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    Something in the Water
    ©2006,Sally Shuffield
    All songs by Sally Shuffield, ASCAP
    Produced by Greg Schochet

    Engineered by Colin Bricker, NFA Studios, Denver, CO
    Mixed by James Tuttle, Airshow, Inc., Boulder, CO
    Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow, Inc., Boulder, CO

    The Band:
    Sally Shuffield – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar 1,2,7,8 Piano 13
    Greg Schochet – Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Tenor Guitar, Acoustic Guitar 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10
    Sally Van Meter – Scheerhorn Resonator Guitar, Electric Lap Slide Guitar
    Greg Garrison (Drew Emmit Band, Leftover Salmon) – Electric and Upright Bass
    Aaron Youngberg (Hit and Run Bluegrass) – Banjo
    Christian Teele (ETown Band) – Drums, Percussion
    Bret Billings (Hi Beams) – Pedal Steele Guitar
    Eric Moon (Buckskin Stallions) - Organ, Piano 8, Accordion
    Adam Galblum – Fiddle
    Backup Vocals – Jefferson Hamer (Great American Taxi, Single Malt Band) 5,7,9 KC Groves (Uncle Earl) 1,2,3, Danny Schafer 6, Alice Shuffield 10

    1. Tennessee 2:51 – (Americana/country) Features Schochet on electric guitar and Bret Billings on Pedal Steele. Images from the southland. Up-tempo.

    2. 1863 4:40 – (Acoustic/Traditional) Features Schochet on mandolin and Sally Van Meter on Scheerhorn Resonator Guitar. Historic ballad about Civil War. Mid-tempo.

    3. Arkansas River Flow 2:57 – (Bluegrass) Features Aaron Youngberg on banjo and Sally Van Meter on Schherhorn Resonator Guitar. Memories of growing up in small southern Baptist town. Up-tempo.

    4. Rapunzel 3:45 – (Folk Rock) Features Schochet on electric guitar and Eric Moon on organ. Examines identity and choice in relationships through the symbol of Rapunzel. Mid-tempo.

    5. Jessie Brown 5:02 – (Americana) Features Schochet on electric guitar and mandolin and Jefferson Hamer on backup vocals. Fictitious ballad of a western outlaw in the 1800s. Up-tempo.

    6. Heart on the Mend 3:26 – (Acoustic) Features Adam Galblum on fiddle and Danny Schafer on backup vocals. Love song. Slow

    7. Lost Highway 4:07 – (Americana) Features Eric Moon on the accordion. Song about rambling in the west. Up-tempo.

    8. Solace 3:30 – (Acoustic) Features Eric Moon on piano. Song about changes that come with raising children. Slow.

    9. Something in the Water (The Mountain Meadows Massacre) 3:38 – (Folk/Rock) Features Sally Van Meter on electric lap slide guitar and Eric Moon on organ. Song about the Utah massacre that occurred in the 1800s. Mid-tempo.

    10. Sun on the Pines 3:25 – (Acoustic) Features Schochet on mandolin and tenor guitar and Sally’s sister, Alice, on harmonies. Song about growing up at the family cabin in Arkansas. Up-tempo

    11. Peace of Mind 3:22 – (Political) Sparsely arranged tune featuring Sally on piano. Song written on the day that the US went to war with Iraq. Slow