Mystic Theatre (album) explained
Mystic Theatre is the sixth album by Mark Olson, Victoria Williams and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 2004.
Reception
Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 4 and called it "Their best record since 1999’s Zola And The Tulip Tree; Mark Olson and Victoria Williams’ rustic marriages of rural folk, western swing and bluegrass still bubble with contentment." The magazine praised Williams' composition and called her voice a "helium chirp sounding like something forever teetering on stilts"
Track listing
All songs by Mark Olson except where noted.
- "No Water No Wood" – 3:35
- "Standing in the Sun All Day" – 2:49
- "Betsy Dupree" (Williams) – 3:20
- "Salome" – 2:27
- "Grand Army of the Republic" – 3:32
- "It Don't Bother Me" (Williams) – 3:22
- "Wood in Broken Hills" – 2:54
- "Thirty Miles of Petrified Logs" – 3:24
- "Bath Song" (Williams) – 2:14
- "Rockslide" – 2:44
- "Naughty Marrieta" – 2:54
- "Mockingbird Chase the Crow" – 2:00
- "Bells of St. Mary" – 3:50
Personnel
- Mark Olson – vocals, guitar, dulcimer, bass, piano, flute, cuatro
- Victoria Williams – vocals, piano, banjo
- Don Heffington – bass harmonica, drums, saw, percussion, jaw harp
- Joshua Grange – pedal steel guitar, bass, guitar, organ
- Danny Frankel – drums, percussion
- Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar on "Betsy Dupree"
- Ray Woods – drums, backing vocals
- Mike Russell – violin, bass
- Steve Nelson – bass
- Kristin Mooney – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree"
- Vicki Hill – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree"
- Phil Tagliere – banjo, guitar
- Sheldon Gomberg – bass
- Brantley Kearns – fiddle
Production notes
- Mark Olson – producer
- Don Heffington – producer
- Joshua Grange – engineer, mixing
- Phil Tagliere – engineer
- Steven Rhodes – mixing
- David Vaught – mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Charlie McGovern – artwork, design
