Blue Mesa (album) explained

Blue Mesa
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Peter Ostroushko
Cover:	Bluemesaostroushko.jpg
Released:	1989
Genre:	Americana, folk
Length:	48:47
Label:	Red House
Producer:	Peter Ostroushko
Prev Title:	Buddies of Swing
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Duo
Next Year:	1991

Blue Mesa is an album by American fiddle and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko, released in 1989.

Track listing

1. "International Medley:Lost Indian/Reel of the Hanged Man" (Traditional) – 5:27
2. "Marjorie's Waltz, No. 2" (Ostroushko) – 3:35
3. "Horizontal Hold" (Garrison Keillor, Ostroushko) – 4:13
4. "Irish Medley: Sweeps Hornpipe/The Scholar/Ban Anti AR Lar " (Traditional) – 4:25
5. "The Orthodox Priest" (Ostroushko) – 3:01
6. "Polka Medley: The Charleston Polka/The B.T. Polka" (Ostroushko) – 4:20
7. "Bonnie Mulligan's" (Ostroushko) – 3:54
8. "Monkey on a Dog Cart" (Traditional) – 2:04
9. "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (Traditional) – 4:51
10. "The Highwire Hornpipe" (Ostroushko) – 3:26
11. "Ukrainian Medley" (Traditional) – 3:48
12. "Blue Mesa" (Ostroushko) – 4:15
13. "Jig Medley: Ostroushko's #1/Ostroushko's #2" (Ostroushko) – 4:04

Personnel

• Peter Ostroushko – mandolin, fiddle, mandola, mandocello, vocals
• Norman Blake – guitar
• Nancy Blake – cello
• Bruce Calin – bass
• Dean Magraw – guitar
• Daíthí Sproule – guitar
• Paddy O'Brien – accordion
• John Anderson – bodhrán
• Sean O'Driscoll – banjo, tenor banjo

Production notes

• Peter Ostroushko – producer, mixing
• Bob Feldman – executive producer
• Tom Mudge – engineer, mixing
• Marge Ostroushko – mixing
• John Scherf – assistant engineer
• Craig Thorson – assistant engineer
• Ann Marsden – photography
• George Ostroushko – artwork, design, illustrations