Lone Star State Of Mind

MCA Records, 1987

Tracks

Lone Star State Of Mind (3:56)

Cold Hearts/Closed Minds (2:40)

From A Distance (4:10)

Beacon Street (2:49)

Nickel Dreams (2:48)

Sing One For Sister (3:20)

Ford Econoline (2:10)

Trouble In The Fields (3:18)

Love In A Memory (3:17)

Let It Shine On Me (2:59)

There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret) (4:21)

Running Time: 35:48

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Credits and Notes

Producers: Tony Brown and Nanci Griffith

All songs by Nanci Griffith except: "Lone Star State of Mind (Fred Koller, Patrick Alger, Gene Levine), "From A Distance" (Julie Gold), "Nickel Dreams" (Mac McAnally, Don Lowery), "Sing One For Sister" (Robert Earl Keen Jr.), "Let It Shine On Me" (Paul Kennerly). Nanci Griffith co=wrote "Trouble In The Fields" with Rick West.

Notable Participants: Patrick Alger (Accoustic lead guitar and high string guitar), Bela Fleck (banjo), Lucy Kaplansky (harmony vocals), Mark O'Connor (fiddle, violin, viola, mondolin, mandola and accoustic guitar on "From A Distance").

Reviews & Commentary

Mark E. Ferguson, manager of the Nanci Griffith Mailing List

With the move to the major label, Nanci gets a top Nashville producer (Tony Brown) with all the trimmings. The result is a more "mainstream" sound, but it's still rooted in traditional folk and country. This album has the now-standard Julie Gold tune "From a Distance," which may or may not be your cup of tea, but there's also a bunch of strong originals including "Ford Econoline," "Beacon Street," and "Trouble in the Fields;" plus excellent covers of "Nickel Dreams," "Let it Shine On Me," and the title tune.