JOAN BAEZ: DARK CHORDS ON A BIG GUITAR
Here Baez uses her uncanny gift for song selection to choose material from a different generation of songwriters. She's moved away from the precious New England types, and looked instead to the moodier, murkier, sketchier material by scribes who've been comfortable walking the edges for awhile: Greg Brown, Steve Earle, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary, Joe Henry, Josh Ritter, and even chart-topper Natalie Merchant. Produced by Mark Spector, Baez used her road band on the album; it includes the criminally under-noticed Duke McVinnie on guitars.
Tracklist:
1.Sleeper 2.In My Time Of Need 3.Rosemary Moore 4.Caleb Meyer 5.Motherland 6.Wings 7.Rexrot's Daughter 8.Elvis Presley Blues 9.King's Highway 10.Christmas In Washington
Lineup:
Joan Baez - vocals, guitar, percussion, Rani Arbo - background vocals, Gail Ann Dorsey - background vocals, Byron Isaacs - electric & acoustic bass, George Javori - drums, Duke McVinnie - guitar, bass, Doug Pettibone - acoustic guitar