Mystic Theatre is the sixth album by Mark Olson, Victoria Williams and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 2004.
Reception
Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 4 and called it "Their best record since 1999’s Zola And The Tulip Tree; Mark Olson and Victoria Williams’ rustic marriages of rural folk, western swing and bluegrass still bubble with contentment." The magazine praised Williams' composition and called her voice a "helium chirp sounding like something forever teetering on stilts"
Track listing All songs by Mark Olson except where noted. "No Water No Wood" – 3:35 "Standing in the Sun All Day" – 2:49 "Betsy Dupree" (Williams) – 3:20 "Salome" – 2:27 "Grand Army of the Republic" – 3:32 "It Don't Bother Me" (Williams) – 3:22 "Wood in Broken Hills" – 2:54 "Thirty Miles of Petrified Logs" – 3:24 "Bath Song" (Williams) – 2:14 "Rockslide" – 2:44 "Naughty Marrieta" – 2:54 "Mockingbird Chase the Crow" – 2:00 "Bells of St. Mary" – 3:50
Personnel Mark Olson – vocals, guitar, dulcimer, bass, piano, flute, cuatro Victoria Williams – vocals, piano, banjo Don Heffington – bass harmonica, drums, saw, percussion, jaw harp Joshua Grange – pedal steel guitar, bass, guitar, organ Danny Frankel – drums, percussion Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar on "Betsy Dupree" Ray Woods – drums, backing vocals Mike Russell – violin, bass Steve Nelson – bass Kristin Mooney – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree" Vicki Hill – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree" Phil Tagliere – banjo, guitar Sheldon Gomberg – bass Brantley Kearns – fiddle
Production notes Mark Olson – producer Don Heffington – producer Joshua Grange – engineer, mixing Phil Tagliere – engineer Steven Rhodes – mixing David Vaught – mixing Richard Dodd – mastering Charlie McGovern – artwork, design
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