The King of In Between is a solo album by Garland Jeffreys. It was released in 2011 by Big Lake Records and self-produced. Lou Reed provided backing vocals on one track on the album, "The Contortionist".[1]

Critical reception

The King of In Between has a score of 79/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(79%)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Austin Chronicle	[4]
Robert Christgau	A-[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys

1. "Coney Island Winter" - 3:50
2. "I'm Alive" - 4:01
3. "Streetwise" - 4:48
4. "The Contortionist" - 3:53
5. "All Around the World" - 4:38
6. "'Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me" - 4:02
7. "Love Is Not a Cliché" - 3:27
8. "Rock and Roll Music" - 2:56
9. "The Beautiful Truth" - 4:04
10. "Roller Coast Town" - 3:06
11. "In God's Waiting Room" - 3:59
12. "Rock On" (unlisted bonus track)[6] - 3:18

Personnel

• Garland Jeffreys - vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 13)
• Larry Campbell - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6); acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, string arrangements (tracks: 12, 13); guitar solos (tracks: 4, 8); rhythm guitar (track: 9); revelator guitar (track: 11)
• Duncan Sheik - acoustic and electric guitar, sonic orchestration (track: 2)
• Duke Levine - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13); wah-wah electric guitar, special effects (track: 9)
• Hugh McCracken (tracks: 2), Junior Marvin (tracks: 5, 10) - electric guitar
• Mark Bosch - acoustic, electric and slide guitar (tracks: 2, 7); electric guitar, organ, piano (tracks: 1, 7)
• Alan Freedman - acoustic guitar (track: 12); electric guitar (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 10)
• Jeremy Chatzky (tracks: 5, 10), John Conte (tracks: 1, 7), Mike Merritt (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9,12,13), Pino Palladino (track: 2) - bass
• Brian Mitchell - keyboards (tracks: 12, 13); Hammond organ (tracks: 3, 4, 9), piano (tracks: 4, 8)
• George Kouao - keyboards (tracks: 5, 10)
• Rich Pagano (tracks: 1, 7), Steve Goulding (tracks: 5, 10), Steve Jordan (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13) - drums
• Jerry Johnson - tenor saxophone (tracks: 5, 10)
• Clark Gayton - trombone (tracks: 5, 10)
• Savannah Jeffreys, Vaneese Thomas - additional vocals (track: 4)
• Cindy Mizelle (tracks: 5, 13), Lou Reed (track: 4), Vaneese Thomas (track: 8) - backing vocals

References

External links

• AMG review