UK Release date : Tuesday, March 15, 2011
By Steve Martin • Official album • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 10s”
Last updated on June 9, 2019
Previous album Nov 02, 2010 • "Band On The Run - Archive Collection" by Paul McCartney & Wings released globally
Article Feb 13, 2011 • Paul McCartney wins Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Award
Article March 2011 • Paul McCartney for ban on animal tests for cosmetics
Album Mar 15, 2011 • "Rare Bird Alert" by Steve Martin released in the UK
Album Mar 15, 2011 • "Rare Bird Alert" by Steve Martin released in the US
Article Mar 18, 2011 • Paul McCartney makes a cameo appearance in a sketch for Red Nose Day 2011
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Rare Bird Alert
Studio version
Yellow-Backed Fly
Studio version
Written by Steve Martin
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Paul McCartney : Vocals Steve Martin : Banjo Ron Clearfield : Cello Gary Paczosa : Mixing engineer, Recording engineer Jon Ashley : Assistant recording engineer Julian Dreyer : Assistant recording engineer
Session Recording: 2010 ? • Studio MonkMusic Studio, East Hampton, NY
Northern Island
Studio version
Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back
Studio version
Jubilation Day
Studio version
More Bad Weather On The Way
Studio version
You
Studio version
The Great Remember (for Nancy)
Studio version
Women Like To Slow Dance
Studio version
Hide Behind A Rock
Studio version
Atheists Don't Have No Songs
Studio version
King Tut
Studio version
From Wikipedia:
Rare Bird Alert is a 2011 bluegrass album by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, featuring guest appearances by Paul McCartney and The Dixie Chicks. This is Martin’s second consecutive musical album, and comprises 13 songs. His first all-music album was 2009’s The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo. Rare Bird Alert was first released on March 15, 2011. The album was nominated for a Grammy on November 30, 2011 (Best Bluegrass Album). “King Tut” is a new bluegrass arrangement of a song that had been a Billboard Top 20 hit for Martin in 1978. […]
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