Redemption Road (album)

Redemption Road is the sixty-first album by American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, released in March 2015.

Overview

Over a period of 60 days, from 30 July 2014 to 28 September 2014, Tom Paxton called on Kickstarter's services in order to finance his new studio album, collecting a $32,177 pledge (of $20,000 goal) from 552 backers.^[1] Though the album was not officially released until 10 March 2015, it was actually recorded in 2014, and can be fully streamed on Tom's official SoundCloud page since 6 January 2015.^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Tom Paxton unless otherwise noted.

1. "Virginia Morning" - 3:42
2. "Susie Most of All" - 2:31
3. "Time to Spare" - 3:55
4. "The Losing Part" - 3:48
5. "Skeeters'll Gitcha" - 2:23
6. "Ireland" - 4:08
7. "Come On, Holy" (Tom Paxton, Jon Vezner) - 2:56
8. "If the Poor Don't Matter" - 3:26
9. "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" - 4:01
10. "Central Square" - 4:40
11. "Buffalo Dreams" - 4:17
12. "The Battle of the Sexes" - 2:55
13. "Redemption Road" (Geoff Bartley, Tom Paxton) - 3:44
14. "The Parting Glass" (Traditional) - 1:37

Personnel

Musicians

• Tom Paxton – Lead vocal, acoustic guitar, arranger
• Al Perkins - Dobro
• Cathy Fink - Banjo, vocal harmony
• Tim Crouch - Fiddle, mandolin
• Geoff Bartley - National steel guitar
• Robin Bullock - Cittern, acoustic guitar
• Mark Howard - Acoustic guitar
• Dave Pomeroy - Upright bass
• Pete Wasner - Piano, wurlitzer
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson - Harmonica
• John Mock - Whistle
• Pat McInerney - Drums

Vocalists

• Suzi Ragsdale - Vocal harmony
• John Wesley Ryles - Vocal harmony
• Marcy Marxer - Vocal harmony
• John Prine - Quotation author, lead vocal on "Skeeters'll Gitcha"
• Janis Ian - Vocal harmony on "Redemption Road"

Production and cover art

• Jim Rooney - Producer
• David Ferguson - Engineer, mixing
• Cathy Fink - Cover photo, engineer, executive producer, inside photo
• Pete Wasner - Engineer
• Sean Sullivan - Assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Dave Shipley - Mastering
• Michael G. Stewart - Photography
• Ruth Logsdon - Graphic Design
• Tom Paxton - Liner Notes

References