Blue Divide Explained

Blue Divide
Type:	studio
Artist:	Richard Shindell
Cover:	Blue Divide.jpg
Released:	September 25, 1994
Studio:	Shelter Island (New York City)
Genre:	folk, singer-songwriter
Label:	Shanachie
Producer:	Steve Addabbo
Prev Title:	Sparrows Point
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Reunion Hill
Next Year:	1997

Blue Divide is the second album by singer-songwriter Richard Shindell. It was released in 1995 by Shanachie Records. Shanachie also released a live promo CD, Scenes from a Blue Divide (Live) and More which included five live tracks recorded at the Treestar Coffeehouse in Mount Kisco, New York.^[1]

Joan Baez covered the song "Fishing" on the album Gone from Danger.

Track listing

All songs by Richard Shindell except where noted

1. "A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress"
2. "Fishing"
3. "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene"
4. "Lazy"
5. "The Things That I Have Seen"
6. "TV Light" (Addabbo, Shindell)
7. "A Tune for Nowhere"
8. "Arrowhead"
9. "Ascent"
10. "Blue Divide"

Personnel

Musicians:

• Richard Shindell – vocals, acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar, harmony, cittern
• Steve Addabbo – Hammond organ, electric guitar
• Kenneth Blevins – drums
• Larry Campbell – lap steel, pedal steel, mandolin
• Séamus Egan – mandolin, uilleann pipes
• Peter Freeman – synthesizer
• Mark Hamza – Hammond organ
• Lucy Kaplansky – harmony
• Juan Patiño – percussion
• Dave Richards – bass
• Michael Visceglia – bass
• John Whelan – button accordion

Production

• Produced by Steve Addabbo
• Recorded and mixed at Shelter Island Sound, New York City

External links

• Blue Divide page at richardshindell.com

Notes and References

1. Meyer, Richard, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r229480|pure_url=yes}} "Review: Scenes from a Blue Divide (Live) and More''"], Allmusic