The Salesman and Bernadette

The Salesman and Bernadette is a 1998 album by Vic Chesnutt. The backing musicians on the album are from the American alternative country group Lambchop.^[9]

The Salesman and Bernadette
Studio album by Vic Chesnutt
Released	November 10, 1998 (1998-11-10)
Genre	Folk rock
Length	54:48
Label	Capricorn
Vic Chesnutt chronology
About to Choke (1996) The Salesman and Bernadette (1998) Merriment (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A–[4]
Edmonton Journal	[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Spin	8/10[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Vic Chesnutt

1. "Duty Free" – 3:13
2. "Bernadette and Her Crowd" – 3:40
3. "Replenished" – 4:20
4. "Maiden" – 3:02
5. "Until the Led" – 3:38
6. "Scratch, Scratch, Scratch" – 2:53
7. "Mysterious Tunnel" – 5:42
8. "Arthur Murray" – 4:07
9. "Prick" – 3:08
10. "Woodrow Wilson" – 3:52
11. "Parade" – 7:02
12. "Blanket Over The Head" – 1:26
13. "Square Room" – 4:29
14. "Old Hotel" – 4:20

Personnel

Musicians

• Vic Chesnutt – Acoustic Guitar/Electric Guitar/bass Guitar/Piano/Vocals
• Emmylou Harris – Vocals
• Mike Doster – Bass
• Kurt Wagner – Electric Guitar/Recorder/Lap Steel Guitar/Human Whistle/Vocals
• Tina Chesnutt – Bass/Electric Guitar/Human Whistle/Vocals
• Alex McManus – Euphonium/Electric Guitar/Accordion/Vocals/Human Whistle
• Paul Niehaus – Pedal Steel/Electric Guitar/Baritone Saxophone/Percussion/Human Whistle
• Paul Burch – Accordion/ Vibraphone/ Fender Rhodes/Human Whistle
• Deanna Varagona – Baritone Saxophone/Percussion/Vocals/Human Whistle
• Marc William Trovillion – Bass/Percussion/Human Whistle/Vocals
• Allen Lowrey – Drums/Percussion/Human Whistle/Vocals
• Dennis Cronin – Trumpet/Human Whistle
• Jonathan Marx – Clarinet/Trumpet/Percussion/Human Whistle
• John Delworth – Hammond Organ/ Farfisa Organ/Vocals

Engineering

• Dennis Cronin – Engineer
• Mark Nevers – Engineering/Mixing
• Tommy Dorsey – Mastering

References

1. The Salesman And Bernadette Review, AllMusic, retrieved 2010-02-22
2. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Vic Chesnutt". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780857125958.
4. Mirkin, Steven (18 December 1998). "The Salesman and Bernadette Review". Entertainment Weekly.
5. Moriarty, Wayne (1998-12-19). "For a good time, give Scott a spin; While you're at it, crack out a tasty Chesnutt". Edmonton Journal.
6. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 160. ISBN 9780743201698.
7. "Salesman And Bernadette Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
8. Weisbard, Eric (1999). "The Salesman and Bernadette Review". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 1. pp. 115–6.
9. Stewart, Allison (October 20, 1998). "Vic Chestnutt Sweats the Music Biz". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 27, 2020.