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Potato Hole
Studio album by Booker T.
Released	April 21, 2009
Recorded	September – October 2008
Genre	R&B, electric blues
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Rob Schnapf, Booker T.
Booker T. chronology
I Want You (1981) Potato Hole (2009) The Road from Memphis (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Paste	6.7/10
Rolling Stone

Potato Hole is a 2009 album by Booker T. Jones, recorded with Drive-By Truckers as the backing band and guitar accompaniment by Neil Young.

On January 31, 2010, Potato Hole won the Best Pop Instrumental Album award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. The track "Warped Sister" was also nominated, for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, but that award went to Jeff Beck for "A Day in The Life".

Track listing

All tracks written by Booker T. Jones; except as noted.

1. "Pound It Out" – 4:18
2. "She Breaks" – 4:22
3. "Hey Ya!" (André 3000) – 3:53
4. "Native New Yorker" – 3:47
5. "Nan" – 2:08
6. "Warped Sister" – 4:47
7. "Get Behind the Mule" (Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan) – 4:10
8. "Reunion Time" – 3:49
9. "Potato Hole" – 6:50
10. "Space City" (Mike Cooley, Brad Morgan, Jason Isbell, Patterson Hood, Shonna Tucker) – 5:38

Personnel

• Booker T. – organ, guitars (1, 5, 8)
• Mike Cooley – guitars
• Patterson Hood – guitars
• John Neff – guitars, pedal steel guitar
• Neil Young – guitars
• Shonna Tucker – bass
• Brad Morgan – drums
• Lucy Castro – percussion

Technical

• Andy Kaulkin – executive producer
• Doug Boehm – engineer
• Jason Thrasher – photography

References

1. "Potato Hole by Booker T. Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
2. Leggett, Steve. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
3. Sinclair, Tom (April 15, 2009). "Potato Hole". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
4. Deusner, Stephen M. (April 20, 2009). "Booker T.: Potato Hole". Paste. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
5. Hermes, Will (April 30, 2009). "Potato Hole : Booker T. : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
6. ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Booker T. Jones". grammy.com. Recording Academy. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
7. "GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Rock Instrumental Performance". grammy.com. Recording Academy. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

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