Pacific Coast Rambler Explained

Pacific Coast Rambler
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
Cover:	Pacificcoastrambler.jpg
Released:	1998
Recorded:	1998, Joshua Tree, California
Genre:	Alternative country, folk
Length:	27:59
Label:	Creek Dippers
Producer:	Mark Olson
Prev Title:	The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Zola and the Tulip Tree
Next Year:	1999

Pacific Coast Rambler is the second album by the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 1998. As with their first release, it is a home-made recording with the focus on Mark Olson.

Pacific Coast Rambler was re-released in 2001 by Koch Records.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Brian Beatty wrote of the album; "This is intimate music that recalls old-time traditions and manages to avoid the cloying earnestness that often afflicts folkies and unplugged rockers."

Track listing

1. "Give My Heart To You" (Mark Olson) – 3:00
2. "Kai's Bristlecone Waltz" (Mike Russell) – 2:50
3. "Pacific Coast Rambler" (Mabel Allbright, Olson, Tennessee Williams) – 3:50
4. "Owen's Valley Day" (Olson) – 2:21
5. "Bellflower" (Olson) – 2:34
6. "Prayer Of The Changing Leaf" (Allbright, Tennessee Williams) – 2:26
7. "Elijah" (Allbright, Marc Ford) – 2:10
8. "Welcome Home Jim" (Olson) – 2:45
9. "Golden Street Locker" (Allbright, Olson) – 3:15
10. "Call The Light" (Olson) – 2:48

Personnel

• Mark Olson – vocals, guitar, dulcimer, banjo, conga
• Victoria Williams (credited as "Mabel Allbright") – background vocals
• Mike Russell – organ, bass, fiddle, harmonica, accordion, bongos, viola, vocals
• Marc Ford – lead and rhythm guitars

Production notes

• Mark Olson – producer
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Tony Mason – photography