Miss the Mississippi explained

Miss the Mississippi
Type:	Album
Artist:	Crystal Gayle
Cover:	CrystalGayleMisstheMississippi.jpg
Released:	September 1979
Genre:	Country
Length:	34:44
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:	Classic Crystal
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	These Days
Next Year:	1980

Miss the Mississippi is a studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in September 1979, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

The album was her first album for Columbia Records, and contained three Country top ten hits; "Half the Way" (#2), "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (#1) and "The Blue Side" (#8). "Half the Way" also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1980.

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that "Gayle has a lovely voice and a seductive if somewhat mannered way with phrasing."^[1]

Personnel

• Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone (tracks: A4, A5) – drums, percussion
• Joe Allan (track: B2), Joe Osborn (tracks A3 to A5), Spady Brannan (tracks A1, A2, B1, B3, B4), Bob Moore (track B5) – bass guitar
• Charles Cochran, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards
• Chris Leuzinger, Jerry McEwen, Billy Sanford, Rod Smarr, Barry "Byrd" Burton – guitars
• Lloyd Green – dobro on (track B5)
• Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone
• Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone
• Terry McMillan – harmonica (track: B3)
• Crystal Gayle - backing vocals (tracks A2 to A4, B4)
• Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals (track B1)
• Allen Reynolds, Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Frank Saulino, Jennifer Kimball, Jim Valenti, Spady Brannan - backing vocals (track A1)
• Vickie Carrico, Pebble Daniel, Allen Reynolds, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle – backing vocals (track A5)
• Pebble Daniel, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle, Vickie Carrico - backing vocals (track B4)

Cover photographs by Francesco Scavullo

Production

• Produced by Allen Reynolds
• Recorded and engineered by Garth Fundis

External links

• Web site: Crystal Gayle - Miss the Mississippi. Discogs.com. 2 October 2018.
• Web site: Crystal Gayle - Miss The Mississippi CD Album. Cduniverse.com. 2 October 2018.

Notes and References

1. News: Rockwell . John . The Pop Life . The New York Times . 14 Sep 1979 . C11.