''Willow in the Wind'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1989 (see

1989 in country music This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1989. Events * May 9 – Rising country star Keith Whitley is found dead at his home, a victim of alcohol poisoning. News of his death sent shockwaves through the in ...

) on Mercury Records. The album is her highest-peaking entry on the Top Country Albums charts, where it reached number 6. It was also certified gold by the

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. Four singles were released from it, and all four reached Top Ten on the ''

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'' country singles charts. First were the back-to-back number 1 hits "Come from the Heart" and "Burnin' Old Memories", followed by the number 10 "Where've You Been" and number 2 "She Came from Fort Worth". "Where've You Been" also charted on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, peaking at number 25 there. This song also earned her the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Track listing

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Musicians

;"Come from the Heart" *

Craig Bickhardt Craig William Bickhardt (born September 7, 1954) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His musical career includes co-writing credits for The Judds, Steve Wariner, Kathy Mattea and others. He was also a member of S-K-B, formerly S ...

— background vocals * Pat Flynn —

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

Kenny Malone Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist. Life and career Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic ...

— percussion * Kathy Mattea — background vocals * Donna McElroy — background vocals * Mark O'Connor —

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

* Wayland Patton — background vocals * Milton Sledge —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Pete Wasner — piano * Bobby Wood — percussion * Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"Here's Hopin'" *

Stuart Duncan Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...

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Ray Flacke Raymond James Flacke (born February 11, 1948) is a country guitar session player from Milford on Sea, England. He has graced countless recordings with his trademark ‘‘Tele-wielding Chicken pickin’’’ style for such artists as Emmylou Ha ...

— electric guitar * Chris Leuzinger — acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Kenny Malone — percussion * Charlie McCoy —

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

* Riders in the Sky — background vocals * Milton Sledge — drums * Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"Burnin' Old Memories" *

Bruce Bouton Bruce Bouton is an American guitarist, session musician, producer, and songwriter. His pedal steel guitar has been featured on many country music recordings, and he helped reintroduce the pedal steel guitar to the forefront of the Nashville sound ...

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* Mike Chapman — bass guitar * Ray Flacke — electric guitar * Chris Leuzinger — acoustic guitar * Milton Sledge — drums ;"She Came from Fort Worth" * Kathy Chiavola — background vocals * Pat Flynn — acoustic guitar * Chris Leuzinger — electric guitar * Wayland Patton — background vocals * Milton Sledge — drums * Pete Wasner — piano * Bobby Wood —

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* Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"True North" * Pat Flynn — acoustic guitar * Chris Leuzinger — electric guitar * Charlie McCoy — harmonica * Jim Photoglo — background vocals * Matt Rollings — keyboards * Milton Sledge — drums * Wendy Waldman — background vocals * Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"Hills of Alabam'" * Bruce Bouton — steel guitar * Pat Flynn — acoustic guitar * Chris Leuzinger — acoustic guitar * Claire Lynch — background vocals * Charlie McCoy — harmonica * Jim Photoglo — background vocals * Milton Sledge — drums * Bobby Wood — piano,

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* Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"Willow in the Wind" * Kathy Chiavola — background vocals * Jerry Douglas —

Dobro Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally ...

* Stuart Duncan — mandolin * Ray Flacke — electric guitar * Chris Leuzinger — acoustic guitar * Wayland Patton — background vocals * Milton Sledge — drums * Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"Love Chooses You" * Bruce Bouton — steel guitar * Robert Bowlin — acoustic guitar * Kathy Chiavola — background vocals * Pat Flynn — acoustic

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* Wayland Patton — background vocals * Matt Rollings — piano * Milton Sledge — drums * Bobby Wood — piano * Bob Wray — bass guitar ;"I'll Take Care of You" * Bruce Bouton — steel guitar * Stuart Duncan — fiddle * Ray Flacke — electric guitar * Mike Leech — bass guitar * Chris Leuzinger — acoustic guitar * Kathy Mattea — background vocals * Tim O'Brien — background vocals * Milton Sledge — drums * Bobby Wood — keyboards ;"Where've You Been" * Edgar Meyer — upright bass * John Mock — acoustic guitar *

Dave Pomeroy Dave Pomeroy (born April 26, 1956) is an American musician, known as a Nashville vocalist, songwriter, and producer (Earwave Productions), but is best known as a bassist. He has played electric and acoustic bass for many world renowned artists, ...

— bass guitar * Matt Rollings — piano

Technical

* Mark Miller — recording, mixing * Denny Purcell — mastering * Allen Reynolds — production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control Kathy Mattea albums Mercury Nashville albums Albums produced by Allen Reynolds 1989 albums