Cold on the Shoulder (Tony Rice album) explained

Cold on the Shoulder
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Tony Rice
Border:	yes
Released:	1984
Genre:	Americana, bluegrass, folk
Length:	35:41
Label:	Rounder
Producer:	Tony Rice
Prev Title:	Church Street Blues
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4
Next Year:	1984

Cold on the Shoulder is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1984.^[1] Originally intended as a follow-up of the 1979 album Manzanita, which doesn't include 5-string banjo, Rice decided to add it to this album for some of the tracks.

Track listing

1. "Cold on the Shoulder" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:33
2. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 5:21
3. "John Hardy" (Traditional) – 3:27
4. "Fare Thee Well" (Bob Dylan) – 3:19
5. "Bitter Green" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:43
6. "Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 4:20
7. "Song for Life" (Rodney Crowell) – 2:58
8. "Why Don't You Tell Me So" (Lester Flatt) – 3:09
9. "If You Only Knew" (Larry Rice) – 2:14
10. "Likes of Me" (Jerry Reed) – 2:58
11. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 2:39

Personnel

• Tony Rice – guitar, vocals
• Sam Bush – mandolin
• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• J. D. Crowe – banjo, background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Bobby Hicks – fiddle
• Larry Rice – mandolin, background vocals
• Kate Wolf – background vocals
• Todd Phillips – bass

Production notes:

• Tony Rice – producer
• Bill Wolf – engineer, mixing
• George Horn – mastering
• Elizabeth Weil – design

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for Cold on the Shoulder