''Different Directions'' is the 25th studio album by American singer-songwriter

John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, activist, and humanitarian whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singe ...

released in September 1991. Notably, three of the album's nine songs were written by

Joe Camilleri Joseph Vincent Camilleri, (born 21 May 1948) aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is a Maltese Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows. Jo Jo ...

and Nick Smith, and initially recorded by

The Black Sorrows The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri (ex-Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons), who also plays saxophone and guitar. Camilleri has used various line-ups to record 17 albums, with five reaching ...

on their 1988 album '' Hold On to Me''.

Track listing

Side one

# "Potter’s Wheel" (

Bill Danoff William Thomas Danoff (born May 7, 1946) is an American songwriter and singer. He is known for “ Afternoon Delight", which he wrote and performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band, and for writing multiple hits for John Denver, includin ...

) # "Ponies" (Jeffrey Hawthornee Bullock) # "The Foxfire Suite, Spring Is Alive, You Are…, Whisper the Wind, Spring Is Alive (Reprise)" (Denver) # "

Chained to the Wheel "Chained to the Wheel" is a song by Australian blues and rock band The Black Sorrows. It was released as the third single from their fifth studio album '' Hold On to Me''. It was a big hit, peaking at 9 on the ARIA Charts. At the ARIA Music Awar ...

" (Joe Camilleri, Nick Smith)

Side two

# "Two Different Directions" (Denver) # " Hold On To Me" (Joe Camilleri, Nick Smith) # " The Chosen Ones" (Joe Camilleri, Nick Smith) # "Amazon (Let This Be a Voice)" (Denver) # "Tenderly Calling" (Jan Camp Garrett)

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *

James Burton James Edward Burton (born August 21, 1939, in Dubberly, Louisiana) is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 (his induction speech was given by longtime fan Keith Richards), Burton has also been recognized ...

– guitar *

Jerry Scheff Jerry Obern Scheff (born January 31, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for his work with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977 as a member of his TCB Band and on the Doors' '' L.A. Woman''. Biography Scheff grew up in Vallejo, California. After ...

– bass *

Glen D. Hardin Glen Dee Hardin (born April 18, 1939) is an American piano player and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such artists as Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, and Ricky Nelson. Career Hardin was born in Welling ...

– keyboards *

Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for f ...

– saxophone, flute

References

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