Cheating at Solitaire explained

Cheating at Solitaire
Type:Album
Artist:Mike Ness
Cover:CheatingAtSolitaire.jpg
Released:April 13, 1999
Recorded:1998
Genre:Rock, rock and roll, folk, country, roots rock, Americana, Cowpunk
Label:Time Bomb
Producer:Mike Ness, James Saez
Next Title:Under the Influences
Next Year:1999

Cheating at Solitaire is the first solo album from Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness. Released in 1999, it bypasses much of Social Distortion's punk muscle in favor of a more roots-oriented approach to rock and roll. It features cameos by Bruce Springsteen, Brian Setzer, and members of Royal Crown Revue. Johnny Cash was invited to perform on the song "Ballad of a Lonely Man", but was too ill to record at the time.

"Dope Fiend Blues" and "I'm In Love w/My Car" were originally written/recorded in 1994 as a demo of Social Distortion's fifth album White Light, White Heat, White Trash.[1] Ness also originally wrote some of the songs on this album around 1997 while Social Distortion was planning their sixth album.

Track listing

Vinyl Version

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. http://course1.winona.edu/mhauge/personal/sxdx/sets_art/demos/#losttracks2 Social Distortion & Mike Ness Trade List
  2. Web site: Mike Ness . Billboard . 5 May 2024.