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Shake Off the Demon
Studio album by Brewer & Shipley
Released	November 1971
Recorded	Wally Heider (San Francisco)
Genre	Folk rock
Length	31:28
Label	Karma Sutra
Producer	Brewer & Shipley
Brewer & Shipley chronology
Tarkio (1970) Shake Off the Demon (1971) Rural Space (1972)

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Shake Off the Demon (1971) is the fourth album released by Brewer & Shipley.

Contents

• Track listing
• Personnel
• References

Track listing

all songs Brewer & Shipley except where marked

Side A

1. "Shake Off the Demon" – 3:08
2. "Merciful Love" – 1:58
3. "Message from the Mission (Hold On)" – 3:09
4. "One by One" – 2:58
5. "When Everybody Comes Home" – 1:58

Side B

1. "Working On the Well" – 3:17
2. "Rock Me On the Water" (Jackson Browne) – 4:00
3. "Natural Child" – 3:46
4. "Back to the Farm" – 3:18
5. "Sweet Love" – 3:56

Personnel

• Mike Brewer  – vocals, guitars, piano, mouth harp, percussion
• Tom Shipley  – vocals, guitars, bass, banjo
• Mark Naftalin  – piano, organ, vibraphone
• John Kahn  – bass
• John Cipollina  – electric and slide electric guitars on "Shake Off the Demon"
• Spencer Dryden, "Little John" Harteman III, Glen Walters – drums
• José Areas, José "Chepito" Areas – congas, bongos, timbales
• David LaFlamme  – electric violin

References