Lonesome Standard Time

Kathy Mattea (vocals, background vocals); Christie Westmoreland, Tim O'Brien (vocals, background vocals); Don Potter, Bernie Leadon (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Bill Cooley (electric guitar); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar); Russ Pahl (dobro, drums); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Jonathan Yudkin (mandolin, violin); Eddie Bayers (violin, drums); The Nashville String Machine (strings); Matt Rollings, Pete Wasner, John Jarvis, Steve Nathan (piano); Bobby Ogdin (organ); Farrell Morris (percussion); Donna McElroy, Gary Burr, Gerry Gillespie, Kathy Chiavola, Vicki Hampton (background vocals).

 

Audio Mixers: Jim McKell; Brent Maher.

 

Recording information: Creative Recording, Inc., Nashville, TN.

 

Mattea had vocal-cord surgery that threatened to end her career before she made Lonesome Standard Time, but you couldn't prove it by listening: her voice hasn't lost a bit of its deep alto warmth. Lonesome Standard Time isn't as ambitious as Time Passes By, but it's filled with lovely performances from Mattea's favorite sources: bluegrass ("Lonesome Standard Time"), gospel-influenced country ("Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)") and Nanci Griffith ("Listen to the Radio").