lifeblood: discography: 1997-04-29: shaming of the sun

01. shame on you
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocal, electric guitar, banjo, bazooki
sara lee: bass
jerry marotta: drums, percussion, taos drums
steve earle: vocals, harmonic

02. get out the map
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocal, banjo, acoustic guitar, bazooki, background vocal
amy ray: vocal, mandolin, bazooki
jerry marotta: drums, bongos, and percussion
sara lee: bass
jerry marotta: drums, percussion, flinstone
dallas austin: background vocals
quentin bush: background vocals
jama carter: background vocals

03. shed your skin
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocal, electric guitar
sara lee: bass
chris verene: drums
josh freese: drums
carmen caballero: background vocals
pura fe crescioni: background vocals
jennifer kreisberg: background vocals

04. it's alright
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocal, acoustic guitar, dobro
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar, electric baritone guitar
jerry marotta: drums, bongos, and percussion
sara lee: bass
jerry marotta: drums, percussion, flinstone

05. caramia
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
amy ray: vocal, 12-string guitar, electric baritone guitar
jerry marotta: drums, bongos, and percussion
sara lee: bass
jerry marotta: drums, percussion
andy stochansky: percussion
kenny greenbery: electric guitar
david arenz: violin
ellis arenz: violin
willard shull: violin
jun-ching lin: violin
sou-chun su: violin
paul murphy: viola
heidi nitchie: viola
danny laufer: cello
kathy kee: cello
michael kurth: bass
strings arranged by: sara lee
strings conducted by: kristin wilkinson

06. don't give that girl a gun
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electic baratone guitar
emily sailers: vocal, acoustic guitar
sara lee: bass
chris verene: drums
josh freese: drums
michael lorant: background vocals

07. leeds
words and music by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocal, piano, hurdy gurdy
david leonard: hurdy gurdy
carmen caballero: background vocals
pura fe crescioni: background vocals
jennifer kreisberg: background vocals

08. scooter boys
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocal, electric guitar
sara lee: bass
andy stochansky: drums, percussion
michelle malone: background vocals

09. everything in it's own time
words and music by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocal, harmonium, nylon string guitar
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar
sara lee: bass
jerry marotta: drums, percussion, harmonium
lisa germano: violin, mandolin

10. cut it out
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar, nylon string guitar
emily sailers: vocal, electric guitar
sara lee: bass
andy stochansky: drums
kenny greenbery: electric guitar
emily saliers, amy ray, candi jiosne, michael lorant and shiela doyle: piano

11. burn all the letters
words and music by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocal, acoustic guitar
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar
jerry marotta: drums
andy stochansky: talking drum, dumbek
lisa germano: violin
dave richards: acoustic bass
mickey raphael: harmonica
carmen caballero: background vocals
pura fe crescioni: background vocals
jennifer kreisberg: background vocals

12. hey kind friend
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocal, acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocal, dulcimer
sara lee: hammond b-3, whistle
benjamin: words, friend
william w. taft: coronet, humor
timothy p. campion: drums, rake
coleman t. lewis: electric guitar, hick sounds
brian f. halloran: cello, rescue

produced by indigo girls and david leonard
recorded at woodland sound studio, nashville, tn; hit shack, austin, tx; arlyn studio, austin, tx; and southern tracks recording, atlanta, ga.
mixed at southern tracks and doppler studios, altlanta, ga.
engineered and mixed by david leonard
additional engineering by marc frigo
additional engineering and recording by carma costanzo
assistant engineers: ryan williams and alex lowe
mastered by bob ludwig at gateway mastering

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1997-05-03: shameless: an interview with the indigo girls' emily saliers, poets, artists, madmen:

jpb: where does the name of the album, shaming of the sun, come from?

es: it's from a native american legend. we were going to call the album "map" up until right before we finished it - i guess we got tired of the name. so we were looking for something else, and i was looking through a book of native american myths and legends, and that title just struck me. it's a legend from two different tribes. it's the story of how the sun came to be in the sky. and i just thought it was evocative.

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200x-xx-xx: the meaning of some indigo girls lyrics:

in addition, at a show at penn state university on april 15, 1997, emily stated that the phrase "shaming of the sun" was taken from a tunica legend. the tunica (or more accurately, the tunica-biloxi tribal nation) are a native american tribe located in louisiana.