Mystic Theatre (album)

Mystic Theatre is the sixth album by Mark Olson, Victoria Williams and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 2004.

Reception

Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 4 and called it "Their best record since 1999’s Zola And The Tulip Tree; Mark Olson and Victoria Williams’ rustic marriages of rural folk, western swing and bluegrass still bubble with contentment." The magazine praised Williams' composition and called her voice a "helium chirp sounding like something forever teetering on stilts"

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson except where noted.

1. "No Water No Wood" – 3:35
2. "Standing in the Sun All Day" – 2:49
3. "Betsy Dupree" (Williams) – 3:20
4. "Salome" – 2:27
5. "Grand Army of the Republic" – 3:32
6. "It Don't Bother Me" (Williams) – 3:22
7. "Wood in Broken Hills" – 2:54
8. "Thirty Miles of Petrified Logs" – 3:24
9. "Bath Song" (Williams) – 2:14
10. "Rockslide" – 2:44
11. "Naughty Marrieta" – 2:54
12. "Mockingbird Chase the Crow" – 2:00
13. "Bells of St. Mary" – 3:50

Personnel

• Mark Olson – vocals, guitar, dulcimer, bass, piano, flute, cuatro
• Victoria Williams – vocals, piano, banjo
• Don Heffington – bass harmonica, drums, saw, percussion, jaw harp
• Joshua Grange – pedal steel guitar, bass, guitar, organ
• Danny Frankel – drums, percussion
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar on "Betsy Dupree"
• Ray Woods – drums, backing vocals
• Mike Russell – violin, bass
• Steve Nelson – bass
• Kristin Mooney – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree"
• Vicki Hill – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree"
• Phil Tagliere – banjo, guitar
• Sheldon Gomberg – bass
• Brantley Kearns – fiddle

Production notes

• Mark Olson – producer
• Don Heffington – producer
• Joshua Grange – engineer, mixing
• Phil Tagliere – engineer
• Steven Rhodes – mixing
• David Vaught – mixing
• Richard Dodd – mastering
• Charlie McGovern – artwork, design

References