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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

Jack White: No Name

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On July 19, 2024, “Third Man Records” label released “No Name”, the sixth Jack White studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White – vocals, guitar, keys, drums, mixing, cover art, photography
  • Quincy McCrary – keyboards
  • Dominic Davis – bass
  • David Swanson – bass, keys
  • Scarlett White – bass
  • Dan Mancini – additional bass
  • Olivia Jean – bass, drums
  • Carla Azar – drums, percussion
  • Daru Jones – drums, percussion
  • Patrick Keeler – drums, percussion
  • Dan Mancini – engineer assistant
  • Shibby Poole – engineer assistant
  • Josh Smith – additional engineering
  • Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Henry White – cover art
  • Scarlett White – cover art
  • Jordan Williams – layout
  • Roe Peterhans – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White.

  1. Old Scratch Blues
  2. Bless Yourself
  3. That’s How I’m Feeling
  4. It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking)
  5. Archbishop Harold Holmes
  6. Bombing Out
  7. What’s the Rumpus
  8. Tonight (Was a Long Time Ago)
  9. Underground
  10. Number One with a Bullet
  11. Morning at Midnight
  12. Missionary
  13. Terminal Archenemy Endling

Johnny Blue Skies: Passage du Desir

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On July 12, 2024, “High Top Mountain” label released “Passage du Desir”, the eight Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, “Clement House” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by David R. Ferguson and Sturgill Simpson.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Blue Skies – vocals, guitar, mixing, photography
  • Jake Bugg – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • Sierra Hull – mandolin, siren
  • Mike Rojas – accordion, keyboards, melodica
  • Steve Mackey – bass guitar
  • Fred Eltringham – drums, percussion
  • Matt Combs – strings
  • Sean Sullivan – engineer
  • Cameron Davidson – engineer assistant 
  • Ed Farrell – engineer assistant
  • David R. Ferguson – mixing
  • David Glasser – mastering
  • Fetzer Design – art direction
  • Dreez Nutz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Johnny Blue Skies.

  1. Swamp of Sadness
  2. If the Sun Never Rises Again
  3. Scooter Blues
  4. Jupiter’s Faerie
  5. Who I Am
  6. Right Kind of Dream
  7. Mint Tea
  8. One for the Road

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton: Always, Always

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On June 30, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “Always, Always”, the third Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton album. It was recorded December 1968 – April 1969, at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Bob Ferguson.

Personnel:

  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • Porter Wagoner – lead vocals
  • Wayne Moss – guitar
  • Lloyd Green – steel guitar
  • George McCormick – rhythm guitar, liner notes
  • Jerry Stembridge – electric guitar
  • Buck Trent – banjo, liner notes
  • David Briggs – piano
  • Hargus Robbins – piano
  • Roy M. Huskey, Jr. – bass
  • Bobby Dyson – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Glenn Baxter – trumpet
  • Bill McElhiney – trumpet
  • Jean Alrshuler – harp
  • Mack Magaha – fiddle, liner notes
  • Joseph Babcock – backing vocals
  • Anita Carter – backing vocals
  • Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
  • June Evelyn Page – backing vocals
  • Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
  • Al Pachucki – recording
  • Roy M. Shockley – recording technician
  • Little Jack Little – liner notes
  • Speck Rhodes – liner notes
  • Don Warden – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Milwaukee, Here I Come – Lee Fikes
  2. Yours Love – Harlan Howard
  3. I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby – Autry Inman
  4. Malena – Dolly Parton
  5. The House Where Love Lives – Leona Reese
  6. Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me – Wayne Raney, Lonnie Glosson
  7. Always, Always – Joyce McCord
  8. There Never Was a Time – Myra Smith, Margaret Lewis
  9. Good as Gold – Paul Martin
  10. My Hands Are Tied – Dolly Parton
  11. No Reason to Hurry Home – Dolly Parton
  12. Anything’s Better Than Nothing – Marie Wilson

Gillian Welch: The Harrow & The Harvest

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On June 28, 2011, “Acony” label released “The Harrow & the Harvest”, the fifth Gillian Welch studio album. It was recorded in February 2011, at “Woodland” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by David Rawlings.

Personnel:

  • Gillian Welch – vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, body percussion
  • David Rawlings – vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, mastering
  • Matt Andrews – engineer
  • John Dyer Baizley – artwork, design
  • Mark Seliger – photography

Track listing

All tracks by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.

  1. Scarlet Town
  2. Dark Turn of Mind
  3. The Way It Will Be
  4. The Way It Goes
  5. Tennessee
  6. Down Along the Dixie Line
  7. Six White Horses
  8. Hard Times
  9. Silver Dagger
  10. The Way the Whole Things Ends

Loretta Lynn: Before I’m Over You

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On June 22, 1964, “Decca” label released “Before I’m Over You”, the second Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1964, at “Bradley Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.

Personnel:

  • Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
  • Harold Bradley – electric guitar
  • Jack Pruett – electric guitar
  • Teddy Wilburn – guitar
  • Grady Martin – electric guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy – guitar
  • Don Helms – steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Cecil Brower – fiddle
  • Tommying Jackson – fiddle
  • The Jordanaires – back vocals
  • Hal Buksbaum – photography
  • Johnny Mullins – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Singing the Blues – Melvin Endsley
  2. Before I’m Over You – Betty Sue Perry
  3. You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry – Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
  4. Who’ll Help Me Get Over You – Betty Sue Perry
  5. Loose Talk – Freddie Hart, Ann Lucas
  6. Where Were You – Loretta Lynn
  7. Wine, Women and Song – Betty Sue Perry
  8. The End of the World – Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee
  9. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You – Lee Ross, Bob Wills
  10. Fool No. 1 – Kathryn R. Fulton
  11. This Haunted House – Oliver Lynn
  12. Get Set for a Heartache – Joe Deaton, Red Landers

Willie Nelson: Shotgun Willie

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On June 11, 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Shotgun Willie”, the 16th Willie Nelson studio album. It was recorded in February 1973, at “Atlantic” in New York City, “Quadrafonic” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Sam Phillips” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and David Briggs.

Personnel:

  • Willie Nelson – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Steve Burgh – acoustic and electric guitar
  • James Clayton Day – dobro, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
  • Red Lane – acoustic guitar
  • Dave Bromberg – electric guitar
  • John Goldthwaite – electric guitar
  • Doug Sahm – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Waylon Jennings – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Augie Meyers – acoustic guitar
  • Bobbie Nelson – piano
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica
  • Jeff Gutcheon – electric piano, organ
  • Johnny Gimble – fiddle
  • Hugh McDonald – bass guitar
  • Jack Barber – bass guitar
  • Dan “Bee” Spears – bass guitar
  • Paul English – drums
  • George Rains – drums
  • Steve Mosley – drums
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • Jack Hale Sr. – trombone
  • Dee Moeller – backing vocals
  • Larry Gatlin – backing vocals
  • Jessi Colter – backing vocals
  • Arif Mardin – string arrangements
  • Donny Hathaway – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Willie Nelson, except where noted.

  1. Shotgun Willie
  2. Whiskey River – Johnny Bush, Paul Stroud
  3. Sad Songs and Waltzes
  4. Local Memory
  5. Slow Down Old World
  6. Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer) – Bob Wils, Tommy Duncan
  7. Devil in a Sleepin’ Bag
  8. She’s Not for You
  9. Bubbles in My Beer – Tommy Duncan, Cindy Walker, Bob Wills
  10. You Look Like the Devil – Leon Russell
  11. So Much to Do
  12. A Song for You – Leon Russell

Michael Martin Murphey: Geronimo’s Cadillac

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On May 25, 1972, “A&M” label released “Geronimo’s Cadillac”, the debut Michael Martin Murphey studio album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and in London, and was produced by Bob Johnston.

Personnel:

  • Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, acoustic and bottleneck guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano, liner notes
  • Leonard Arnold – guitar, steel guitar
  • Boomer Castleman – electric guitar, technician
  • Bob Livingston – bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Gary P. Nunn – bass, piano, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Karl Himmel – drums
  • Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums, percussion
  • Charles John Quarto – vocals
  • Jimmy Horowitz – string arrangements
  • Neil Wilburn – engineer
  • Bob Potter – engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Brendan Morris – master tape research
  • Thane Tierney – for Hip-O Select
  • Michele Horie – art direction, production coordination
  • William Holloway – drawing
  • Mathieu Bitton – design
  • Ron Burnham – photography
  • Pat Lawrence – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Geronimo’s Cadillac – Michael Martin Murphey, Charles John Quarto
  2. Natchez Trace – Michael Martin Murphey
  3. Calico Silver – Michael Martin Murphey, Larry Cansler
  4. Harbor for My Soul – Michael Martin Murphey, Larry Cansler
  5. Rainbow Man – Michael Martin Murphey, Charles John Quarto
  6. Waking Up – Michael Martin Murphey
  7. Crack Up in Las Cruces – Michael Martin Murphey, Craig Hillis
  8. Boy from the Country – Michael Martin Murphey, Owen Castleman
  9. What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Around? – Michael Martin Murphey
  10. Michael Angelo’s Blues (Song for Hogman) – Michael Martinn Murphey
  11. Backslider’s Wine – Michael Martin Murphey
  12. The Light of the City – Ray Lewis

Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

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On May 13, 2014, “High Top Mountain” label released “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”, the second Sturgill Simpson studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Low Country Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Sturgill Simpson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dave Cobb – classical guitar, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • “Dood” Fraley – Master of Ceremonies
  • Laur Joamets – electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Mike Webb – keyboards, mellotron
  • Kevin Black – bass guitar
  • Miles Miller – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Justin Herlocker – engineer assistant
  • John Netti – engineer assistant
  • Sturgill Simpson – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sturgill Simpson, except where noted.

  1. Turtles All the Way Down
  2. Life of Sin
  3. Living the Dream
  4. Voices
  5. Long White Line – Buford Abner
  6. The Promise – Clive Farrington, Michael Floreale, Andrew Mann
  7. A Little Light
  8. Just Let Go
  9. It Ain’t All Flowers
  10. Panbowl (hidden track)