River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi

Original Release Date:  November 17, 1998

Track Listing

• 1. Powwow Song
• 2. 22
• 3. Sail Away Ladies
• 4. I Did My Best
• 5. Red-Headed Swede
• 6. The Singing Leaf
• 7. I'll Open My Mouth to the Lord/I'll Be Ready
• 8. Kim Marie
• 9. Jazz Me Blues
• 10. La Unica Estrella
• 11. Flat Stuff
• 12. Miss Ferris
• 13. Born to Be with You
• 14. Milestone
• 15. I'm So Grateful
• 16. Stop Breaking Down
• 17. Get Down, River
• 18. La Guignolée
• 19. The Sweetest Song I Know
• 20. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
• 21. St. Louis Blues
• 22. Going Back to Memphis
• 23. Take a Little Walk with Me
• 24. Catfish
• 25. Shake Your Moneymaker
• 26. Grits Ain't Groceries
• 27. We Praise Your Holy Name
• 28. Taters and Gravy and Chicken-Fried Steak
• 29. La Back Door (La Porte d'en Arrière)
• 30. Bon Chien
• 31. Marie Laveau
• 32. Basin Street Blues
• 33. Time Is on My Side
• 34. Check Your Bucket
• 35. Let Your Mind Be Free
• 36. La Vida de un Jaibero

Credits

• James Cotton: Harmonica, Performer, ?
• Frank Frost: Keyboards
• Big Jack Johnson: Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Performer
• Jimmie Davis: ?
• Merle Haggard: ?
• John Hartford: Fiddle, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Jimmie Rodgers: Composer
• Greg Brown: Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
• The Mississippi Mass Choir: Vocals, Performer, ?
• Babes in Toyland: Performer, ?
• Eddie Bo: Piano, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Sonny Burgess: Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Michael Harris: Guitar
• Soul Asylum: Performer, ?
• Irma Thomas: Vocals, Performer, ?
• Henry Butler: Piano, Piano (Electric), Performer, ?
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• The Memphis Horns: Performer, ?
• Oliver Sain: Arranger, Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals, Performer, Adaptation
• David Curry: Organ
• Jerry Smith: Keyboards
• Peter Ostroushko: Mandolin
• Tony Glover: Harmonica
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.: Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Dakota Dave Hull: Guitar
• Mary Wilson: Guitar, Vocals
• The Bottle Rockets: Performer, ?
• Christine Balfa: Guitar
• Fontella Bass: Piano, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Byron Bernard: Saxophone
• Kat Bjelland: Guitar, Vocals
• Little Milton: Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Mervin Campbell: Trumpet, Vocals
• Sterling Campbell: Drums
• Sam Carr: Drums
• Earl Cate: Guitar
• Ernie Cate: Keyboards
• Geno Delafose: Accordion, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Damion Francois: Tuba
• Ronnie Freeland: Mixing
• Jack Hale: Trombone
• Levon Helm: Drums, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Jimmy Hinds: Bass
• Rod Hurt: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Terry Huval: Guitar (Steel)
• Germaine Jack: Drums
• Wayne Jackson: Trumpet
• Robert Jardell: Accordion
• Cynthia Johnson: Producer
• Paul Johnson: Executive Producer
• Kern Ray Kennedy: Piano
• John "Spider John" Koerner: Arranger, Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Performer, ?
• Lumar LeBlanc: Drums (Snare), Rap
• David Leonard: Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
• Manny López: Cornet, Performer
• Andrew Love: Sax (Tenor)
• D.L. Menard: Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Derrick Moss: Drums (Bass)
• Karl Mueller: Bass
• Joe Mulherin: Trumpet
• Willie Murphy: Keyboards
• Steve Nash: Rubboard
• Ann Peebles: Vocals, Performer, ?
• Charlie Pilzer: Mastering
• Dave Pirner: Guitar, Vocals
• Renard Poché: Guitar
• David Porter: Bass
• Jerry Ragovoy: Composer
• Bo Ramsey: Guitar
• Mark Siegell: Producer
• Jim Spake: Saxophone
• William Terry: Saxophone
• John Tyler: Engineer
• Elijah Wald: Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation
• Hillary Wells: Producer
• Wilbert Widow: Drums
• Warner Williams: Keyboards
• Michael Woods: Percussion
• The Soul Rebels: Performer, ?
• Charlie Burton: Guitar
• Greg Hartman: Engineer, Mixing
• Paul Wilson: Harmonica, Vocals
• Lori Barbero: Drums
• Joseph "Cookie" Chavis: Guitar
• Maureen Herman: Bass
• Tom Ray: Bass (Acoustic)
• Sam Scott: Drums
• Anthony Seeger: Liner Notes
• Raymond Weber: Drums
• Brian Henneman: Guitar, Vocals
• Bruce White: Drums, Vocals
• Pete Reiniger: Mixing, Sound Supervision
• Martha Bass: Vocals, Performer, ?
• David & Roselyn: Performer
• Kevin Wait: Engineer, Mixing
• Michael Maloney: Production Coordination
• Mary Monseur: Production Coordination
• Dan Murphy: Guitar
• Keith Falgout: Engineer
• Joan Churchill: Photography
• Mark Ortmann: Drums
• Alisa Patrick: Vocals
• Herbert Stevens: Trombone
• Winston Turner: Trombone
• Kenny Bill Stinson: Guitar, Vocals, Performer, ?
• Jim Medlin: Engineer
• Mark A. Brooks: Bass
• Amy Young: Producer
• Leblanc: Composer
• Leo Abshire: Fiddle
• Jim Aldride: Harmonica
• Cindy Allardin: Piano
• Arnie Anderson: Saw
• Leah Mahan: Producer
• John Mallette: Accordion
• Steve Maylor: Trumpet
• Aaron Mayo: Vocals
• Tewanta Yerington: Piano
• Duke Blechler: Vocals
• Gerardo E. Bojorquez: Trumpet
• Jill Brewington: Vocals
• Paul Brown: Piano
• Joy Lewis Calhoun: Mandolin
• Bill Miller: Fiddle
• Becky Menard Moreland: Vocals
• Joanna Champagne: Editing
• Jeff D. Clauss: Trombone
• Toshio Murayama: Producer
• Larry Weathersby: Saxophone
• Al Wilder: Bass
• Brett Wiley: Photography
• Foster Wiley: Photography
• Cannon Williams: Trumpet
• Pete White: Drums, Vocals
• Gloria Griffin: Composer
• Chippewa Nation: Performer, ?
• The Skal Club Spelmanslag: Performer, ?
• Wang Chong Lor: Vocals, Performer, ?
• La Unica Estrella: Performer
• Eugene Redmond: Performer, ?, Recitation
• The Ste. Genevieve Guignolée Singers: Vocals, Performer, ?
• The Boundless Love Quartet: Performer, ?
• Irván Pérez: Vocals, Performer, ?
• Lucia Small: Producer
• Elizabeth Taylor-Mead: Producer
• Huell Tilley: Vocals
• John Paulson: Engineer
• Robert Harvey: Bass
• Norman Meade: Composer
• Bobby Lewis: Guitar
• John Davies: Bass
• Bob Lewis Family: ?
• Charles Elan III: Saxophone
• John Esprite: Bass
• Rory Ezell: Mandolin, Vocals
• Doug Greeno: Bass
• William H. Hale: Bass
• Emile R. Jr. Hall: Saxophone
• Kevin D. Hendrix: Banjo
• Jason Hicks: Drums
• John Hiller: Producer
• Todd Hulslander: Editing
• Richard R. Jimenez: Percussion
• Big Jack Johnson & the Jelly Roll Kings: ?
• John Junkerman: Director, Producer
• Joe Kemper: Fiddle
• Douglas Kingbird: Drums, Vocals
• Randy Kingbird: Drums, Vocals
• Mitsuo Kojima: Executive Producer
• La Otra Mitad: ?
• Sylvester Lee: Drums, ?
• Dewight Levine: Drums
• Lil' Bob Lewis: Fiddle, Vocals
• Nanette Lewis: Bass, Vocals
• Roselyn Lionheart: Vocals, Rumba Box
• Manny III Lopez: Drums
• Nene Lopez: Vocals
• Manny Lopez Quintet: ?
• Cathleen O'Connell: Coordinating Producer
• Jana Odette: Coordinating Producer
• Theo Pelletier: Associate Producer, Photography
• Henry Rangel: Guitar
• Pedro Rangel: Bass
• James Renfroe: Harmonica
• J.R. Rogers: Guitar
• Michael Rota: Drums
• Matt Sakakeeny: Engineer