Don't It Drag On is an album by American singer/songwriter Chris Smither, released in 1972. It was re-released on CD along with I'm a Stranger Too! in 2002.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Brett Hartenbach called Smither "a great writer who knows when to look elsewhere for material, a masterful guitarist who understands simplicity and a powerful singer with restraint.": and wrote of the album "while the bulk of Smither's material has a ruminative, melancholic tone, don't expect typical singer/songwriter fare." Village Voice critic Robert Christgau also praised the album, writing "Smither writes tough-minded yet numinous post-folk songs that do justice to his adventurous taste in other people's... A smart record."

Don't It Drag On

Track listing

All songs by Chris Smither unless otherwise noted. "Lonesome Georgia Brown" "Down in the Flood" (Bob Dylan) "I've Got Mine" "Statesboro Blues" (Blind Willie McTell) "Another Way to Find You" "No Expectations" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) "Friend of the Devil" (John Dawson, Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) "Don't It Drag On" "Every Mother's Son" "Mail Order Mystics" "I Feel the Same"

Don't It Drag On

Personnel

Chris Smither – vocals, guitar

John Bailey - guitar, autoharp

Rod Hicks - bass

Happy Traum - banjo

Bonnie Raitt - background vocals

Maria Muldaur - background vocals

Kathryn Rose - background vocals

Roy Markowitz - drums

Eric Kaz - piano

Ben Keith - dobro, pedal steel guitar

Stuart Schulman - violin

Production

Produced by Michael Cuscuna

Engineered by Nick Jameson

Milton Glaser - art direction, design

Duane Michals - photography

Bill Wasserzieher - reissue liner notes

References

1972 albums

Chris Smither albums

Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna

Tomato Records albums

Don't It Drag On