''Sparrows Point'' is the 1992 debut album of singer-songwriter
Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell (born August 3, 1960) is an American folk singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, and now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, Lila Caimari, a university professo ...
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Track listing
# "Are You Happy Now?" – 3:49
# "Castaway" – 3:55
# "By Now" – 5:16
# "The Courier" – 4:18
# "Sparrows Point" – 4:47
# "The Kenworth of My Dreams" – 3:44
# "On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis" – 4:22
# "Memory of You" – 3:38
# "You Again" – 2:59
# "Nora" – 3:59
# "Howling at the Trouble" – 3:42
Personnel
Musicians:
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Richard Shindell
Richard Shindell (born August 3, 1960) is an American folk singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, and now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, Lila Caimari, a university professo ...
– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
*
Steve Addabbo
Steve Addabbo is a record producer, songwriter and audio engineer who helped launch the careers of Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin. He had a vital hand in Vega's hit single, " Luka" and Colvin's album '' Steady On''.
Career
He has produced and/or ...
– electric guitar, harmony
*
Greg Anderson – bass, cittern, electric guitar
* Chris Bishop – bass
*
Kenneth Blevins
Kenneth Blevins (born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles (French: ''Lac Charles'') is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake ...
– drums
*
Larry Campbell
Larry W. Campbell (born 28 February 1948) is a Canadian politician that served as the 37th mayor of Vancouver, Canada from 2002 until 2005 and since 2005 has been a member of the Senate of Canada.
Before he was mayor, Campbell worked for th ...
– pedal steel, banjo, violin
*
Diane Chodkowski – harmony
* Mark Dann – bass
*
John Gorka
John Gorka (born July 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."
Personal life
Gorka was raised in the Colon ...
– harmony
*
Mark Hamza – hammond organ
*
Jack Hardy – harmony
*
Margo Hennebach – hammond organ
*
Winifred Horan – violin
*
Lucy Kaplansky
Lucy Kaplansky (born February 16, 1960) is an American Folk music, folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University and plays guitar, mandolin, and piano.
Life and career
Kaplansky was or ...
– harmony
*
Joanie Madden – Irish whistle
*
Mark McColl – percussion
* Marshall Rosenberg – percussion
*
Ilene Weiss – harmony
*
Howie Wyeth
Howard Pyle Wyeth (April 22, 1944 – March 27, 1996), also known as Howie Wyeth, was an American drummer and pianist. Wyeth is remembered for work with the saxophonist James Moody (saxophonist), James Moody, the rockabilly singer Robert Gordon ( ...
– drums
Production
*Produced by David Seitz and Richard Shindell
**tracks 2, 5 & 10 by
Steve Addabbo
Steve Addabbo is a record producer, songwriter and audio engineer who helped launch the careers of Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin. He had a vital hand in Vega's hit single, " Luka" and Colvin's album '' Steady On''.
Career
He has produced and/or ...
, Richard Shindell & David Seitz
**at Synergy Sound,
Great Neck, New York
Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck (village), New York, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, New York, Great Neck Es ...
**and at Shelter Island Sound, New York City
*Mixed by David Seitz,
Richard Meyer, Judy Aweiman and Greg Anderson
**at Synergy sound
*Mastered by Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital
References
External links
''Sparrows Point''page at richardshindell.com
1992 debut albums
Richard Shindell albums
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