Spirit TrailBruce HornsbyInitial release : October 1998RCA 67468 Hornsby's sixth album. One track includes a sample from the Grateful Dead song China Cat Sunflower. An expanded 25th anniversary edition of this album was released in 2023.
Tracks
US Edition
Disc 1
- King of the Hill (Hornsby)
- Resting Place (Hornsby)
- Preacher in the Ring, Part I (Hornsby)
- Preacher in the Ring, Part II (Hornsby)
- Song C (Hornsby)
- Sad Moon (Hornsby)
- Pete and Manny (Hornsby/John Hornsby)
- Fortunate Son (Hornsby)
- Sneaking up on Boo Radley (Hornsby)
- Great Divide (Hornsby)
Disc 2
- Line in the Dust (Hornsby)
- See the Same Way (Hornsby)
- Shadow Hand (Hornsby)
- Sunlight Moon (Hornsby/Keith Hornsby/Michael Mangini/Russell Hornsby)
- Listen to the Silence (Hornsby)
- Funhouse (Hornsby)
- Sunflower Cat (Some Dour Cat) (Down With That) (Hornsby / Jerome J. Garcia / Michael Mangini / Robert C. Hunter)
- Song D (Hornsby)
- Swan Song (Hornsby)
- Variations on Swan Song and Song D (Hornsby)
In some countries the album was a single disc release with three tracks omitted.
Single disc edition
- Line in the Dust (Hornsby)
- See the Same Way (Hornsby)
- Shadow Hand (Hornsby)
- King of the Hill (Hornsby)
- Resting Place (Hornsby)
- Preacher in the Ring, Part I (Hornsby)
- Preacher in the Ring, Part II (Hornsby)
- Song C (Hornsby)
- Sad Moon (Hornsby)
- Pete and Manny (Hornsby/John Hornsby)
- Fortunate Son (Hornsby)
- Sneaking up on Boo Radley (Hornsby)
- Great Divide (Hornsby)
- Sunflower Cat (Some Dour Cat) (Down With That) (Hornsby / Jerome J. Garcia / Michael Mangini / Robert C. Hunter)
- Song D (Hornsby)
- Swan Song (Hornsby)
- Variations on Swan Song and Song D (Hornsby)
Musicians
- Bruce Hornsby - organ, dulcimer, piano, wurlitzer, korg wavestation, mini moog, vocals
- David Bendeth - guitar
- Matt Chamberlain - drums, percussion
- J. V. Collier - bass
- Colette Coward - background vocals
- Kyle Davis - background vocals
- John D'earth - trumpet
- Skoti Alain Elliott - bass
- Debbie Henry - background vocals
- Bobby Hornsby - shaker
- Ernesto Laboy - congas
- Adam Larrabee - guitar
- Joe Lee - background vocals
- John Leventhal - guitar, bouzouki
- Ashley MacIsaac - violin
- Michael Mangini - guitar
- David Mansfield - violin
- John Molo - drums, percussion
- Shawn Pelton - drums, percussion
- John Pierce - bass
- Wayne Pooley - guitar
- Bobby Read - clarinet, flute, saxophone
- Matt Scannell - guitar, mandolin
- Tim Streagle - trombone
- J.T. Thomas - organ
Credits
- Producer - Bruce Hornsby
- Producer (tracks 3 and 14) - Michael Mangini, Bruce Hornsby
- Additional producer - Dennis Herring
- Engineer - Sharon Kearney, Mark Needham, Skoti Alain Elliott, Wayne Pooley
- Mixing - Wayne Pooley
- Mixing (track 14) - Skoti Alain Elliott
- Additional mixing and programming - Serban Ghenea
- Mastering - Tom Coyne
- Production Coordination - Angel Barnard, Sue Tropio, Laurie Marks
- Production assistant - Melissa Reagan
- Piano tuning and service - Leo Schatzel
- A & R - David Bendeth
- Road Crew - Georg Slejko, Alan Miller, Gary "Bing" Crosniak, Johnny Womble
- Special thanks to Lee Smith for inspiration pn Preacher In The Ring I and II and Pete at Goose Acres for the Dulcimer
- Cover photo of Uncle Charles Hornsby taken by Robert Hornsby at Sherwood Hornsby's house circa 1966
- Art Direction, Design - Kim Biggs, Bruce Hornsby
- Photography - Danny Clinch
- Live photo - Carey Wilhelm
- Photo of Bobby Hornsby - Ann Hornsby
- Liner notes - Chip DeMatteo
- Recorded at Bruce Hornsby's House, Kingsway Studios, New Orleans, The Curring Rooms, NYC, 12th Street Studio, NYC
Related releasess
A seven track sampler was released in the US to promote the Spirit Trail album:
A four track sampler was released in Europe to promote the Spirit Trail album:
A three track promo single for See The Same Way was released for radio stations:
- See The Same Way (Edit) / See The Same Way (Acoustic) / See The Same Way (Album version), Bruce Hornsby, 1998
An expanded 25th anniversary edition of Spirit Trail was released in 2023:
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