Original artwork for the cover by awesome Madison area artist Jeff Hiser. (Click here to see a larger version!)
"EASTER EGGS" ANYONE??? If you look in the dirt piles (on the cover, back, and on the CD iteself) you'll see some partly buried objects. Each one is a reference to something mentioned in a song lyric somewhere on the CD.
"Common Chord has delivered another record worthy of their name. I encourage them to keep digging."
-Madison Folk Music Society [Read full review...]
1) Yellow Rose
© Michael J. Bryant, BMI
Michael Bryant - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Faye Bruggink - bass
Tracy Jane Comer - viola, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Bruce Buttel - additional rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
Alan Maslowski - drums
2) Katie
© Bruce Buttel
Bruce Buttel - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Michael Bryant - bass, backing vocals
Faye Bruggink - clarinet
Tracy Jane Comer - viola, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
3) My Love Will Keep*
© Mark Daniel Sanders and Adrienne Adeana Young
Tracy Jane Comer - lead vocal, guitar
Faye Bruggink - clarinet
Michael Bryant - bass, backing vocals
Bruce Buttel - additional guitar, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Alan Maslowski - drums
4) Dig A Little Deeper
© Michael J. Bryant, BMI
Michael Bryant - writer, lead vocal
Tracy Jane Comer - cigar box guitar
Faye Bruggink - bass clarinet
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Bruce Buttel - backing vocals
5) Cryin' in the Night
© Bruce Buttel
Bruce Buttel - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Michael Bryant - mandolin, backing vocals
Faye Bruggink - bass
Tracy Jane Comer - viola, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Alan Maslowski - drums
6) Mad World*
© Roland Orzabal
Tracy Jane Comer - lead vocal, viola
Bruce Buttel - guitar, backing vocals
Michael Bryant - mandolin
Faye Bruggink - bass clarinet
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
7) Sister Susan
© Michael J. Bryant, BMI
Michael Bryant - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Faye Bruggink - bass
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Bruce Buttel - additional guitar, backing vocals
Tracy Jane Comer - viola, backing vocals
Alan Maslowski - drums
8) Much Too Long
© Bruce Buttel and Beth Scholten Woodruff
Bruce Buttel - writer, lead vocal, guitar, high strung guitar
Faye Bruggink - clarinet
Tracy Jane Comer - viola, backing vocals
Michael Bryant - bass, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
9) Java Jive*
© Milton Drake and Ben Oakland
Michael Bryant - lead and backing vocals
Faye Bruggink - bass clarinet
Bruce Buttel - backing and lead vocals
Delores Jenison - backing and lead vocals
Tracy Jane Comer - backing vocals
10) There's a River
© Michael J. Bryant, BMI
Michael Bryant - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Tracy Jane Comer - bass backing vocals
Bruce Buttel - lead guitar, backing vocals
Faye Bruggink - clarinet
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Alan Maslowski - drums
11) The Heart of Saturday Night*
© Tom Waits
Tracy Jane Comer - lead vocal, viola
Michael Bryant - guitar
Faye Bruggink - bass
Bruce Buttel - backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
12) Arms of an Angel
© Bruce Buttel
Bruce Buttel - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Michael Bryant - bass
Tracy Jane Comer - viola
Alan Maslowski - drums
13) Run Away*
© Alyssa Baillie Bonagura and Sarah Ellen Jarosz
Tracy Jane Comer - lead vocal, guitar
Michael Bryant - bass and backing vocals
Faye Bruggink - clarinet
Bruce Buttel - additional guitar, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Alan Maslowski - drums
14) One More Try
© Bruce Buttel
Bruce Buttel - writer, lead vocal, guitar
Faye Bruggink - bass
Tracy Jane Comer - viola
Michael Bryant - mandolin, backing vocals
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
Music © Michael J. Bryant (BMI), lyrics by Rumi
Michael Bryant - writer (music), lead vocal, guitar
Tracy Jane Comer - bass, backing vocals
Bruce Buttel - guitar, backing vocals
Faye Bruggink - clarinet
Delores Jenison - backing vocals
* Licensed content. Licensing through www.easysonglicensing.com
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