Bramble Rose Explained

Bramble Rose
Type:	Album
Artist:	Tift Merritt
Cover:	Bramble Rose.jpg
Released:	2002
Recorded:	Sunset Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California)
Genre:	Alternative Country, Americana
Length:	52:37
Label:	Lost Highway
Producer:	Ethan Johns
Prev Title:	The Two Dollar Pistols with Tift Merritt
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Tambourine
Next Year:	2004

Bramble Rose is the debut album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released on Lost Highway Records in 2002.

Track listing

All songs written by Tift Merritt.

Reception

All Musics Mark Deming rated it 4.5 out of 5 saying "Bramble Rose is a bit short of perfect, it leaves no doubt that Merritt is already a talent of the first order."

Personnel

• Tift Merritt - Vocals, Rhythm guitar, Piano
• Greg Reading - Pedal steel guitar, Dobro, Harmony vocal, Wurlitzer
• Jay Brown - Bass, Harmony vocal
• Zeke Hutchins - Drums
• Ethan Johns - Lead guitar, Recording engineer, Percussion, Piano, Mixing, Ukulele, Chamberlin, Hammond B-3, Mandolin
• Benmont Tench - Piano, Celeste, Hammond C-3, Harmonium
• CeCe White, Julianna Raye - Harmony vocal

Technical

• Stephen Rhodes - Recording engineer
• Doug Sax - Mastering
• Tony Baker - Photography
• Karen Naff - Art direction and design

Other versions

Don Henley released a cover version featuring Mick Jagger and Miranda Lambert on September 25, 2015, on his album Cass County