Whitey Ford Sings the Blues

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The album was both a commercial and critical success (selling more than three million copies) and went 2× platinum according to RIAA. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200. Its hit single "What It's Like" became Everlast's most popular and successful song, which garnered him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Whitey Ford Sings the Blues blended rap with acoustic and electric guitars, developed by Everlast together with producers Dante Ross and John Gamble. The album incorporates a mix of musical styles such as blues, rock and hip hop. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel wrote that the album "exudes the folk-rock vibe – if not quite the peerless songwriting – of a Bruce Springsteen or a Steve Earle, augmented by the beats that Everlast perfected in his former band."[3]

Singles

Whitey Ford Sings the Blues spawned five singles: "What It's Like", "Painkillers", "Money (Dollar Bill)", "Ends", and "Today (Watch Me Shine)". Its lead single "What It's Like" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks. "Ends" peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Alternative Songs, "Today (Watch Me Shine)" peaked at No. 12 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40, and the other two did not appear in main music charts. "Painkillers" appeared in the 1999 Jet Li film Black Mask.

Track listing

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  • "The White Boy Is Back" is a cover song of "The Fat Boys Are Back" by Fat Boys, performed by Kia Jeffries
  • "Ends" features background vocals by Bronx Style Bob

Personnel

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  • Eric Francis Schrody – guitar (track 3–4, 14, 17), scratches (track 5, 12), keyboards (track 14)
  • Dante Ross – drum programming & scratches (track 15); piano, bass & strings (track 16)
  • Keith "Keefus" Ciancia – keyboards (track 1, 5, 17)
  • Nightrain Merlot – bass (track 3, 8, 12)
  • Giovanni Loria – string arrangement (track 4), bass (track 5, 17)
  • Ben Bocardo – bass (track 4)
  • Elizabeth Wright – cello (track 4)
  • Stephan Cullo – keyboards (track 4)
  • John Wang – viola (track 4)
  • Alen C. Agadhzhanyan – first violin (track 4)
  • Jacqueline Suzuki – second violin (track 4)
  • Darren Robinson – guitar (track 12)
  • John Norwood Fisher – bass (track 14)
  • Melvin Babu – scratches (track 14)
  • DJ Daz – scratches (track 14)
  • John Gamble – bass (track 15)
  • Geoff Gallegos – tenor saxophone (track 17)
  • Dan Osterman – trombone (track 17)
  • Todd M. Simon – trumpet (track 17)

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  • John Gamble – producer (tracks 1–7, 10, 12–18), mixing (track 3–5, 7, 9, 12, 14–18), engineer (tracks 1–5, 7–8, 11–12, 14–18)
  • Dante Ross – producer (tracks 1–7, 10, 12–18), mixing (track 3–5, 7, 12, 14–17), executive producer
  • Jamie Staub – mixing (tracks 3–5, 8, 11–12, 14–15, 17)
  • Mark Richardson – producer & mixing (track 8)
  • Eric Brooks – producer & mixing (track 11)
  • Siba Giba – producer (track 9)
  • Eric Francis Schrody – executive producer
  • Carl Stubner – executive producer

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  • Dante Ross – A&R direction
  • Max Nichols – A&R direction
  • Jason Rand – art direction, design
  • Keith Carter – photography

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Charts

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Certifications

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References

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