Broken Sticks: Al Shipley on drums 2000-2020

5/4/2025

Tracks 1-3 produced by Tim St. Clair
Tracks 4 and 5 produced by Dan Doggett

K.B. Blankson - bass on tracks 4 and 5
Dan Doggett – guitar, vocals, bass on tracks 1-3
Chris Merriam – guitar 
Al Shipley – drums

special thanks to Joe Mitra, who played in the band for 6 months but does not appear on these recordings.

Golden Beat - The Complete Works of Golden Beat

Al Shipley - 5/4/2021 DJ Set

Al Shipley - 5/4/2022 DJ Set

Al Shipley - 5/4/2023 DJ Set

Western Blot - End Of The Bargain

Al Shipley - 5/4/2024 DJ Set

western blot - wrong again (hit em)

Trust Issues

Al Shipley - 5/4/2025 hit em dj set

western blot - hit em: impossible

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al shipley hit em dj set 5/4/2025

released on Flying Dog Music's compilation Baltimore, Vol. 1 (2013) and Western Blot's album Muscle Memory (2016)

Written by Al Shipley 
Lead vocals by Andy Shankman
All instruments by Al Shipley 

Produced by Mat Leffler-Schulman and Al Shipley 

Recorded and mixed by Mat Leffler-Schulman at Mobtown Studios in Baltimore, Maryland 

Mastered by Bill Wolf for Wolf Productions, Inc. 

Sculpture by Donald Edwards 
Photography by Jennifer German 
Layout by Brock Sharp

Western Blot - The Power Let Me Down (2013)

Written by Al Shipley 
Lead vocals by Scott Siskind
All instruments by Al Shipley 

Produced by Mat Leffler-Schulman and Al Shipley 

Recorded and mixed by Mat Leffler-Schulman at Mobtown Studios in Baltimore, Maryland 

Mastered by Bill Wolf for Wolf Productions, Inc. 

Sculpture by Donald Edwards 
Photography by Jennifer German 
Layout by Brock Sharp

Western Blot - Child Of Divorce

Produced by Tim St. Clair
Dan Doggett – guitar, bass, vocals
Chris Merriam – guitar 
Al Shipley – drums

The Complete Works of Golden Beat

Letter

Golden Beat - Letter (2018)

One More Hour

Golden Beat - One More Hour

Places You Would Go

Golden Beat - Places You Would Go

Produced by Dan Doggett
K.B. Blankson - bass
Dan Doggett – guitar, vocals
Chris Merriam – guitar 
Al Shipley – drums

Solstice Song

Golden Beat - Solstice Song

Someone Star A Band With Me

Golden Beat - Someone Start A Band With Me (2015)

Produced by Mat Leffler-Schulman and Al Shipley 

Recorded and mixed by Mat Leffler-Schulman and engineered by Rob Liberati at Mobtown Studios in Baltimore, Maryland 

Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio 

Written by Al Shipley 

Al Shipley: keyboards, drums, vocals

Western Blot - Middle America

Produced by Doug Bartholomew and Al Shipley
Written by Al Shipley
Vocals by Koye Berry
Keyboards and drums by Al Shipley 
Mixed by Mat Leffler-Schulman 
Mastered by Dan Coutant
Cover art by DeadmanJay

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originally released on the 2001 self-titled album by Snoozer

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