The Long Hello Mike Slizewski with TapWater Single Thing Records The Blues Won’t Take You By Surprise (3:30) Breathe Underwater Like Fish (2:21) Never Trust Nobody Till They’re Dead (4:37) Lazy Christmas (4:02) Words and Music by Mike Slizewski Produced by Rudy Slizewski Additional Production by Steve Berlin Recorded/mixed/engineered by Jason Driver at B-Side Studios, Portland, Oregon in April-May, 2017 Mastered by Adam Gonsalves, Telegraph Mastering, Portland, Oregon Mike Slizewski: lead vocals, guitar Rudy Slizewski: marimba, upright piano, Farfisa and Wurlitzer organs, mellotron, tambourine, caixixi, orchestral cymbals, sleigh bells, harmonies Steve Moore: lap steel, banjo, harmonies Ravi Laird: ukulele, harmonies Simon Lucas: drums, harmonies Don Corey: upright bass Steve Berlin: Leslie pedal Mike, Tari, Katie, and Rudy Slizewski and Bubble Princess Nylah Rae Dean, with a special guest appearance by Bubblemaster Debbie Beck: family bubbles Steven (Slim), Theresa, Trese, Carolyn, and Kaz (Slim) Slizewski, Art Chambers, and Deaf Williams: spaces between the notes Rondo Fillet: mind control Heather Dodds: Cover design/graphics Mike Slizewski of Yreka, California, longtime songwriter, performer, and Bar Chords founder/bandleader, also serves as tribal administrator for the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation in the beautifully remote mountains of far northern California. Purveyor of world twang music, Portland, Oregon-based TapWater is Rudy Slizewski, Steve Moore, Ravi Laird, Simon Lucas, and Don Corey. © 2017 Mike Slizewski