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John Anderson: Years

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On April 10, 2020, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Years”, the 22nd John Anderson album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and David Fergusson.

Personnel:

  • John Anderson – lead vocals
  • Blake Shelton – lead vocal
  • Dan Auerbach – acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Russ Pahl – acoustic, electric and steel guitar, bass, sitar, mouth organ
  • Billy Sanford – electric guitar, percussion
  • Mark Howard – banjo
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Billy Sanford – dobro, percussion
  • Bobby Wood – electric piano
  • Mike Rojas – piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, vibraphone, glockenspiel, harpsichord, bells
  • Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Dave Roe – bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums, percussion
  • Chris St. Hilaire – percussion
  • Pat McLaughlin – percussion, backing vocals
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Ashley Wilcoxson, Molly Tuttle, Leisa Hans, Tyler Childers, Terry Eldridge, Shelton Feazell – backing vocals
  • M. Allen Parker – recording, engineer, mixing
  • Alex Skelton – engineer assistant
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – engineer assistant
  • Austin Atwood, Josh Ditty, Trey Keller – additional engineering
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • Perry Shall – design, layout
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m Still Hangin’ On – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson, Paul Overstreet
  2. Celebrate – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  3. Years – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, John Anderson, Patrick James McLaughlin
  4. Tuesday I’ll Be Gone – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson, David R. Fergusson
  5. What’s a Man Got to Do – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, Dee White, John Anderson
  6. Wild and Free – Joseph Paul Allen, Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  7. Slow Down – Bobby Wood, Dan Auerbach, John Anderson
  8. All We’re Really Looking For – Dan Auerbach, Larry R. Cordle, John Anderson
  9. Chasing Down a Dream – Dan Auerbach, David R. Fergusson, John Anderson
  10. You’re Nearly Nothing – Dan Auerbach, John Anderson

Johnny Cash: The Baron

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On June 1, 1981, “Columbia” label released “The Baron”, the 66th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in in September 1980 and March 1981, at “CBS Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Billy Sherrill.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • Pete Wade, Phil Baugh, Terry Jacks, Billy Sanford, Pete Bordonali – guitar
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, fiddle, arrangements
  • Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Bobby Wood – piano
  • Bobby Emmons – keyboards
  • Terry McMillan, Charlie McCoy – harmonica
  • Bob Wray – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan, Kenny Malone, Jerry Kroon – drums
  • Lea Jane Berinati, Millie Forrest, Janie Fricke, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham, Louis Nunely, Gordon Stocker, Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
  • Bill McElhiney – string arrangements
  • Ron Reynolds – engineer
  • Bill Johnson – design
  • Slick Lawson – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Baron – Paul Richey, Billy Sherrill, Jerry Taylor
  2. Mobile Bay – David Kirby, Curly Putman
  3. (I Learned) The Hard Way – Jerry Lynn Lansdowne
  4. Celling, Four Walls and a Floor – Tom T. Hall
  5. Hey, Hey, Train – Marty Stuart
  6. The Reverend Mr. Black / Lonesome Valley (Medley) – Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Billy Ed Wheeler, Jed Peters
  7. The Blues Keep Getting Bluer – Ron Reynolds
  8. Chattanooga City Limit Sign – Robert Rhett Drawdy
  9. Thanks to You – Jerry Lynn Lansdowne
  10. Greatest Love Affair – Mack David, Billy Sherrill

Buffy Sainte – Marie: Quiet Places

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In November 1973, “Vanguard” label released “Quiet Places”, the ninth Buffy Sainte-Marie album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Norbert Putnam and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Personnel:

  • Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Charlie McCoy, Billy Sanford – guitar
  • Norbert Putnam– bass
  • David Briggs– keyboards
  • Kenny Buttrey– drums
  • Memphis Horns
  • Sid Sharp Strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Buffy Sainte-Marie, except where noted.

  1. Why You Been Gone So Long – Mickey Newbury
  2. No One Told Me
  3. For Free – Joni Mitchell
  4. She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain When She Comes
  5. Clair Vol’s Young Son
  6. Just That Kind of Man
  7. Quiet Places
  8. Have You Seen My Baby? (Hold On) – Randy Newman
  9. There’s No One in the World Like Caleb
  10. Civilization – Boudleaux Bryant
  11. Eventually – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
  12. The Jewels of Hanalei

Johnny Cash: Out Among The Stars

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On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
  • June Carter Cash– duet
  • Waylon Jennings– duet
  • Pete Bordonali – guitar
  • Jerry Carrigan – guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy– guitar
  • Billy Sanford – guitar
  • Dale Sellers – guitar
  • Robert Wray – guitar
  • Pete Drake– steel guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Buddy Miller– guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – guitar
  • Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
  • Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
  • Sam Bush– mandolin
  • Tony Harrell – keyboards
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
  • Bobby Wood – piano
  • Terry McMillan– harmonica
  • Mark Fain – upright bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
  • John C. Williams – bass guitar
  • Kenny Malone– drums
  • Rick Lonow – percussion
  • Niko Bolas– percussion
  • Blade – percussion
  • Laura Cash – fiddle
  • Jerry Douglas– Dobro
  • Minnie Pearl– vocals
  • Carlene Carter– backing vocals
  • Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
  • Chuck Turner – engineer
  • Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
  • Niko Bolas – mixing
  • Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
  • Lou Robin – executive production

Track listing:

  1. Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
  2. Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
  3. She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
  4. After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
  5. I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
  6. If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
  7. Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
  8. I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
  9. Tennessee – Rick Scott
  10. Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
  11. Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
  12. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  13. She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen