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Spirit Trail

Bruce Hornsby

Initial release : October 1998

RCA 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:
album cover

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