''Sweeping the Spotlight Away'' is a 1974 album by

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

singer-songwriter

Murray McLauchlan Murray Edward McLauchlan, (born 30 June 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. He is best known for his Canadian hits "Farmer's Song," "Whispering Rain," and "Down by the Henry Moore". Early life Mc ...

Track listing

All songs by Murray McLauchlan. # "

Down by the Henry Moore "Down by the Henry Moore" is a single by Canadian artist Murray McLauchlan. Released in 1975, it was the fourth single from his album ''Sweeping the Spotlight Away''. The song reached number one on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada in Augu ...

" # "The Next in Line" # "Honey, Let's Get Up and Dance" # "Shoeshine Workin' Song" # "Maybe Tonight" # "Takin' My Leave # "Do You Dream of Being Somebody" # "Ragged Hobo Bums" # "Sweeping the Spotlight Away"

Personnel

*Murray McLauchlan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano *Dennis Pendrith – bass * Chris Parker – drums (tracks 1-3,5-9) with: *Pat Godfrey – piano (track 1) *

Ben Mink Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang. He plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the m ...

– mandolin (track 1), fiddle (track 5) *Mike McKenna – guitar (tracks 2,7), slide guitar (tracks 5-6) *Ron Dann – steel guitar (tracks 1,2,8) *John Mills-Cockell – horn arrangement (track 3), strings arrangement (track 7) *Eugene Amaro – clarinet (track 3), saxophone (track 6) *Mike Stewart – saxophone (tracks 3, 6) *Russ Little – trombone (track 3) *Guido Basso – trumpet (track 3) *Barry Keane – drums (track 4) *Ollie Strong – steel guitar (track 4) *Richard Armin, Paul Armin, Adele Armin, Gerard Kantarjian, Jaak Liivoja, William Richards, Harry Skura – strings (track 7) *Catherine Smith – harmony vocals (track 7) *

Bruce Cockburn Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to jazz-influenced rock and his lyrics cover a broad range of topics including human rights, environmental issues, po ...

– guitar (track 9) ;Technical *Bill Seddon - recording and mix engineer *Bart Schoales - art direction, design *Wim Vanderkooy - cover photography {{Authority control 1974 albums Murray McLauchlan albums True North Records albums