''Trancas'' is a

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by the

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artist

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, former member of

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. It was released in 1984 on Affordable Dreams. This album is produced by Stewart and he also plays all the instruments except for a set of electronic

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drums. The album was reissued on CD in 1988 with two extra tracks recorded in April 1988.

Track listing

All compositions by

, except where indicated.Liner notes: ''Trancas''. *Side one # "It Ain't the Gold" – 2:57 # "Reasons to Rise" – 3:29 # "Pilots in Blue" – 3:16 # "Chasing Down the Rain" – 3:12 # "'Til the Lights Come Home" – 2:46 *Side two # "Bringing Down the Moon" – 3:03 # "All the Lights" – 3:26 # "

Rocky Top "Rocky Top" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967 and first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year. The song, which is a city dweller's lamentation over the loss of a simpler a ...

" (

Felice and Boudleaux Bryant Felice Bryant (born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto; August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant (; February 13, 1920 – June 25, 1987) were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team. They were best ...

) – 2:32 # "The American Way" – 4:08 # "The Chosen" – 3:37

CD Bonus Tracks

# "Heart of a Kid" – 3:25 # "Irresistible Targets"– 4:18

Personnel

- vocals, all instruments *

Buffy Ford Stewart Buffy Ford Stewart is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She is best known for her solo work, and her work with John Stewart. Biography Buffy Ford and John Stewart Buffy and John met in 1967 when John left the Kingston Trio and soug ...

- background vocals * Chuck McDermott - background vocals * Teresa Tate - background vocals *

Nick Reynolds Nicholas Wells Reynolds (July 27, 1933 – October 1, 2008) was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio, whose folk and folk-style material captured international attention du ...

- background vocals

Additional personnel

- producer * Carla Fredricks - engineer * Fred Koch - second engineer *

Henry Diltz Henry Stanford Diltz (born September 6, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American folk musician and photographer who has been active since the 1960s. Career Among the bands Diltz played with was the Modern Folk Quartet. While a member of ...

- photography

References

{{Authority control 1984 albums John Stewart (musician) albums Albums recorded at Shangri-La (recording studio)