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Guy Clark: My Favorite Picture Of You

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On July 23, 2013, “Dualtone” label released “My Favorite Picture of You” the fourteenth and final Guy Clark studio album. In 2014, “My Favorite Picture of You” won “Grammy Award” for “Best Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Guy Clark – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Shawn Camp – banjo, fiddle, acoustic and resonator guitar, mandolin, octave fiddle, backing vocals
  • Chris Latham – acoustic and resonator guitar, viola, violin, backing vocals
  • Verlon Thompson – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Noel McKay – nylon string guitar
  • Gordie Sampson – acoustic guitar
  • Bryn Davies – bass guitar, cello, backing vocals
  • Morgane Stapleton – backing vocals
  • Chris Latham – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Mark Richardson – lacquer cut
  • Gina R. Binkley – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Guy Clark.

  1. Cornmeal Waltz
  2. My Favorite Picture of You
  3. Gell Beny on a Heartache
  4. El Coyote
  5. Heroes
  6. Rain in Durango
  7. Good Advice
  8. The Death of Sis Draper
  9. Waltzing Fool
  10. The High Price of Inspiration
  11. I’ll Show Me

Patty Griffin: Same

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On March 8, 2019, “PGM Recordings” label released the self-titled, tenth Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Craig Frost and Patty Griffin. At the 62nd “Grammy Awards”, “Patty Griffin” won the “Best Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Patty Griffin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, mandolin
  • Craig Ross – baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, bass, organ, percussion, engineer
  • Robert Plant – backing vocals
  • David Pulkingham – guitar, piano
  • Stephen Barber – piano
  • Conrad Choucroun – drums, percussion
  • Peggy Ghorbani – marimba
  • Thor Harris – marimba
  • Eddie Lehwald – trombone
  • Lindsey Verrill – cello
  • David Boyle – engineer
  • Mike Poole – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Mishka Westell – artwork
  • Michael Wilson – photography
  • Emma Watts – photography
  • Cindi Peters – production co-ordinations

Track listing:

All tracks by Patty Griffin.

  1. Mama’s Worried
  2. River
  3. Where I Come From
  4. Hourglass
  5. Had a Good Reason
  6. Bluebeard
  7. What Now
  8. Luminous Places
  9. Coins
  10. Boys from Tralee
  11. The Wheel
  12. What I Remember
  13. Just the Same

Aimee Mann: Mental Illness

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On March 31, 2017, “SuperEgo” label released “Mental Illness”, the ninth Aimee Mann studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Paul Bryan. On January 28, 2018, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Aimee Mann– lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Jonathan Coulton– acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards – piano, harmonium, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
  • Paul Bryan– bass, backing vocals
  • Jay Bellerose– drums, percussion
  • Eric Gorfain, Marisa Kyney, Amy Wickman, Gina Kronstadt, Terry Glenny, Radu Piepta, Susan Chatman – violin
  • Leah Katz Aaron Oltman, Rodney Wirtz – viola
  • Richard Dodd, John Krovoza, Peggy Baldwin – cello
  • Ted Leo– backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Goose Snow Cone
  2. Stuck in the Past
  3. You Never Loved Me
  4. Rollercoasters
  5. Lies of Summer
  6. Patient Zero
  7. Good for Me
  8. Knock It Off
  9. Philly Sinks
  10. Simple Fix
  11. Poor Judge