''Dry Bones Dance'' 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 1990, the first to be released on his own

Fingerprint Records Fingerprint Records is an independent record label formed in 1990 by Mark Heard, Dan Russell, and Chuck Long. The label released Heard's albums and albums by The Call, Vigilantes of Love, Ramona Silver, bob., and two tribute albums to Heard af ...

. The album was listed at No. 29 in '' CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music''.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard. # "Rise From The Ruins" – 3:03 # "The Dry Bones Dance" – 3:48 # "House of Broken Dreams" – 4:13 # "Our Restless Hearts" – 3:43 # "Nobody's Looking" – 3:26 # "All She Wanted Was Love" – 4:20 # "Strong Hand of Love" – 3:05 # "How Many Tears" – 3:01 # "Lonely Road" – 4:12 # "Waiting for a Reason" – 3:31 # "Everything Is Alright" – 4:24 # "Awake in the Night Time" – 3:30 # "Mercy of the Flame" – 4:24 # "Fire" – 7:13

Personnel

* Mark Heard – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, accordion, harmonica, kalimba, assorted background vocals * David Birmingham – drums * Fergus Marsh – chapman stick *

Byron Berline Byron Douglas Berline (July 6, 1944 – July 10, 2021) was an American fiddle player who played many American music styles, including old time, ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, and rock. Life and career Berline was born in Caldwell, Kansas ...

– fiddle, mandolin * Michael Been – guitar solo on "Lonely Road" * Novi – viola * Doug Berch – hammered dulcimer *

Sam Phillips Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, ...

– vocals (3, 4, 5, 12) * Pam Dwinell – vocals (1, 2, 7, 9) *

Jerry Chamberlain Jerry Chamberlain is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies (credited as "Spot"). In late 1974, Chamberlain was asked to join Jubal's Last Band, ...

and Sharon McCall – vocals (11, 13, 14) Production notes * Mark Heard – producer,

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, mixing at Fingerprint Recorders * Dan Russell – associate producer * Chuck Long – executive-at-large * Joel Russell – wagonmaster * Joel Russell – second engineer * Richard Tiegen – second engineer * Dan Reed – second engineer * David Miner – second engineer * Tom Willett – second engineer, occasional back-seat driving * Plum Studios,

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– basic track recording studio

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums Mark Heard albums