The Shovel vs. the Howling Bones is Lincoln Durham's debut studio album, released on January 31, 2012 by Rayburn Publishing.

Four of the songs on the album are from his 2010 EP, and the other seven are original compositions.

[8] Durham was mentored and produced by singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard, and co-produced by George Reiff.

[9] Durham played the majority of the instruments, including a 1929 Gibson HG22 guitar, a bird feeder, a hacksaw, and oil pans.

Other guest musicians from Austin on the album were Derek O'Brien Jeff Plankenhorn, Bucca Allen,[11] and Idgy Vaughn, plus Lincoln Durham's wife, Alissa.