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Emmylou Harris: The Ballad Of Sally Rose

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In May 1985, “Warner Bros” label released “The Ballad of Sally Rose”, the eleventh Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Barry Tashian – acoustic guitar
  • Paul Kennerley- acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Hank DeVito – acoustic, electric and pedal steel, dobro
  • Waylon Jennings- electric guitar
  • Phillip Donelly – electric slide guitar
  • Albert Lee- acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Ray Flacke – electric guitar
  • Vince Gill- electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Emory Gordy, Jr.- acoustic guitar, bass, string arrangements
  • John Jarvis – keyboards
  • Shane Keister- keyboards
  • Bessyl Duhon – accordion
  • Steve Cash – harmonica
  • Gary Scruggs – harmonica
  • Buddy Spicher- giddle
  • Russ Kunkel- drums
  • Larrie Londin- drums, percussion
  • Tom Roady – percussion
  • Barbara Cowart, Gail Davies, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton- backing vocals
  • Donivan Cowart – engineer
  • Tom Harding, Keith Odle – second engineer

Track list:

All tracks by Emmylou Harris and Paul Kennerley, except where noted.

  1. The Ballad of Sally Rose
  2. Rhythm Guitar
  3. I Think I Love Him/You Are My Flower – Emmylou Harris, P. Carter
  4. Heart to Heart
  5. Woman Walk the Line
  6. Bad News
  7. Timberline
  8. Long Tall Sally Rose
  9. White Line
  10. Diamond in My Crown
  11. The Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  12. K-S-O-S medley: Ring of Fire/Wildwood Flower/Six Days on the Road – Emmylou Harris, Paul Kennerley, June Carter, Merle Kilgore, A.P. Carter, Earl Greene, Carl Montgomery
  13. Sweet Chariot

Neil Young: Old Ways

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Old ways

On August 12, 1985,  “Geffen” label released “Old Ways”, the fourteenth studio Neil Young album. It was recorded January 1983  – April 1985 at “House Of David”, in Nashville, “The Castle” in Franklin TN,  “Pedernales Recording Studio” in Spicewood, TX , and live at “The Opry” in  Austin TX, and was produced by Neil Young, David Briggs, Ben Keith, and Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocal, guitar, banjo, harmonica
  • Waylon Jennings – vocal, guitar
  • Willie Nelson – vocal, guitar
  • David Kirby – guitar
  • Grant Boatwright – guitar
  • Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Ralph Mooney – pedal steel guitar
  • Béla Fleck – banjo
  • Bobby Thompson – banjo
  • Anthony Crawford: vocal, mandolin
  • Marty Stuart: mandolin
  • Rufus Thibodeaux – fiddle
  • Gordon Terry – fiddle
  • Hargus “Pig” Robbins – piano
  • Spooner Oldham – piano
  • Tim Drummond – bass
  • Joe Osborn – bass
  • Joe Allen – upright ad electric bass
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Terry McMillan: harmonica, jew’s harp
  • Gove Scrivenor: autoharp
  • Carl Gorodetzky: violin
  • Larry Byrom: vocal
  • Rick Palombi: vocal
  • Doana Cooper: vocal
  • Denise Draper: vocal
  • Gail Davies: vocal
  • Betsy Hammer: vocal
  • Pam Rose: vocal
  • Janis Oliver-Gill: vocal
  • Mary Ann Kennedy: vocal
  • Kristine Oliver-Arnold: vocal
  • Leona Williams: vocal
  • Strings:
    • Carl Gorodetsky, leader
    • George Binkley
    • John Borg
    • Roy Christensen
    • Virginia Christensen
    • Charles Everett
    • Larry Harvin
    • Mark Hembree
    • Lee Larrison
    • Betty McDonald
    • Dennis Molchan
    • Pamela Sixfin
    • Mark Tanner
    • David Vanderkooi
    • Gary Vanosdale
    • Carol Walker
    • Stephanie Woolf

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young; except where noted.

  1. The Wayward Wind – Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky
  2. Get Back to the Country
  3. Are There Any More Real Cowboys?
  4. Once an Angle
  5. Misfits
  6. California Sunset
  7. Old Ways
  8. My Boy
  9. Bound to Glory
  10. Where Is the Highway Tonight