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Iris DeMent: Lifeline

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On October 19, 2004, “Flariella” label released “Lifeline”, the fourth Iris DeMent studio album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Cowboy Arms” and “Signal Path Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Ozark Folk Center” in Mountain View, Arkansas, “Master Mix” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was produced by Jim Rooney and Iris DeMent.

Personnel:

  • Iris DeMent – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Bo Ramsey – electric guitar, slide guitar, Weissenborn
  • Mark Howard – guitar, mandolin
  • Stuart Basore – dobro
  • David Roe – bass
  • Stuart Duncan – backing vocals
  • Pat Enright – backing vocals
  • Alan O’Bryant – backing vocals
  • Jim Rooney – backing vocals
  • Barry Tashian – backing vocals
  • Richard Adler, Mark Howard, David Ferguson, David Shipley – engineer
  • Tommy Tucker – mixing
  • Pieta Brown – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Got That Old Time Religion in My Heart – Hurdist Milsap
  2. Blessed Assurance – Fanny Crosby
  3. Fill My Way with Love – George W. Sebren
  4. Hide Thou Me – Fanny Crosby
  5. The Old Gospel Ship – traditional
  6. Sweet Hour of Prayer – William W. Walford
  7. That Glad Reunion Day – Adger M. Pace
  8. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms – Anthony Johnson Showalter, Elisha Hoffman
  9. He Reached Down – Iris DeMent
  10. Near the Cross Fanny Crosby
  11. I Never Shall Forget the Day – G.T. Speer
  12. I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted – Sanford J. Massengale
  13. God Walks the Dark Hills – Audra Czarnikow

Iris DeMent: The Way I Should

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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.

  1. When My Mornin’ Comes Around
  2. There’s a Wall in Washington
  3. Wasteland of the Free
  4. I’ll Take You My Sorrow Straight – Iris DeMent, Elmer McCall
  5. This Kind of Happy – Iris DeMent, Merle Haggard
  6. The Way I Should
  7. Letter to Mom
  8. Keep Me God
  9. Quality Time
  10. Walkin’ Home
  11. Trouble – Iris DeMnet, Elmer McCall

John Prine: For Better, Or Worse

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On September 30, 2016, “Oh Boy” label released “For Better, or Worse”, the seventeenth John Prine studio album. It was recorded January – February 2016. 

Personnel:

  • John Prine – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mark Howard – acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Susan Tedeschi – vocals, electric guitar
  • Jason Wilber – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin – mandolin
  • Tim O’Brien – mandolin, fiddle
  • Pete Wasner – piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – harmonica
  • Shad Cobb – fiddle
  • Dave Jacques – upright bass
  • Kenneth Blevins – drums
  • Iris DeMent – vocals
  • Alison Krauss – vocals
  • Miranda Lambert – vocals
  • Kathy Mattea – vocals
  • Kacey Musgraves – vocals
  • Fiona Prine – vocals
  • Amanda Shires – vocals
  • Morgane Stapleton – vocals
  • Holly Williams – vocals
  • Lee Ann Womack – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Who’s Gonna Take the Garbage Out – Johnny Tillotson, Teddy Wilburn
  2. Storm Never Last – Jessi Colter
  3. Falling in Love Again – Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner
  4. Color of the Blues – George Jones, Lawton Williams
  5. I’m Tellin You – Billy Hughes
  6. Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) – Scott Wiseman
  7. Look at Us – Max T. Barnes, Vince Gill
  8. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) – Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis
  9. Fifteen Years Ago – Raymond Smith
  10. Cold Cold Heart – Hank Williams
  11. Dreaming My Dreams with You – Allen Reynolds
  12. Mental Cruelty – Buck Owens, Dixie Davis, Larry Davis
  13. Mr. & Mrs. used to Be – Joe Deaton
  14. My Happiness – Betty Peterson, Borney Bergantine
  15. Just Waitin’ – Hank Williams

Emmuloy Harris: Brand New Dance

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On October 16, 1990, “Warner Bros” label released “Brand New Dance”, the 16th Emmylou Harris album. It was recorded in 1990, in Nashville, and was produced by Richard Bennett and Allan Reynolds.

Personnel:

  • Emmylou Harris – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Richard Bennett – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, tambourine, 6-String Bass, bass
  • Chris Leuzinger – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James Hollihan, Jr. – slide guitar
  • Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle
  • John Jarvis – piano
  • Pete Wasner – piano
  • Bobby Wood – organ, piano, keyboards, electric piano
  • Jo-El Sonnier – French accordion, triangle
  • Glenn Worf – bass
  • Bob Wray – bass
  • Roy M. “Junior” Husky – bass
  • Dave Pomeroy – bass
  • Garry Tallent – bass
  • Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
  • Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
  • Harry Stinson – drums
  • Mary Black – harmony vocals
  • Marshall Chapman – harmony vocals
  • Kathy Chiavola – harmony vocals
  • Iris DeMent – harmony vocals
  • Jamie O’Hara – harmony vocals
  • Wayland Patton – harmony vocals
  • Kieran Kane – harmony vocals
  • Dolores Keane – harmony vocals
  • Kostas – harmony vocals
  • Barry Tashian – harmony vocals
  • Claire Lynch – harmony vocals
  • Melba Montgomery – harmony vocals
  • Carl Gorodetzky – strings
  • Jim Grosjean – strings
  • Lee Larrison – strings
  • Connie Ellisor – strings
  • Ted Madsen – strings
  • Robert Mason – strings
  • Dennis Molchan – strings
  • Laura Molyneaux – strings
  • Gary VanOsdale – strings
  • Kristin Wilkinson – strings
  • Pamela Sixfin – strings
  • Mark Tanner – strings
  • Nashville String Machine – strings, group
  • Peter Gorisch – cello
  • Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – harp
  • Liam O’Flynn – human whistle, uilleann pipes
  • Davy Spillane – human whistle, uilleann pipes
  • Charles Cochran – string arrangements
  • Mark Miller – engineer, mixing
  • Denny Purcell – mastering
  • Laura LiPuma – art direction, design
  • Peter Nash – photography

Track listing:

  1. Wheels of Love – Marjy Plant
  2. Tougher Than the Rest – Bruce Springsteen
  3. In His World – Kostas Lazarides, Leigh Reynolds
  4. Sweet Dreams of You – Paul Kennerley, John David
  5. Easy for You to Say – Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp
  6. Rollin’ and Ramblin’ (The Death of Hank Williams) – Robin Williams, Linda Williams, Jerome Clark
  7. Better Off Without You – Marshall Chapman, Dennis Walker, Fontaine Brown
  8. Never Be Anyone Else but You – Baker Knight
  9. Brand New Dance – Paul Kennerley
  10. Red Red Rose – David Mallett

Nanci Caroline Griffith

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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.