Pam Tillis - Put Yourself in My Place

The album that established Pam Tillis as a performer in her own right has a traditional country base cut with bluegrass, folk, and rock. It all creates the same sort of mixed breed she sings about in "Melancholy Child": "You take a black Irish temper/Some solemn Cherokee/A Southern sense of humor/And you got someone like me." Her characters are the awkward dancers of "I've Seen Enough to Know": bruised, tentative, and needing to be cajoled back to love. Even the throwaway songs are of a high standard; the best ones ("Maybe It Was Memphis," "Don't Tell Me What to Do") are truly enticing. ~ Brian Mansfield, All Music Guide

Name Credits Anthony Martin Production Assistant Ashley Cleveland Vocals (Background) Bruce Bouton Guitar (Steel) Carl Jackson Guitar (Acoustic), Performer Carlos Grier Digital Editing Carlton Jackson Guitar Dennis Burnside Performer, Piano Denny Purcell Mastering Ed Seay Mixing, Producer, Engineer Eddie Bayers Drums, Performer Glenn Worf Guitar (Bass) Harry Stinson Vocals (Background) John Jorgenson Guitar (Electric), Performer Karen Staley Vocals (Background) Larry Byrom Guitar (Electric), Guitar, Performer Mark O'Connor Fiddle, Mandolin Mark OConner Mandolin, Fiddle Matt Rollings Performer, Piano Maude Gilman Art Direction Mike Poole Recording Assistant, Mixing Assistant Pam Tillis Vocals, Vocals (Background) Paul Leim Performer, Drums Paul Worley Producer Peter Nash Photography Steve Gibson Guitar (Electric), Performer Tricia Walker Vocals (Background) Vicki Hampton Vocals (Background)