Duane Jarvis - Certified Miracle

You can file this one under alt-country, but Jarvis sounds more like he's singing his heart than chasing a trend. Like Mark Olson of The Jayhawks, whose work this third album often recalls, Jarvis exudes a sense of joyfulness, a penchant for rock guitar, and a flair for melodies that stick in the brain. Highlights abound, including "Forgive the Fool," which sounds like something out of Flowers-era Rolling Stones; "Sad Blue Year," which references Prince ("1999 was supposed to be a celebration/That's what the Artist said/I never got the invitation"); and two tracks co-written with Lucinda Williams, among them "Still I Long for Your Kiss," which you may know from her Grammy-winning Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. The link to Williams, with whom Jarvis has worked for years, makes sense: Though not quite her equal as an artist, he has the same facility for deceptively simple lyrics that cut to the bone and for genre-hopping tracks that surprise and delight. ~ Jeff Burger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Danny Kurtz Vocal Harmony, Percussion, Bass David Jacques Trombone, Trumpet David Wilds Photography Duane Jarvis Accordion, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Bass, Mandolin Fats Kaplin Accordion George Bradfute Engineer, Guitar, 6-String Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Mixing, Guitar (Bass), Saxophone, Organ Gina R. Binkley Cover Design Jim DeMain Mastering Joy Lynn White Vocal Harmony Phil Lee ? Richard Bennett Guitar (Electric), Soloist, Guitar (12 String) Rick Schell Conga, Tambourine, Bongos, Maracas, Cowbell Steve Fishell Weissenborn, Pedal Steel