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Wagonwheel Blues

Wagonwheel Blues is the debut album by American indie rock band the War on Drugs, released on June 19, 2008, on Secretly Canadian. Primarily a collaboration between founding members Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile, it is the only studio album to feature contributions from drummer Kyle Lloyd.

Wagonwheel Blues

June 19, 2008

43:03

Background and recording[edit]

Upon the album's release, vocalist and guitarist Adam Granduciel noted that the album's songs "each have their own little time frame spanning over the last six-to-seven years."[1] Granduciel elaborated, "There are sounds on these songs from over eight years of home recording; bits and pieces here and there, dumped from cassettes, MiniDiscs, samplers, rough mixes run through amps and sampled, but most importantly all the performances are fresh and invigorating."[1]

 – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, drums, organs, samplers, rhodes, ms16, piano

Adam Granduciel

 – electric and acoustic 12-string guitars, lead jazzmaster, vocals, OB-8, wurlitzer, trumpet, piano

Kurt Vile

David Hartley – electric bass (1 & 2)

Kyle Lloyd – drums, percussion, Casper (1 & 5)