''Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)'' is a 1998 album by

Nanci Griffith Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She often appeared on the PBS music program ''Austin City Limits'', starting in 1985 during season 10. In 1990, Griffith appeared on th ...

. It is her 13th studio album. Following the

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-winning album '' Other Voices, Other Rooms'', ''Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)'' is the second album of cover songs written by various singer-songwriters. The album includes many guest musicians, including

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Odetta Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and s ...

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Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. ...

Steve Earle Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American country, rock, and folk singer-songwriter. He began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Earle's breakthrough album was his 1986 debut album '' ...

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Critical reception

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'' wrote, "not only does this album benefit from the sweet growl of Griffith’s sensuous voice, utit also reflects her wondrous curiosity and eclectic tastes in music."

Track listing

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Who Knows Where The Time Goes "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" is a song written by the England, English folk-rock singer and songwriter Sandy Denny. History Denny recorded a first demo of the song in 1966. It was the second song she ever completed. She again recorded the so ...

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Sandy Denny Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as " guably the pre-eminent British folk-rock sin ...

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You Were on My Mind "You Were on My Mind" is a popular song written by Sylvia Fricker in 1961. It was originally recorded by Ian & Sylvia, but better known versions were recorded by We Five and Crispian St. Peters. Background The song was written in a bathtub in a ...

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Walk Right Back "Walk Right Back" is a 1961 song by Sonny Curtis that was recorded by The Everly Brothers, and went to No. 7 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Overseas, the song went to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. Originally it was th ...

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Sonny Curtis Sonny Curtis (born May 9, 1937) is an American singer and songwriter. Known for his collaborations with Buddy Holly, he was a member of the Crickets and continued with the band after Holly's death. Curtis's best known compositions include " Wa ...

) 2:33 #"Canadian Whiskey" (

Tom Russell Thomas George Russell (born 1947/1948) is an American singer-songwriter. Although most strongly identified with the Americana music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, rock, and the cowboy music of the American West. Many ...

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Desperados Waiting for a Train "Desperados Waiting for a Train" is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1973 album ''Viva Terlingua''. It subsequently appeared on Rita Coolidge's 1974 album '' Fall into Spring'', David Allan Coe's thi ...

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) 4:16 #" Wings of a Dove" ( Bob Ferguson) 2:51 #"Dress of Laces" (John Grimaudo, Saylor White) 4:55 #"Summer Wages" (

Ian Tyson Ian Dawson Tyson (25 September 1933 – 29 December 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs, including " Four Strong Winds" and " Someday Soon", and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. Ea ...

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He Was a Friend of Mine "He Was a Friend of Mine" is a traditional folk song in which the singer laments the death of a friend. Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax was the first to collect the song, in 1939, describing it as a "blues" that was "a dirge for a dead comrade." ...

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Hard Times Come Again No More "Hard Times Come Again No More" (sometimes, "Hard Times") is an American parlor song written by Stephen Foster. It was published in New York City by Firth, Pond & Co. in 1854 as Foster's Melodies No. 28. Well-known and popular in its day, both in ...

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) 5:43 #" Wasn't That a Mighty Storm" (Traditional) 5:01 #"

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie and music by Martin Hoffman detailing the 1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash, January 28, 1948 crash of a plane near Los Gatos Creek (Fresno County, California), Los Gatos ...

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Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, and composer widely considered to be one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American Left, A ...

, Martin Hoffman) 5:21 #"Yarrington Town" (Mickie Merkens) 4:23 #"

I Still Miss Someone "I Still Miss Someone" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash and his nephew Roy Cash, Jr. and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the B-side to "Don't Take Your Guns to Town". History C ...

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Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. ...

, Roy Cash Jr) 3:38 #"Try The Love" (

Pat McLaughlin Pat McLaughlin is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. He was raised in Waterloo, Iowa, but moved to San Francisco, California, in the early 1970s. There McLaughlin began to write songs, playing alone at open mic nights ...

) 3:45 #" The Streets of Baltimore" (

Harlan Howard Harlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 – March 3, 2002) was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard is credited with writing more than 4,000 songs, over 100 of which reached country mus ...

Tompall Glaser Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser (September 3, 1933 – August 12, 2013) was an American country singer who was a key figure in the 1970s outlaw country movement.Darcy Farrow ''Darcy Farrow'' is a song written by Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell, and first recorded in 1965 by Ian & Sylvia on their album, ''Early Morning Rain''. Gillette released his first recording of it in 1967 on his eponymous album, ''Steve Gillette ...

" (Tom Campbell,

Steve Gillette Steve Gillette (born 1942) and Cindy Mangsen (born 1950) are American folk musicians and singer-songwriters who have been traveling, performing and recording together since their marriage in 1989. Their album ''Live In Concert'', recorded at Th ...

) 2:33 #" If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (

Pete Seeger Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and social activist. He was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s and had a string of hit records in the early 1950s as a member of The Weav ...

Lee Hays Lee Elhardt Hays (March 14, 1914 – August 26, 1981) was an American folk singer and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers. Throughout his life, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in soc ...

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Personnel

* Nanci Griffith - vocals, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar * Meghann Ahern – gut-string guitar * J. I. Allison – drums * Shawn Camp – vocals *

Nollaig Casey Nollaig Casey () is an Irish fiddle player, and has an international reputation as one of Ireland's finest fiddle players. By the time she was eleven years old she could play violin, piano, tin whistle and uilleann pipes. During her teenage year ...

– fiddle * John Catchings – cello * Frank Christian – vocals, acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar, 12-string guitar *

– vocals, acoustic guitar *

Susan Cowsill Susan Claire Cowsill (born May 20, 1959) is a musician, vocalist and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the family band The Cowsills. After touring with Dwight Twilley for quite some time in the 1980s, she co-formed the band Con ...

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

– vocals, duet, acoustic guitar *

– acoustic guitar, gut-string guitar * Mary Custy – fiddle * Ron de la Vega – vocals, bass, cello, gut-string guitar, tic tac * Philip Donnelly – vocals, acoustic guitar *

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

Béla Fleck Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, playing music from bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock and various ...

– banjo *

Nina Gerber Nina Gerber is an American guitarist who first came to attention when she accompanied singer-songwriter Kate Wolf from 1979 until Wolf's death in 1986. Gerber was born and raised in Sebastopol, California Sebastopol ( ) is a city in Sonoma ...

– acoustic guitar *

– vocals *

Julie Gold Julie Gold (born February 3, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her musical composition " From a Distance," which became a hit for Bette Midler and won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1991. "From a Distance" ...

– gut-string guitar *

Clive Gregson Clive James Gregson (born 4 January 1955, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He has toured in bands, provided backup for well-known musicians, and written songs that have been cov ...

– electric guitar, gut-string guitar *

Andrew Hardin Andrew Hardin (born in 1955 near Baltimore, Marylandon page 10 inKerrville Kronikle Issue 3, 1989 by Arthur Wood, tdl.org) is an American guitarist and record producer. Andrew's guitar style has been influenced by Roy Buchanan, Clarence White, R ...

– vocals, acoustic guitar, tiple *

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

Jamie Hartford Jamie Hartford is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Career Jamie, the son of John Hartford, was raised in a musical environment, meeting and learning from artists such as Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, Cowboy Jack Clement, and Jo ...

– vocals * Bill Hearne – gut-string guitar, acoustic guitar * Bonnie Hearne – gut-string guitar *

Carolyn Hester Carolyn Sue Hester (born January 28, 1937) is an American folk singer and songwriter. She was a figure in the early 1960s American folk music revival. Biography Hester's first album was produced by Norman Petty in 1957. She made her second a ...

– gut-string guitar *

Tish Hinojosa Leticia ("Tish") Hinojosa (born December 6, 1955, San Antonio, Texas) is a singer-songwriter, recording in both Spanish and English. Early life and career Hinojosa is the youngest of 13 children. Hinojosa's parents were Mexican immigrants. K ...

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

Peter Holsapple Peter Livingston Holsapple (born February 19, 1956) is an American musician who, along with Chris Stamey, formed the dB's, a jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ...

– mandolin * James Hooker – vocals, gut-string guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer *

Jay Joyce John Joseph "Jay" Joyce is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In the 1990s, Joyce, with Chris Feinstein and Brad Pemberton, recorded and toured as Iodine. He also fronted the band Bedlam, featured on the soundtrack to ...

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

Lucy Kaplansky Lucy Kaplansky (born February 16, 1960) is an American 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 originally fro ...

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

Fats Kaplin Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City. He is best known as a fiddler. He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others. He has worked with artists such ...

– button accordion, fiddle, pedal steel *

Dolores Keane Dolores Keane (born 26 September 1953) is an Irish folk singer. She was a founding member of the group De Dannan following which she pursued a solo recording and touring career. Background Keane was born in a small village called Sylane (near ...

– gut-string guitar * Mary Ann Kennedy – vocals * Maura Kennedy – vocals, gut-string guitar * Pete Kennedy – vocals, gut-string guitar, 12-string guitar *

Ray Kennedy Raymond Kennedy (28 July 1951 – 30 November 2021) was an English Association football, footballer who won every domestic honour in the game with Arsenal F.C., Arsenal and Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kennedy playe ...

– vocals *

Doug Lancio Doug Lancio is an American guitarist and record producer, based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with a wide range of artists including John Hiatt, Nanci Griffith, Patty Griffin and Bob Dylan. Biography Questionnaires Lancio was a member of ...

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar, resonator guitar * Tom Littlefield – vocals *

– gut-string guitar * Ian Matthews – vocals, acoustic guitar * Joe Mauldin – bass * Pat McInerney – drums, percussion, vocals, gut-string guitar *

– vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin *

John Mock John Mock is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, and photographer with a particular interest in the topic of maritime history and culture. Biography Early years Mock is a native of Connecticut’s eastern shore. His f ...

– penny whistle *

– vocals, gut-string guitar *

David Olney David Charles Olney (March 23, 1948 – January 18, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter. Olney recorded more than twenty albums over his five-decade career. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou Harris, Del ...

– vocals *

– duet vocals *

Jean Ritchie Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, ...

– vocals, gut-string guitar * Jim Rooney – vocals, gut-string guitar *

Darius Rucker Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carol ...

– gut-string guitar *

– vocals, slide guitar *

– vocals, gut-string guitar * Matthew Ryan – vocals, gut-string guitar * Lee Satterfield – vocals, mandolin *

Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and Diatonic button accordion, melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, ''Sharon Shann ...

– button accordion * Jim Sonefeld – gut-string guitar *

Rosalie Sorrels Rosalie Sorrels (June 24, 1933 – June 11, 2017) was an American folk singer-songwriter. She began her public career as a singer and collector of traditional folksongs in the late 1950s. During the early 1960s she left her husband and began trav ...

– vocals, gut-string guitar * John Stewart – vocals, gut-string guitar * Eric Taylor – vocals, gut-string guitar * Christian Teal – violin *

– Vocals, electric guitar, gut-string guitar *

– vocals * Dave Van Ronk – acoustic guitar *

Eric Von Schmidt Eric Von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 – February 2, 2007) was an American folk musician and painter. He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a key part of the Cambridge folk music scene. As a singer and guita ...

– gut-string guitar *

Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby; March 16, 1942 – October 23, 2020) was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He also wrote t ...

– acoustic guitar, vocals *

Eric Weissberg Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in moder ...

– banjo, gut-string guitar *

– gut-string guitar * Kristin Wilkinson – viola *

– acoustic guitar, vocals * Jim Williamson – trumpet *

Brian Willoughby Brian Willoughby (born 20 September 1949) is a British guitarist. He has worked with many musicians, notably Dave Cousins and The Strawbs, Mary Hopkin, as well as releasing solo work. Discography (UK releases unless stated otherwise) Albums ...

– acoustic guitar

References

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