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Native American

Tony Rice

Album · 1988 · Rounder 0248

Native American was released by Rounder Records (Rounder 0248) in 1988. It was recorded and mixed at Bias Recorders, Studio A, in Springfield, Virginia, and produced by Tony Rice and Bill Wolf, with John Jennings producing two tracks, “Nothin’ Like a Hundred Miles” and “Summer Wages.”

Rice sings every lead. Most of the songs are by other writers: Gordon Lightfoot’s “Shadows” and “Go My Way,” Joni Mitchell’s “Urge for Going,” Phil Ochs’s “Changes,” Ian Tyson’s “Summer Wages,” James Taylor’s “Nothin’ Like a Hundred Miles,” John Mayall’s “Night Flyer” and Mickey Newbury’s “Why You Been Gone So Long.” Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote “John Wilkes Booth,” on which she and Jimmy Gaudreau sing harmony, and she also sings harmony on “Brother to the Wind” and “Summer Wages,” both of which feature Jonathan Edwards on harmony vocals as well.

Most of the tracks have the same core group: Wyatt Rice on guitar, Jimmy Gaudreau on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on dobro and Mark Schatz on bass, with Vassar Clements on fiddle on “St. James Hospital” and “Why You Been Gone So Long.” “Urge for Going” is Rice with Jon Carroll on piano and Schatz on bass. A second group of players, including John Jennings on electric guitar, Robbie Magruder on drums and Carroll on keyboards, appears on “Nothin’ Like a Hundred Miles,” “Brother to the Wind” and “Summer Wages.”

Tracklist

  1. 1 Shadows 3:44
  2. 2 St. James Hospital 4:59
  3. 3 Night Flyer 4:01
  4. 4 Why You Been Gone So Long Source Recording Mickey Newbury · key E · 92 bpm 3:22
  5. 5 Urge For Going 5:51
  6. 6 Go My Way 2:48
  7. 7 Nothin' Like A Hundred Miles 4:21
  8. 8 Changes 2:21
  9. 9 Brother To The Wind 3:29
  10. 10 John Wilkes Booth 3:53
  11. 11 Summer Wages alt version 4:03

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