Just for the Record, released in 1993 on Rounder (CD 0306), is Dry Branch Fire Squad's eighth album for the label, produced by Ken Irwin at Sound Space Inc. in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The lineup pairs Ron Thomason on vocals, mandolin, and lead guitar with Suzanne Thomas on guitar, Dan Russell on banjo, steel, and vocals, Charles Leet on bass, and Mary Jo Leet on harmony vocals. The repertoire leans hard into traditional gospel and mountain bluegrass with Carter Stanley and A.P. Carter songs alongside a bluegrass reading of John Prine's "Unwed Fathers." The record falls midway through the band's long Rounder run and shows Thomason settling into the role of mountain-music tradition bearer that defined the second half of his career.
Tracklist
- 1 I’ve Lived A Lot in My Time alt version 2:14
- 2 A Distant Land to Roam alt version 2:49
- 3 Goin’ to the Races alt version 2:20
- 4 Midnight on the Stormy Deep alt version 4:04
- 5 A Mother's Last Words To Her Daughter 3:35
- 6 Going Across the Sea alt version 2:54
- 7 Why Do We Keep Holding On To A Heartache? 3:04
- 8 Wayside Inn (The Girl At The Bar) 2:56
- 9 Church By The Road 4:07
- 10 Sugar Tree Ridge 2:39
- 11 Unwed Fathers 2:40
- 12 Carolyn At The Broken Wheel Inn 2:50
- 13 The God That Never Fails 1:15
- 14 Our Darlin's Gone 2:37