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