Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul

A 180-degree departure from contemporary commercial country music, album number six from the always dynamic Loveless is like a breath of fresh air on a steamy summer afternoon. Mountain Soul is a rare and brilliant acoustic 14-track album of bluegrass mountain music. Amidst the mandolins, fiddles, and banjos is Loveless' harking alto voice, singing from her soul to the music she grew up with. Just when you thought the days of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, and the Stanley Brothers were gone, Loveless brings them back with new life and staggering grace. Rounding out this ubiquitous collection are soft-singing collaborators Travis Tritt, Ricky Skaggs, and Rebecca Lynn Howard. ~ Maria Konicki Dinoia, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan O'Bryant Banjo Amy Hughes Frigo Assistant Beth Kindig Art Direction Biff Watson Guitar Big Cheese Production Coordination Billiken Johnson Art Direction Butch Lee Banjo, Mandolin, Bass Carmella Ramsey Fiddle, Vocals (Background) Clarence "Tater" Tate Bass Claudia Fowler Stylist Darrell Scott Dobro Dave Gorton Photography Deanie Richardson Fiddle Debra Wingo Make-Up, Hair Stylist Dennis Ritchie Engineer Earl Scruggs Banjo Emory Gordy Producer Gene Wooten Dobro Glenn Meadows Mastering Jeff White Vocals (Background) Jon Randall Vocals (Background), Guitar Justin Niebank Mixing, Engineer Kay Smith A&R Lauren Koch Production Coordination Patty Loveless Arranger Rebecca Lynn Howard Vocals (Background) Ricky Skaggs Vocals (Background), Mandolin Rob Ickes Dobro Steve Gibson Mandola Stuart Duncan Mandolin, Vocals (Background), Fiddle Tim Hensley Vocals (Background), Mandolin Tom Britt Slide Guitar Travis Tritt Guitar, Vocals (Background)