K.T. Oslin - Love in a Small Town

Oslin built this loosely defined concept album from 10 years of song, including the first one she wrote. Oslin sings of the guises romance wears in the small-town South: Nelda Jean Prudie waxes nostalgic about weekend dances of her Texas youth; a young girl enthuses about a pick-up-driving Romeo named Cornell Crawford; and people searching for perfect partner wind up lonely. Love in a Small Town also contains a low-key version of the 1946 standard "You Call Everybody Darling" and a cover of Mickey And Sylvia's "Love Is Strange." Oslin's coyness isn't always flattering, and the arrangements sometimes border on a new countrypolitan, but those moments are rare. On most of Small Town, Oslin displays her best assets: her worldly sensibility and complex maturity. ~ Brian Mansfield, All Music Guide

Name Credits Barry Beckett Producer, Keyboards, Guitar Bill Cuomo Keyboards Bobby Ogdin Keyboards Costo Davis Keyboards David Hungate Bass David Rhodes Bass Dino Zimmerman Guitar Don Potter Guitar Eddie Bayers Drums Gary Lunn Bass Gary Lynn Bass Greg Parker Engineer Harry Stinson Drums Jeff Giedt Assistant Producer Jim Cotton Mixing, Producer, Engineer Joe Scaife Mixing, Producer, Engineer, Vocals (Background) Joe VanDyke Keyboards John Crowder Bass John D. Willis Guitar John Hurley Engineer John Willis Guitar Josh Leo Producer K.T. Oslin Producer, Vocals (Background), Keyboards Keith Hinton Guitar Kym Juister Design Larrie Londin Drums Larry Michael Lee Producer Mary Hamilton Art Direction Michael Rhodes Bass Mike Lawler Synthesizer Mike McCarthy Assistant Engineer Mitch Watkins Guitar Owen Hale Drums Pete Greene Engineer Reggie Young Guitar Richard Bennett Guitar Scott Hendricks Engineer, Mixing Steve Marcantonio Engineer Terry McMillan Harmonica