On August 13, 2021, Nanci Caroline Griffith died aged 68. She was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, toured and recorded with The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, John Prine, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Dolores Keane, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz, The Chieftains, John Stewart, Darius Rucker and Buddy Holly’s band. In 1994, Griffith won “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Folk Album”, in 1995, she was awarded the “Kate Wolf Memorial Award” by the “World Folk Music Association”, and in 2008, the “Americana Music Association” awarded her its “Americana Trailblazer Award”. Griffith released 18th studio and 2 live albums.
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Hootie & The Blowfish: Cracked Rear View
On July 5, 1994, “Atlantic” label released “Cracked Rear View”, the debut Hootie & the Blowfish studio album. It was recorded in 1994, at “NRG Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Don Gehman. “Cracked Rear View” was the highest-selling album of 1995, with 10.5 million shipments that year alone, and became the16th-best-selling album of all time in the US.
Personnel:
- Mark Bryan – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- percussion, mandolin, piano
- Dean Felber – vocals, bass guitar, clavinet, piano
- Darius Rucker– vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Jim “Soni” Sonefeld – vocals, drums, percussion, piano, glasses
- John Nau – piano, Hammond organ
- Lili Haydn– violin
- David Crosby– backing vocals
- Don Gehman– engineer, mixing
- Wade Norton – engineer assistant
- Liz Sroka – mixing, assistant
- Eddy Schreyer – mastering
- Jean Cronin – art direction
- Michael McLaughlin – photography
- Gena Rankin – production coordination
- Tim Sommer– artists and repertoire
Track listing:
All tracks by Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld.
- Hannah Jane
- Hold My Hand
- Let Her Cry
- Only Wanna Be with You
- Running from an Angel
- I’m Goin’ Home
- Drowning
- Time
- Look Away
- Not Even the Trees
- Goodbye – includes hidden traditional trackSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child