the busted monkey diaries volume 1

Original Liner Notes:

Musicians:

Chris Smith: electric guitar, slide guitar (tracks 2, 11, 13, 14)
Ryan Vikedal: drums (tracks 2, 11, 14)
Buddy (Corb Lund): bass (tracks 2, 11, 14)
Bill Bourne: guitar, vocals (track 5)
Cory Danyluk: harmonica (tracks 3, 14)
Christine Hanson: cello (track 8)
Shannon Johnson: violin (tracks 7, 8)
Jason Kodie: accordian (tracks 1, 8, 10)
Bryan Becker: hallelujahs
Tracy Noga: hallelujahs and mumbling
Wicken sings, rants, mumbles; plays acoustic guitar, homemade didgereedo and toilet

All poems and songs written by Scott Wicken
Cover by Wicken
Photo by Andre Pinces
Executive Producer: Bryan Becker
Engineered by Dave Mockford
Produced by Dave Mockford and Scott Wicken
Recorded July and August 1994 at Monster Tracks Audio Projects, Edmonton, Alberta.

Thanks, of course, to mom, dad - brother Craig for becoming a patron of the arts again. Thanks to roomates Luann Kowalek, Cris Smith and Ryan Vikadel for being beautiful against all odds. Thanks to all the Monster Tracks folks: Tracy Noga, Dave Mockford for his enormous ears and especial superfancy thanks to Bryan Becker. Thanks to Mike McDonald and the rest of Jr. Gone Wild. Thanks to the Piemyn. Thanks to Ron Serna. Thanks to We Borg, Hookahman and the Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie Corporation for the backstage pss to the folk festifal, the huts and cone (Irie!). Thanks to all the noodlers. Thanks to the folks at the Rosebowl for a hundred Sunday nights. Thanks to Cory, Jason, Bill, Shannon, Christine and Buddy for coming through. Thanks Sandy for the loan. Thanks to Grace Kalinowski for all the time off and all the folks at the New York Bagel Cafe. Thanks to John and Rose, Kirby and Chris Martin. Thanks to the big awesome thing that holds it all together.

This album is dedicated to my grandmother Dorothy Disher who taught me more than she could have guessed.