''Appalachian Melody'' is an album by

Mark Heard John Mark Heard III (December 16, 1951 – August 16, 1992) was an American record producer, folk rock singer and songwriter from Macon, Georgia. Heard released sixteen albums, and produced or performed with many artists, including: Sam P ...

, released in 1979 on

Solid Rock Records Solid Rock Records is a record label started by Larry Norman. It was established in 1975 to distribute his work after he had been released by Capitol Records. Solid Rock had a distribution deal with Word Records until 1980. The label's roster ...

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard.

Side one

# "On the Radio" - 3:41 # "Castaway" - 3:30 # "Bless My Soul" - 4:08 # "Here I Am (Once Again)" - 4:41 # "With the Setting Sun" - 1:47

Side two

# "Appalachian Melody" - 4:25 # "Happy Cornbread Anniversary" - 0:48 # "Two Trusting Jesus" - 4:18 # "Jonah's Song" - 5:30 # "Sidewalk Soliloquy" - 3:22 # "The Last Time" - 3:19 # "The Saints" - 0:27

Compact disc bonus tracks

# "Bless My Soul" (Demo) - 3:28 # "Appalachian Melody" (Demo) - 4:02 # "Happy Cornbread Anniversary" (Demo) - 0:34 # "Two Trusting Jesus" (Demo) - 2:06 # "Jonah's Song" (Demo) - 3:37 # "The Saints" (Demo) - 0:46 # "Saints Are Singin'" (Demo) - 2:25

Personnel

The band *

– acoustic and electric guitars, piano, mandolin, hambone, vocals, harmonies, arranging, co-producer, mixing, photography, album artwork *

Larry Norman Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 – February 24, 2008) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Christian rock music and released more than 100 albu ...

– background vocals, producer, arranger, photography, album artwork *

Randy Stonehill Randall Evan Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer and songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but ...

– background vocals * Tom Howard – Fender Rhodes, orchestration * Jon Linn – lead guitar * Flim Johnson – bass guitar * Peter Johnson – drums Additional musicians *

Al Perkins Al Perkins (born January 18, 1944) is an American guitarist known primarily for his steel guitar work. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential dobro player" and began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2 ...

– pedal steel guitar, dobro *

Chuck Long Charles Franklin Long Jr. (born February 18, 1963) is a former American football player and coach who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden F ...

– electric and acoustic guitars, additional photography *

Alex MacDougall Alex MacDougall is an American record producer, and percussionist. MacDougall is best known for being a member of the Christian rock band Daniel Amos in the late-1970s in addition to his production and recording session credits. He was also a mem ...

– percussion and congas * Janet Sue Heard – harmony, additional photography * Tom Howard String Ensemble conducted by Tom Howard Production notes * Recorded December 1977 through January 1979 * Horse and Sandwich and the Hooey Room – pre-production location * Ken Suesov –

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, mixing * George Price – engineer * John Rhys – engineer * Skip Saylor – engineer * Tom Seufert – engineer * EXR Exciter System – mixing system * Bernie Grundman – mastering * A&M – mastering location * David K. Hills – additional photography

References

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