Merrimack County (album) explained

Merrimack County
Type:	Album
Artist:	Tom Rush
Cover:	Tom_Rush_Merrimack.jpg
Released:	April 1972
Recorded:	1972
Genre:	Country rock/Folk rock
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Tom Rush
Prev Title:	Wrong End of the Rainbow
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Ladies Love Outlaws
Next Year:	1974

Merrimack County is the 1972 album from pioneer Folk rock musician Tom Rush. The standout tracks are "Mink Julip", "Mother Earth", "Jamaica, Say You Will", "Wind on the Water" and "Roll Away the Grey". The album was on the Billboard 200 chart for ten weeks and charted as high as #128 on June 3, 1972.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Kids These Days" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 4:10
2. "Mink Julip" (Tom Rush) – 2:25
3. "Mother Earth" (Eric Kaz) – 2:36
4. "Jamaica, Say You Will" (Jackson Browne) – 4:11
5. "Merrimack County II" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 2:46
6. "Gypsy Boy" (Bob Carpenter) – 3:20
7. "Wind on the Water" (Tom Rush) – 3:34
8. "Roll Away the Grey" (Bob Carpenter) – 2:59
9. "Seems the Songs" (Tom Rush) – 3:39
10. "Gone Down River" (Tom Rush) – 4:16

Personnel

Musicians

• Tom Rush – guitar, lead vocals
• Trevor Veitch – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• James Rolleston – bass, backing vocals
• Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion, vibraphone
• Paul Armin – fiddle
• Erik Robertson – organ, piano
• Bill Stevenson – piano
• Kathryn Moses – flute
• John Savage – drums on "Roll Away the Grey"
• Ed Freeman - string arranger, conductor on "Wind on the Water" and "Seems the Songs"

Technical

• Tom Rush – producer
• Jay Messina – engineer
• Byron Linardos – photography
• Richard Navin – design

Notes and References

1. Billboard 200 - June 3, 1972. . July 16, 2017.