The Essential Collection

Original Release Date:  June 15, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. Barstow
• 2. Inside
• 3. Robert Johnson
• 4. Fifty [#]
• 5. These Cold Fingers
• 6. Ice Fishing
• 7. Just Before We Lost the War
• 8. Avalon Blues
• 9. Letter from Heaven
• 10. Handsome Molly
• 11. Different Currency
• 12. Cold Cold Night
• 13. Small Town on the River
• 14. You'll Never Get to Heaven
• 15. Birches
• 16. Long Gone
• 17. 23rd Street
• 18. Joe Turner Blues
• 19. Just Today [#]
• 20. Boston Eyes [#]

Credits

• Peter Keane: Guitar
• Patty Larkin: Guitar
• Bill Morrissey: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Harmonica, Composer, Vocals, Producer, Compilation Producer
• Suzanne Vega: Vocals
• David Torkanowsky: Piano
• Duke Levine: Guitar (Electric)
• Seth Austen: Violin, Slide Guitar, String Arrangements, Bottleneck Guitar, Octave Violin
• Edward Gerhard: Producer, Slide Guitar
• Scott Billington: Producer, Art Direction, Compilation Producer
• Billy Conway: Percussion, Drums, Engineer
• Johnny Cunningham: Violin
• David Farrell: Engineer
• Richard Gates: Bass, Bass (Electric)
• Jesse Henderson: Engineer
• John Jennings: Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Producer
• Charlie Jennison: Synthesizer
• Ellen Karas: Producer, Photography
• Paul Q. Kolderie: Mixing
• Jeff Landrock: Producer
• Gregg Lunsford: Engineer
• Bill Morrison: Bass
• Doug Plavin: Drums
• Bill "Foots" Samuel: Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Horn Arrangements
• Jamil Sharif: Trumpet
• Leslie Silvokos: Cello
• James Singleton: Bass (Acoustic)
• Sean Slade: Mixing
• Michael Toles: Guitar (Electric), Organ (Hammond)
• Johnny Vidacovich: Drums
• David Lee Watson: Bass (Electric)
• Rick Watson: Engineer
• Mark Wessel: Engineer, Mixing
• Darleen Wilson: Producer
• Jonathan Wyner: Mastering
• Ed Peterson: Saxophone
• Scott Alarik: Liner Notes
• Nancy Given: Art Direction
• Kent Allyn: Fretless Bass
• Tom McClung: Piano
• Susan Wilson: Photography
• Amilia K. Spicer: Vocals, Vocal Arrangement
• Kris Delmhorst: Cello
• Christian Clayton: Illustrations
• Peter Heimlich: Guitar
• Matt Jenson: Wurlitzer
• Ren Norton: Photography
• Beverly Woods: Piano, Dulcimer (Hammer)
• Dan Jarvis: Photography