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Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like A Wheel

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On November 19, 1974, “Capitol” label released “Heart like a Wheel”, the fifth Linda Ronstadt album. It was recorded June – September 1974, at “The Sound Factory” and “Clover Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Track Recorders” in Maryland, “Record Plant” and “The Hit Factory” in New York City, “Trident Studios” and “AIR Studios” in London, and was produced by Peter Asher. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “Heart like a Wheel” on number 490 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was certified 2x Platinum by “RIAA”. 

Personnel:

  • Linda Ronstadt – lead and backing vocals
  • Andrew Gold – acoustic and electric piano, electric rhythm guitar, tambourine, acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, drums , percussion, arrangements assistant
  • Eddie Black – electric guitar
  • Bob Warford – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar 
  • JD Souther – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
  • Herb Pedersen – banjo, backing vocals
  • Paul Craft – acoustic guitar
  • John Starling – acoustic guitar
  • Danny Pendleton – pedal steel guitar
  • John Boylan – acoustic guitar
  • Glenn Frey – acoustic guitar
  • Kenny Edwards – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
  • Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar
  • Tom Guidera – bass guitar
  • Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar
  • Dennis St. John – drums
  • Russ Kunkel – drums
  • Lloyd Myers – drums
  • Don Henley – drums
  • Peter Asher – percussion, cowbell, backing vocals
  • Jimmie Fadden – harmonica
  • David Lindley – fiddle
  • Gregory Rose – string arrangements, conductor
  • David Campbell – string arrangements, viola
  • Dennis Karmazyn – cello
  • Richard Feves – double bass
  • Clydie King – backing vocals
  • Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Wendy Waldman – backing vocals
  • Cissy Houston – backing vocals
  • Joyce Nesbitt – backing vocals
  • Maria Muldaur – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals
  • Val Garay – engineer, mixing
  • David Hassinger – engineer, mixing
  • Dennis Ferrante – engineer assistant
  • John Haeny – engineer assistant
  • Peter Kelsey – engineer assistant
  • George Massenburg – engineer assistant
  • Peter Swettenham – engineer assistant
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Rod Dyer – design
  • Leandro Correa – photography
  • Eve Babitz – photography

 Track listing:

  1. You’re No Good – Clint Ballard Jr.
  2. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Paul Anka
  3. Faithless Love – JD Souther
  4. The Dark End of the Street – Chips Moman, Dan Peen
  5. Heart Like a Wheel – Anna McGarrigle
  6. When Will I Be Loved – Phil Everly
  7. Willin’ – Lowell George
  8. I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love With You) – Hank Williams
  9. Keep Me Blowing Away – Paul Craft
  10. You Can Close Your Eyes – James Taylor

Steve Earle: Jerusalem

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On September 24, 2002, “E-Squared Records” label released “Jerusalem”, the tenth Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Twangtrust (Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy).

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, bass, organ, banjo, mandolin, harmonium, harmonica
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • Siobhan Kennedy – vocals
  • Eric Ambel – vocals, guitar
  • John Barlow Jarvis – electric piano
  • Kelly Looney – bass
  • Dane Clark – drum loop
  • Ken Coomer – drums
  • Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
  • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  • Patrick Earle – percussion
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.

  1. Ashes to Ashes
  2. Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)
  3. Conspiracy Theory
  4. John Walker’s Blues
  5. The Kind
  6. What’s A Simple Man to Do?
  7. The Truth
  8. Go Amanda – Steve Earle, Sheryl Crow
  9. I Remember You
  10. Shadowland
  11. Jerusalem

Buddy & Julie Miller: Same

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On September 18, 2001, “Hightone” label released, the self-titled, debut Buddy & Julie Miller album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Buddy Miller and Julie Miller.

Personnel:

  • Julie Miller – vocals, guitar, trash cans
  • Buddy Miller – vocals, guitar
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • Tammy Rogers – mandolin
  • Phil Madeira – Hammond organ
  • Byron House – bass
  • Joey Spampinato – bass
  • Rick Plant – bass
  • Garry Tallent – bass
  • Brady Blade, Jr. – drums
  • Bryan Owings – drums
  • Larry Campbell – fiddle
  • Derri Daugherty– engineer
  • Gina R. Binkley – design
  • Jim Herrington – photography

Track listing:

  1. Keep Your Distance – Richard Thompson
  2. The River’s Gonna Run – Julie Miller
  3. You Make My Heart Beat Too Fast – Julie Miller
  4. Forever Has Come to an End – Julie Miller
  5. Little Darlin – Julie Miller
  6. Rock Salt and Nails – Bruce “Utah” Phillips
  7. Dirty Water – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  8. Wallflower – Bob Dylan
  9. That’s Just How She Cries – Julie Miller
  10. Rachel – Julie Miller
  11. Holding Up the Sky – Julie Miller

Buddy and Julie Miller: Written In Chalk

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On March 3, 2009, “New West” label released “Written in Chalk”, album by Buddy and Julie Miller. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Buddy and Julie Miller.

Personnel:

  • Julie Miller – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Buddy Miller – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • Patty Griffin – vocals
  • Robert Plant – vocals
  • Gurf Morlix – lap steel guitar
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
  • Matt Rollings – piano
  • Larry Campbell – fiddle, mandolin
  • John Deaderick – piano, keyboards
  • Chris Donohue – bass
  • Dennis Crouch – bass
  • Byron House – bass
  • Brady Blade, Jr. – drums
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Byran Owings – drums
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • Kami Lyle – trumpet
  • Ann McCrary – backing vocals
  • Regina McCrary – backing vocals
  • Brian Kershisnik – album art (cover painting)

Track listing:

All tracks by Julie Miller, except where noted.

  1. Ellis County
  2. Gasoline and Matches – Julie Miller, Buddy Miller
  3. Don’t Say Goodbye
  4. What You Gonna Do Leroy – Mel Tillis
  5. Long Time
  6. One Part, Two Part – Dee Ervin
  7. Chalk
  8. Everytime We Say Goodbye
  9. Hush, Sorrow
  10. Memphis Jane
  11. June
  12. The Selfishness in Man – Leon Payne

Emmylou Harris: Pieces Of The Sky

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On February 7, 1975, “Reprise” label released “Pieces of the Sky”, the second Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Enactron Truck” in Los Angeles, “Track Recorders” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Brian Ahem.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
  • Bruce Archer – acoustic guitar
  • Rick Cunha – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • James Burton – electric guitar, Gut-string guitar, dobro
  • Amos Garrett – electric guitar
  • Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
  • Herb Pedersen – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Danny Pendleton – pedal steel
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel
  • Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, bass, banjo, dobro, backing vocals
  • Bill Payne – piano
  • Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano, string arrangements
  • Richard Greene – fiddle
  • Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, viola
  • Duke Bardwell – bass
  • Tom Guidera – bass
  • Ray Pohlman – bass
  • Ron Tutt – drums
  • Mark Cuff – drums
  • Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
  • Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Brian Ahern – engineer
  • Chris Skene – engineer
  • Paul Skene – engineer
  • Fran Tate – engineer
  • Stuart Taylor – engineer
  • Lisa Phillips – angel drawings

Track listing:

  1. Bluebird Wine – Rodney Crowell
  2. Too Far Gone – Billy Sherrill
  3. If I Could Only Win Your Love – Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
  4. Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris, Bill Danoff
  5. Before Believing – Danny Flowers
  6. The Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
  7. Sleepless Nights – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  8. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
  9. For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Queen of the Silver Dollar – Shel Silverstein

Patty Griffin: Downtown Church

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On January 26, 2010, “Crediental” label released “Downtown Church”, the sixth Patty Griffin studio album. It was recorded in January 2009, at “Downtown Presbyterian Church” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Buddy Miller. In 2011, “Downtown Church” won the “Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album”. The album won a “Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year” at the 42nd “GMA Dove Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Patty Griffin – vocals
  • Buddy Miller – vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Doug Lancio – guitar
  • Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
  • John Deaderick – piano
  • Dennis Crouch – bass
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Bryan Owings – percussion
  • Stuart Duncan – fiddle
  • John Catchings – cello
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • Raul Malo – vocals
  • Jim Lauderdale – vocals
  • Shawn Colvin – vocals
  • Mike Farris – vocals
  • Julie Miller – vocals
  • Regina McCrary – vocals
  • Ann McCrary – vocals
  • Mike Poole – engineer
  • Gordon Hammond – engineer assistant
  • Jim DeMain – mastering
  • Kathi Whitley – production coordination
  • Maple Byrne – production assistant

Track listing:

  1. House of Gold – Hank Williams
  2. Move Up – traditional
  3. Little Fire – Patty Griffin
  4. Death’s Got a Warrant – traditional
  5. If I Had My Way – Reverend Gary Davis
  6. Coming Home to Me – Patty Griffin
  7. Wade in the Water – traditional
  8. Never Grow Old – traditional
  9. Virgen de Guadalupe – traditional
  10. I Smell a Rat – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
  11. Waiting for My Child – Sullivan Pugh
  12. The Strange Man – Dorothy Love Coates
  13. We Shall All Be Reunited – A. Karnes, B. Bateman
  14. All Creatures of Our God and King – traditional

Emmylou Harris: Luxury Liner

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On December 28, 1976, “Warner Bros Nashville” label released “Luxury Liner”, the fourth Emmylou Harris album. It was recorded in 1976, at “Enactron Truck” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brian Ahem.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, finger-style acoustic guitar, engineer
  • Nicolette Larson – duet vocals
  • Albert Lee – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Rodney Crowell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, high-strung guitar, backing vocals
  • Rick Cunha – acoustic guitar
  • Hank DeVito – pedal steel guitar
  • James Burton – electric guitar
  • Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano, string arrangements
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica, bass harmonica
  • Emory Gordy Jr. – bass
  • John Ware – drums
  • Mike Auldridge – dobro
  • Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, mandolin
  • Dianne Brooks – backing vocals
  • Dolly Parton – backing vocals
  • Herb Pedersen – backing vocals
  • Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
  • Donivan Cowart – engineer
  • Bradley Hartman – engineer
  • Stuart Taylor – engineer
  • Miles Wilkinson – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Luxury Liner – Gram Parsons
  2. Pancho and Lefty – Townes Van Zandt
  3. Making Believe – Jimmy Work
  4. You’re Supposed to Be Feeling Good – Rodney Crowell
  5. I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose – Susana Clark
  6. (You Never Can tell) C’est la Vie – Chuck Berry
  7. When I Stop Dreaming – Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin
  8. Hello Stranger – A.P. Carter
  9. She – Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge
  10. Tulsa Queen – Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell

Buddy Miller: Midnight And Lonesome

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On October 15, 2002, “Hightone” label released “Midnight and Lonesome”, the fourth Buddy Miller album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Buddy Miller.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Miller – vocals, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, synthesizer
  • Larry Campbell – steel guitar, violin
  • Al Perkins – steel guitar
  • Phil Madeira – Hammond organ, melodica
  • Fats Kaplan – accordion
  • Byron House – bass
  • Rick Plant – bass
  • Brady Blade – drums
  • Bryan Owings – drums
  • Tammy Rogers – violin
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Julie Miller – backing vocals
  • Lee Ann Womack – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Price of Love – Don & Phil Everly
  2. Wild Card – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  3. I Can’t Get Over You – Julie Miller
  4. Midnight and Lonesome – Julie Miller
  5. When It Comes to You – Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, Julie Miller
  6. Water When the Well Is Dry – Bill Mallonee, Buddy Miller
  7. A Showman’s Life – Jesse Winchester
  8. Little Bitty Kiss – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  9. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Percy Mayfield
  10. Oh Fait Pitie D’Amour – Julie Miller
  11. Quecreek – Julie Miller

Warren Zevon: The Wind

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On August 26, 2003, “Artemis Records” label released “The Wind”, the twelfth and final Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded September – December 2002, and was recorded at “Snakepit”, and was produced by Jorge Calderón, Noah Scot Snyder and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Ry Cooder – guitar, slide guitar
  • Bruce Springsteen – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jorge Calderón – Spanish-language vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, maracas, tres, backing vocals
  • Brad Davis – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Tommy Shaw – 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Randy Mitchell – slide guitar, backing vocals
  • David Lindley – lap steel guitar, electric saz
  • Mike Campbell – electric guitar
  • Joe Walsh – electric guitar
  • James Raymond – piano
  • Reggie Hamilton – upright bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Don Henley – drums, backing vocals
  • Steve Gorman – drums
  • Luis Conte – drums, percussion, bongos
  • Gil Bernal – saxophone
  • Billy Bob Thornton – backing vocals
  • Dwight Yoakam – backing vocals
  • John Waite – backing vocals
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals
  • Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
  • Jordan Zevon – backing vocals, executive producer
  • T-Bone Burnett – backing vocals
  • Tom Petty – backing vocals
  • Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
  • Steve Churchyard – engineer
  • Greg Hayes – engineer
  • James Mitchell – engineer
  • Joe West – engineer
  • Noah Scot Snyder – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Hugh Brown – art direction
  • Matthew Rolston – cover photography
  • Bridgette Barr – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Dirty Life and Times – Warren Zevon
  2. Disorder in the House
  3. Knockin’ on a Heavens Door – Bob Dylan
  4. Numb as a Statue
  5. She’s Too Good for Me – Warren Zevon
  6. Prison Grove
  7. El Amore de Mi Vida
  8. The Rest of the Night
  9. Please Stay – Warren Zevon
  10. Rub Me Raw
  11. Keep Me in Your Heart

Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts Now

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On August 24, 2004, “E-Squared Records” label released “The Revolution Starts Now”, the 11th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy. In 2005, at the 47th “Grammy Awards”, Steve Earle won “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album”.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitars, mandola, organ, harmonica, harmonium

The Dukes

  • Eric “Roscoe” Ambel – vocals, guitars
  • Kelley Looney – vocals, bass
  • Will Rigby – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Patrick Earle – percussion
  • Emmylou Harris – vocals
  • String quartet
  • Chris Carmichael – viola, arrangements, conductor
  • David Angell – violin
  • David Henry – cello
  • Edward Henry – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle.

  1. The Revolution Starts …
  2. Home to Houston
  3. Rich Man’s War
  4. Warrior
  5. The Gringo’s Tale
  6. Condi, Condi
  7. F the CC
  8. Comin’ Around
  9. I Thought You Should Know
  10. The Seeker
  11. The Revolution Starts Now