Ran On Pure Lightning

by Neal Casal

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1.	Pale Moon 04:39	buy track
2.	Fierce Little Bird 04:18	buy track
3.	Sunset Flood 01:33	buy track
4.	John Finch_Swing Me Easy 07:43	buy track
5.	In My Mind 04:15	buy track
6.	Brings Me Back to You 03:31	buy track
7.	Alachua County Boogie 01:04	buy track

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I was Shannon’s manager from 2000-2003 and we hired Neal, Jeff Hill and Dan Fadel to be her backing band when she toured in support of her debut album in 2002. Neal and Shannon had a shared love for folky singer-songwriter records and decided to make some recordings together. At this point, Neal had relocated to California and we set up a small studio for him in a tiny unused room at the large Cello Studios complex in Hollywood. Jim Scott was working down the hall and lent them some mics and recording gear and they made this lovely EP.

Shannon’s opening song ‘Pale Moon’ feels like a lost folk gem and this was really the first hint of what an outstanding sideman Neal was as a guitarist and harmony singer on other artist’s songs, which he would go on to use to perfection with Ryan Adams & The Cardinals and the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Neal’s own two songs and vocal blend with Shannon are beautiful on ‘Fierce Little Bird’ and ‘In My Mind’ and they even managed to recruit Greg Leisz for the instrumental pedal steel track “Sunset Flood’ and Benmont Tench for the instrumental piano romp ‘Alachua County Boogie’

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released November 2, 2002

Neal Casal - Guitar, Vocals, Recorded By, Producer, Mixed By
Shannon McNally - Vocals
Hutch Hutchinson - Bass
Greg Leisz - Pedal Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar [Weissenborn]
Don Heffington - Percussion
Benmont Tench - Piano
Written-By – Neal Casal (tracks: 2, 6), Shannon McNally (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7)

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