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God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise

God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise[5] is singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's fourth full-length release, which was released on August 17, 2010.

Not to be confused with the country song "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise", or the documentary If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise.

God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise

August 17, 2010 (US)

March 15–28, 2010

The Big Room, Apple Hill, (Massachusetts)

Folk, folk rock

44:27

RCA/Stone Dwarf/RED (US)

Ray LaMontagne

The record is credited to "Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs". This is the first time that LaMontagne has released music in collaboration with other artists, within the context of a band.[6]


It is the first album that was completely produced by LaMontagne. The music was recorded in a period of two weeks at LaMontagne's home in Massachusetts.[7]


On December 1, 2010, the album was nominated for two Grammy awards, including Best Contemporary Folk Album, which it won.[8] The song "Beg Steal or Borrow" was nominated for Song of the Year.[9]

Ray LaMontagne – vocals and acoustic guitar on all tracks, harmonica on tracks 8, 9 and 10

– bass on all tracks except track 9

Jennifer Condos

– drums on all tracks except tracks 5 and 9

Jay Bellerose

Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5, acoustic guitar on tracks 6, 7 and 8, electric guitar on tracks 1 and 10

– electric guitar on tracks 1 and 4, pedal steel guitar on tracks 3 and 6, acoustic guitar on track 5, lap steel guitar on track 8, electric baritone guitar on track 2, banjo on track 7, acoustic resonator steel guitar and mandola on track 10

Greg Leisz

– keyboards on track 6

Patrick Warren

Ryan Freeland – accordion on track 8

Ray LaMontagne collaborated with the following musicians on this album:[10]

. News update on summer tour & album release. Archived from the original on August 26, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.

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