NOTES ON THE RECORDING: This second side of the Gunfighter Ballads cassette was our newly recorded material; Side One was essentially a bonus re-release of songs from an earlier cassette titled \"Grown-Ups Are People Too.\"
The drumming is by Steve Laux. Shalini Chatterjee played bass and sang, though because she'd left Madison before we finished the final mixes, some of the female vocals were contributed by Wendy Ward, who also plays pipe organ on \"Fats Waller\" (Shalini's intro vocals on this song were literally phoned in from California!). Ryan Jerving and John Papageorge sang, with Ryan playing trombone, ukulele, some acoustic guitar, and most of the electric guitar (the Fender Telecaster parts), and John playing accordion, Farfisa organ, piano, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, and some electric guitar (the Fender Stratocaster parts). The fine violin playing on this side is by Sean O'Neil. There: aren't you glad you asked?
The cover photograph was taken by Peter Barreras, who was unforgivably uncredited on the liner notes (and undercompensated in general); and the liner notes give design credit to John Schultz, Ed Schultz, and Pat Warczak.
The original liner notes conclude with this note from John Papageorge:
Gunfighters (1830-1870)
Many died unfairly, many died deservedly, that's undeniable; but whether good men or bad, Kissyfish salutes them all without judgment, and that's refreshing! Because someday while watching a red sunset, you'll close your eyes and hear the rumbling of tumbleweed and the whistling of wind as it blows through some distant saloon. And behind the rolling clouds you'll see them waving their ten-gallon hats.
