Mountain Home (album)
Encyclopedia
Mountain Home is the sixth album by American
singer/songwriter Owen Temple
. It was released on April 26, 2011 on El Paisano Records and on April 22, 2011 on Blue Rose Records in the UK and the European Union. The songs on the album focus on small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them.
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singer/songwriter Owen Temple
Owen Temple
Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...
. It was released on April 26, 2011 on El Paisano Records and on April 22, 2011 on Blue Rose Records in the UK and the European Union. The songs on the album focus on small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them.
Track listing
All songs (TempleOwen Temple
Owen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...
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- "Mountain Home" – 2:52
- "Desdemona" – 3:07
- "Medicine Man" (TempleOwen TempleOwen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...
, Adam Carroll, Gordy Quist) – 3:50 - "Small Town" – 2:57
- "Danger and Good Times" (TempleOwen TempleOwen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...
, Adam Carroll, Scott Nolan)– 3:35 - "Fall in Love Every Night" – 3:25
- "Jacksboro Highway" – 3:41
- "Old Sam" (TempleOwen TempleOwen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...
, Adam Carroll)– 3:22 - "Prince of Peace" (Leon RussellLeon RussellClaude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
, Greg Dempsey)– 3:58 - "One Day Closer to Rain" – 2:51
Musicians
- Owen TempleOwen TempleOwen Temple is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through...
- Vocals, AcousticAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Charlie SextonCharlie SextonCharles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
- Baritone guitar, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Gabriel RhodesGabriel RhodesGabriel Rhodes is an American folk and country music musician and producer based in Austin, Texas.Perhaps best known as an electric and acoustic guitar player, Rhodes is a multi-instrumentalist who has also performed and/or recorded playing piano, dobro, bass, theremin, and percussion.His...
- AcousticAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, Tenor guitar, BanjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Dobro - Rick Richards - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, Percussion - Brian Standefer - CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Bukka Allen - PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Tommy Spurlock - Pedal steel guitar
- Adam Carroll - Harmonica
- Gordy Quist - Harmony vocals
- Jamie Wilson - Harmony vocals
Production
- ProducedRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and Engineered by Gabriel RhodesGabriel RhodesGabriel Rhodes is an American folk and country music musician and producer based in Austin, Texas.Perhaps best known as an electric and acoustic guitar player, Rhodes is a multi-instrumentalist who has also performed and/or recorded playing piano, dobro, bass, theremin, and percussion.His... - Recorded at Sunbird Studios, Austin, TexasAustin, TexasAustin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
Artwork
- Art Direction/Design by Lance Schriner
- Photography by James Watkins
- Photography by Todd V. Wolfson
Releases
year | format | label | catalog # |
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2011 | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
El Paisano Records | EPR CD 650182 |