Essence

Original Release Date:  June 5, 2001

Track Listing

• 1. Lonely Girls
• 2. Steal Your Love
• 3. I Envy the Wind
• 4. Blue
• 5. Out of Touch
• 6. Are You Down
• 7. Essence
• 8. Reason to Cry
• 9. Get Right With God
• 10. Bus to Baton Rouge
• 11. Broken Butterflies

Credits

• Jim Lauderdale: Vocals, Vocals (Background), Vocal Harmony
• Charlie Sexton: Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Piano, Drums, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Guitar (12 String), Producer, Slide Guitar, Fuzz Bass, Harmony, Hand Drums, Guitar Loops, Guitar (Tremolo), Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Vocal Harmony
• Lucinda Williams: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Producer, Guitar (Resonator)
• Jim Keltner: Percussion, Drums
• Joe "King" Carrasco: Hand Coloring
• Tony Garnier: Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
• Mike Griffith: Production Coordination
• Bernie Grundman: Mastering
• Gary Louris: Vocals (Background)
• David Mansfield: Violin, Viola
• Bo Ramsey: Guitar (Electric), Producer, Slide Guitar
• Joy Lynn White: Vocals (Background), Vocal Harmony
• Reese Wynans: Organ, Organ (Hammond)
• Tom Tucker: Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Alan Messer: Photography, Package Design
• Ryan Adams: Tremolo, Guitar (Tremolo)
• Sheila Davis: Make-Up, Hair Stylist
• Joe Lepinski: Digital Editing, Assistant Engineer, Assistant