producer

• Zander Schloss

Banjo, guitarron, slide guitar

• Chris Strouth

Compilation producer

• David Sutton: Bass guitar
• Pietra Wexstun: Autoharp, keyboards, melodica, background vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard Bits: NBA All-Star Game, Petra Haden, Ridgway. Billboard. 2005-02-10. 2014-10-17.