Label: Self-Release
Released 2018
Based in Bloomington, IL, Chicago Farmer (A.K.A. Cody Diekhoff) independently releases his first live Chicago Farmer album, Quarter Past Tonight, a two-disc set on Aug. 3. With long time studio engineer Chris Harden (I.V. Labs Studio/Chicago) in tow and armed with just his guitar, harmonica and distilled words and stories of heartache, social injustice, hometown pride, love and loss, Chicago Farmer played two sold out nights at the Apollo Theater in Peoria, IL in December of 2017 and captured it all as it went down. Quarter Past Tonight offers a greatest-hits retrospective of his work with 32 tracks of stories and songs, including “Watch Doctor,” “Round Table,” and “Postcards” from his debut album, “Illinois Anthem” and “Assembly Line Blues” off of From a Small Town in Illinois [2006], “Weatherman” from Talk of Town [2007], “Workin’ On It” and “Backseat” from Backenforth, IL [2013], and “Rocco N’ Susie” and “Umbrella” from Midwest Side Stories [2016]. The album also features three new original Chicago Farmer songs — “Dirtiest Uniforms,” “$13 Beers,” and “I Need A Hit “— as well as a cover of Backyard Tire Fire’s “Good to Be.
Track listing:
Disc 1
- Dirtiest Uniforms
- Round Table
- Pulled Over On 29
- Anymore
- Benefits
- Backseat
- Assembly Line Blues
- $13 Dollar Beers
- Six Records
- Who On Earth
- Fall
- Illinois Anthem
- Jon Stokes Prison Break Blues
- People N’ Places
- Good To Be [by Edward David Anderson & Backyard Tire Fire]
Disc 2
- I Need A Hit
- Umbrella
- We’re All Billy
- Quarter Life Crisis
- Watch Doctor
- Weatherman
- Nostalgia & Folklore
- Postcards
- Hats
- Workin’ On It
- Breaking Bad
- Rocco N’ Susie
- Thank You’s
- Victoria Walker
- Farms & Factories
- Won’t Let You Down
- For Dad (Pool Song)