{"id":4275,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4042"},"modified":"2025-03-10T21:59:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T04:59:36","slug":"catholic-boy-jim-carroll-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/catholic-boy-jim-carroll-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Art - Catholic Boy (1980) - by The Jim Carroll Band\" class=\"wp-image-6642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cboy-192x192.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Catholic Boy<\/em><br>By The Jim Carroll Band<br>Atco, 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get this on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000002IB6?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=thejimcarrollweb&amp;linkId=eaf646e4a8e5c8f4225ce15b583b2755&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">Amazon<\/a><br>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/catholic-boy-jim-carroll-band-fat-possum-2021\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9257\">Catholic Boy &#8211; Fat Possum reissue, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Songs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/catholic-boy-lyrics\/\">View Lyrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wicked Gravity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three Sisters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day and Night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nothing Is True<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People Who Died<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City Drops Into the Night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s Too Late<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I Want the Angel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catholic Boy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liner Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>PRODUCED BY EARL McGRATH<br>CO-PRODUCTION &amp; ENGINEERING: BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN<br>ARRANGED BY: THE JIM CARROLL BAND<br>BRIAN LINSLEY &#8212; Guitar<br>STEVE LINSLEY &#8212; Bass<br>TERRELL WINN &#8212; Guitar<br>WAYNE WOODS &#8212; Drums<br>JIM CARROLL &#8212; Vocals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Engineers: JEFFREY NORMAN and JASON CORSARO<br>Mastering By: ROBERT LUDWIG for MASTERDISK CORPORATION<br>Art Direction: ANNIE LEIBOVITZ and EARL McGRATH and SANDI YOUNG<br>Cover Photograph: ANNIE LEIBOVITZ<br>Back Cover Photograph: MICHAEL HALSBAND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keyboards on &#8220;DAY AND NIGHT&#8221; and &#8220;I WANT THE ANGEL&#8221; &#8212; ALLEN LANIER<br>Saxophone on &#8220;CITY DROPS INTO THE NIGHT&#8221; &#8211;BOBBY KEYS<br>Additional vocal on &#8220;DAY AND NIGHT&#8221; &#8212; AMY KANTER<br>Backing vocals on &#8220;PEOPLE WHO DIED&#8221; &#8211;SALLY, HILLARY, NEON, JANET and THE JIM<br>CARROLL BAND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br>Special Thanks to: ALLEN LANIER, SUZANNE del REGNO, ART COLLINS, THE ZEN CENTER (SF) TERRY<br>BROMBERG and EARL McGRATH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JIM CARROLL IS THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: &#8220;THE BASKETBALL DIARIES&#8221;<br>(Bantam) &#8220;LIVING AT THE MOVIES&#8221; (Viking\/Grossman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALLEN LANIER APPEARS COURTESY OF COLUMBIA RECORDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/catholic-boy-jim-carroll-band-fat-possum-2021\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9257\">Catholic Boy &#8211;  Fat Possum Reissue 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic BoyBy The Jim Carroll BandAtco, 1980 Get this on AmazonSee also: Catholic Boy &#8211; Fat Possum reissue, 2021 Songs View Lyrics Liner Notes PRODUCED BY EARL McGRATHCO-PRODUCTION &amp; ENGINEERING: BOB CLEARMOUNTAINARRANGED BY: THE JIM CARROLL BANDBRIAN LINSLEY &#8212; GuitarSTEVE LINSLEY &#8212; BassTERRELL WINN &#8212; GuitarWAYNE WOODS &#8212; DrumsJIM CARROLL &#8212; Vocals &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Assistant Engineers: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/catholic-boy-jim-carroll-band\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Catholic Boy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4056,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[48],"class_list":["post-4275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-16X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9257,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/music-jim-carroll-jim-carroll-band\/catholic-boy-jim-carroll-band-fat-possum-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":4275,"position":0},"title":"Catholic Boy 2021","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"March 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Front Cover - Catholic Boy - Fat Possum Catholic BoyBy The Jim Carroll BandFat Possum, 2019 & 2021 Get this from Fat Possum I NEED TO SEPARATE THESE TWO VERSIONS! 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If you have anything unusual or any audio or video tapes not listed here, please contact me! Rare Vinyl One World PoetryMilkway Records & Giorno Poetry Systems, 1981Giorno Poetry Systems Records GPS 028-029 This album seems\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Cover Art - One World Poetry - Giorno Poetry Systems (1981)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/giorno-one-world-poetry.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/giorno-one-world-poetry.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/giorno-one-world-poetry.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4034,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/academic-studies-of-jim-carroll\/masters-thesis-1990-basketball-diaries-and-forced-entries\/works-cited\/","url_meta":{"origin":4275,"position":3},"title":"Works Cited","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Works CitedJim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries and Forced EntriesBy Cassie Carter Title Page \u00a0 Table of Contents \u00a0 Abstract \u00a0 Chapter One \u00a0 Chapter Two \u00a0 Chapter Three \u00a0 Chapter Four \u00a0 Appendix \u00a0 Notes \u00a0 Works Cited Allen, Donald, ed. 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