Title: Brag and Cuss
Label: Second Nature
Product Type: VINYL LP

The Brag & Cuss marks a major turning point in Rocky Votolato's career. Unlike the minimal acoustic guitar and vocals of his breakthrough Makers, it's very much a band record. Featuring a group of exceptionally talented musicians - James McAllister (Sufjan Stevens), Bill Herzog (Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter), Casey Foubert (Pedro the Lion), and Rick Steff (Cat Power, Hank Williams, Jr..) - the album ventures at times into the classic country territory of lovers, drinkers, and the distant oasis of a truck stop on a stretch of dark highway. If Makers (which more than doubled the sales of Rocky's previous release and introduced him to a whole new audience) was his first giant step up, then the Brag & Cuss marks his arrival as a major force in American songwriting.

Tracks:
1.1 Lilly White
1.2 Postcard from Kentucky
1.3 Before You Were Born
1.4 Wrong Side of Reno
1.5 Red Dragon Wishes
1.6 Blue Rose
1.7 Your Darkest Eyes
1.8 Time Is a Debt
1.9 Whiskey Straight
1.10 Old Holland
1.11 Silver Trees