Chippy (album)

Chippy
Studio album by
Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, Jo Carol Pierce
Released1994
RecordedSpur Studio, Austin, TX
Feb. & Mar. 1994
GenreTexas Country
LabelHollywood[1]
ProducerJoe Ely, Terry Allen
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide[4]

Chippy, also known as Songs from "Chippy", is an album by Terry Allen, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, Wayne Hancock, Jo Harvey Allen, and Jo Carol Pierce.[5][6] It contains original music from the musical, Chippy, which was written by Jo Harvey and Terry Allen and commissioned by the American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia, where it received its world premiere in 1994.[2] The setting of the musical is West Texas in the 1930s.[7]

  1. ^ "Q&A: Joe Ely". September 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Songs from Chippy - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Songs from Chippy". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 6.
  5. ^ Richards, David (July 29, 1994). "THEATER REVIEW;Songs of a Hapless Hooker Who Kept Count". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Bad Girls Get Old". Texas Monthly – Featured. June 21, 2017.
  7. ^ Willis, John (March 1, 2000). Theatre World 1994-1995. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781557832504 – via Google Books.