Down in There is an album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 1990.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jason Ankeny wrote of the album "... Brown proves himself an able songwriter as well as a singer... While the majority of the album's songs are ballads leaning toward spare folk and country, "Poor Backslider" fits snugly into a Southern rock groove, while "If I Had Known" lopes along like an old rockabilly shuffle; all serve Brown's broken-in baritone wonderfully."

Track listing

All songs by Greg Brown

1. "If I Had Known" – 3:23
2. "Hillbilly Girl" – 4:15
3. "A Little Place in the Country" – 5:45
4. "Worrisome Years" – 4:08
5. "Hacklebarney Time" – 3:56
6. "Poor Backslider" – 4:08
7. "Fooled Me Once" – 6:13
8. "Band of Gold" – 4:01
9. "All Day Rain" – 3:22
10. "You Are a Flower" – 3:42

Personnel

• Greg Brown – vocals, guitar
• Bo Ramsey – guitar, background vocals
• Bill Cagley – banjo
• Al Murphy – fiddle
• Radoslav Lorkovic – piano, accordion
• Angus Foster – bass
• Steve Hayes – drums
• Shawn Colvin
  Shawn Colvin
  Shawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...
  
  – background vocals

Production

• Produced by Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown
• Engineered by Tom Tucker
• Mixed by John Scherf
• Photography by Marc Moberg
• Design by Linda Beauvais