Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection is a 2008 compilation released by Tony Rice on Rounder Records (11661-1619-2), drawing from his mid-1980s to late-1990s recordings to present the vocal and singer-songwriter dimension of his catalog. Rice (guitar, vocals) covers Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Mickey Newbury, and James Taylor alongside three previously unreleased tracks, with accompaniment from Wyatt Rice (guitar), Jimmy Gaudreau (mandolin), Mark Schatz (bass), Vassar Clements (fiddle), and Mary Chapin Carpenter (harmony, one track), drawn from multiple original album sessions. Night Flyer serves as a companion to Rounder's earlier 58957: The Bluegrass Guitar Collection, which gathered Rice's instrumental recordings.
Tracklist
- 1 Never Meant to Be Source Recording 4:07
- 2 Urge For Going 5:49
- 3 Me and My Guitar alt version 3:57
- 4 St. James Hospital 4:58
- 5 John Wilkes Booth 3:53
- 6 Four Strong Winds 3:59
- 7 Night Flyer 4:00
- 8 He Rode All the Way to Texas 3:30
- 9 About Love 3:43
- 10 Changes 2:21
- 11 Sweetheart Like You 4:31
- 12 Green Light on the Southern alt version 3:46
- 13 Hard Love 4:22
- 14 Why You Been Gone So Long alt version 3:22
- 15 Wayfaring Stranger alt version 5:23
- 16 Likes of Me alt version 2:55
- 17 Pony 4:24