Woke On A Whaleheart

Woke on a Whaleheart is the first record released by Bill Callahan under his own name instead of his nom de plume Smog. It was released by Drag City on April 24, 2007, and released a week earlier in Callahan's home state of Texas. A single, "Diamond Dancer," preceded the release of the album on March 20, 2007. Callahan has explained the name change, stating: "I realized that [Smog is] a really ugly word. I realized I'd been going so many years without even thinking about it. I realized I didn't want to be associated with this thing that doesn't even exist. Because a name is a pretty strong thing, right?". He initially planned to release the previous Smog album, A River Ain't Too Much to Love, under his own name but decided against doing so after pressure from Drag City. The arrangements of labelmate and former Royal Trux vocalist and guitarist Neil Michael Hagerty are featured on the album, and Callahan's band consists of vocalist Deani Pugh-Flemmings, guitarist Pete Denton, violinist Elizabeth Warren, percussionist Thor Harris, bassist Steve Bernal, and keyboard/lap steel player Howard Draper. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke_on...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)