''Torched'' is the final recording guitarist
Michael Hedges
Michael Alden Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American acoustic guitarist and songwriter.
Early years
The son of Thayne Alden Hedges and Ruth Evelyn Hedges Ipsen, Michael Hedges was born in Sacramento, California. His l ...
was working on at the time of his death, caused by a fatal car accident on December 2, 1997. It was released posthumously in 1999 on the
Windham Hill
Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
The label was ...
label.
Reception
Music critic Jason Anderson, writing for
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
, wrote the album "In this raw format, the rock influences of Hedges' youth appear most notably in vocal phrasings that are more expressive, almost aggressive at times."
Track listing
All compositions by Michael Hedges.
# "Torched" – 4:51
# "Spring Buds" – 4:20
# "Fusion of the Five Elements" – 3:59
# "Promised Land" – 3:52
# "Phoenix Fire" – 3:40
# "Dream Beach" – 3:51
# "Arrowhead" – 2:17
# "Shell Shock Venus" – 4:14
# "Ursa Major" – 3:45
# "Free Swinging Soul" – 4:19
# "Rough Wind in Oklahoma" – 4:18
# "Sapphire" – 3:48
# "Gospel of Mary/The Holy Flame" – 5:34
# "Java Man" – 3:44
# "Coda: Free Swinging Soul (Live At Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado - October 16, 1994)" – 5:29
Personnel
*Michael Hedges – acoustic guitars, bass, harp-guitar, synthesizers, alto flute, melodeon, percussion, and vocals
*
Michael Manring
Michael Manring (born June 27, 1960) is an American bass guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Biography
Michael Manring was born in Annapolis, Maryland,Tom Mulhern, ''Bass Heroes: Styles, Stories & Secrets of 30 Great Bass Players : from ...
– fretless bass
*
David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...
– backing vocals on "Spring Buds"
*
Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
– backing vocals on "Spring Buds"
Production notes
*Executive producer - Hilleary Burgess
*Mastered by Bernie Grundman
References
1999 albums
Michael Hedges albums
Windham Hill Records albums
Albums with cover art by Alex Grey
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Albums published posthumously