On October 8, 1996, “Warner Bros” label released “The Way I Should”, the third Iris DeMent studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Scruggs Sound” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Randy Scruggs.
Personnel:
- Iris DeMent – vocals, guitar, piano
- Mark Knopfler – National guitar
- Lonnie Mack – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar solo
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- John Jennings – guitar, EBow, 6-string bass
- Randy Scruggs – guitar
- Stuart Smith – guitar, slide guitar
- Earl Scruggs – banjo
- Tom Roady – tambourine
- Chuck Leavell – organ, piano, accordion
- Delbert McClinton – vocals, harmonica
- Dave Pomeroy – bass
- Harry Stinson – drums
- Tammy Rogers – fiddle, mandolin, violin, viola, cello
- Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals
- Billy Burnette – backomg vocals
- Melodie Crittenden – backing vocals
- Russ Taff – backing vocals
- Chuck Ainlay – engineer, mixing
- Chris Rua, Graham Lewis – engineer assistant
- Denny Purcell – mastering
- Stephen Walker, Terry Robertson – art direction, design
- Debbie Spinelli, Rocky Schenck – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Iris DeMent, except where noted.
- When My Mornin’ Comes Around
- There’s a Wall in Washington
- Wasteland of the Free
- I’ll Take You My Sorrow Straight – Iris DeMent, Elmer McCall
- This Kind of Happy – Iris DeMent, Merle Haggard
- The Way I Should
- Letter to Mom
- Keep Me God
- Quality Time
- Walkin’ Home
- Trouble – Iris DeMnet, Elmer McCall
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