Emmylou Harris › White Shoes

Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, guitar); Brian Ahern (guitar, bass, tambourine); T-Bone Burnett, Johnnie McFee, Frank Reckard, Barry Tashian, Rodney Crowell (guitar); Steve Fishell, Hank DeVito (pedal steel); Jim Horn (recorder); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Wayne Goodwin (baritone saxophone); Don Johnson, Glen D. Hardin, Tony Brown (piano); Billy Payne (piano, synthesizer); Mike Bowden (bass); Keith Knudsen, Don Heffington, John Ware (drums); Bonnie Bramlett, Barbara Bennett, Shirley Eikhard (background vocals).

Engineers: Donivan Cowart, Brian Ahern, Stuart Taylor, Alan Vachon.

Recorded at Magnolia Sound Studio, North Hollywood, California.

Harris' final album with longtime producer (and husband) Brian Ahern is among her most surprising and diverse, perhaps the closest she's ever come to a straightahead rock LP. Among the unusual cover choices: Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love" and Donna Summer's "On the Radio." ~ Jason Ankeny

Genre:

• Country & Bluegrass

Music Categories:

• Rock & Pop: Country Rock