Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions is a 1999 album

Music Album

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 by American

United States

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 singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

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 and singer/songwriter/guitarist Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

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The album was well-received critically and landed on several year-end Top Ten (favorite) lists. The album was recorded at the Arizona Inn near downtown Tucson, Arizona.

This album hit #6 on Billboard

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s Country albums chart and #73 on Billboards main album chart. The two artists teamed up for a concert tour in support of the disc in late 1999. It was nominated for several Grammy awards and sold approximately 400,000 copies in the United States. It was taken out of print in 2009.

Track listing

1. "Loving the Highway Man" (Andy Prieboy
   Andy Prieboy
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   ) 3:30
2. "Raise the Dead" (Emmylou Harris) 3:18
3. "For a Dancer" (Jackson Browne
   Jackson Browne
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   ) 4:43
4. "Western Wall" (Rosanne Cash
   Rosanne Cash
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   ) 4:43
5. "1917" (David Olney
   David Olney
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   ) 5:24
6. "He Was Mine" (Paul Kennerley) 3:19
7. "Sweet Spot" (Emmylou Harris/Jill Cunniff) 3:34
8. "Sisters of Mercy" (Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Cohen
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   ) 3:58
9. "Falling Down" (Patty Griffin
   Patty Griffin
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   ) 3:15
10. "Valerie" (Patti Scialfa
    Patti Scialfa
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    ) 4:04
11. "This Is to Mother You" (Sinéad O'Connor
    Sinéad O'Connor
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    ) 3:16
12. "All I Left Behind" (Emmylou Harris/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle) 3:23
13. "Across the Border" (Bruce Springsteen
    Bruce Springsteen
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    ) 6:20

Personnel

• Linda Ronstadt - Vocals, Background Vocals
• Emmylou Harris - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
• Neil Young
  Neil Young
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   - Harmonica, Background Vocals
• Andy Fairweather Low - Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
• Ethan Johns
  Ethan Johns
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   - Dulcimer, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandocello, Spanish guitar, Synthesizer Bass, Optigan
• Paul "Wix" Wickens - Accordion
• Paul Kennerley
  Paul Kennerley
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   - Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
• Bernie Leadon
  Bernie Leadon
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   - Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitarron, Mandocello, 6-string bass, Synthesizer Bass, Guitar (12 String Electric)
• Greg Leisz
  Greg Leisz
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   - Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandola, Mandocello, Weissenborn
• Anna McGarrigle
  Anna McGarrigle
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   - Background Vocals
• Helen Watson
  Helen Watson (singer-songwriter)
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   - Background Vocals
• Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle
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   - Background Vocals
• Michel Pepin - Cymbals, Bass Guitar
• Samantha Rowe - Cello

Technical Credits

• Glyn Johns - Producer, Engineer
• George Massenburg
  George Massenburg
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  - Engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	73