Jeff Black Birmingham Road
Artist: JEFF BLACK http://www.jeffblack.com
Album: BIRMINGHAM ROAD
Release Date: 1998
Label: Lotos Nile Music
UPC: 078221885720
Jeff Black Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric),
Harmonica, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Ken Coomer , Bongos, Drums, Drums (Snare)
Jay Bennett , Accordion, Farfisa Organ, Guitar,
Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric),
Organ, Piano, Vocals (Background)
John Stirratt, Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Drums
Greg Wells Accordion, Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic),
Guitar (Electric), Organ, Percussion, Piano
Tommy Jordan , Drums (Steel), Dulcimer (Hammer),
Organ (Hammond), Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Suzie Katayama Cello
Greg Kurstin Mini Moog
Iris DeMent , Vocals (Background)
Tionno Banks Organ, Piano
Curt Bisquera Drums, Drums (Snare)
Marlon Young Guitar (Electroacoustic)
Lance Morrison Bass
Randy Jacobs Guitar (Electric), Mando-Guitar
Boo Macleod Assistant Engineer
Susan Rogers Engineer Producer
Ben Grosse Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Jack Joseph Puig Mixing
Bob Ludwig Mastering
Michael Wilson Photography
Maude Gilman Clapham Art Direction, Design
Contributing artists: Geggy Tah, Iris DeMent, Wilco (v.1)
Recorded at
Pedernales Studio, Austin, Texas
Oceanway Nashville, TN
Oceanway Recording Los Angeles CA.
The Valley
as I walk down through the valley I breathe in the angel mist with nothing to protect me from this place that the devil blessed I walk with arms wide open and i dream where the wild winds blow faith will give me shelter and time my own reward my soul is alive and these dreams are real I will not let fear rule my life or how I feel inside my heart all the rest of my days on the wings of a dove carry me away to the left I feel the joker tug and pull there at my coat to the right I feel the thieves choke and dagger at my throat stumbling through the darkness like a drifter in the night shaking off the violence until the fall of the morning light you see they put it in the papers around the world and on the air they run it down the wire baby until we're tired and we just don't care I know we can make it we can make it if we try we can rise above this mess and fly in a clear blue sky I know when the light falls on me there ain't nothing I can't overthrow there ain't nothing I can't overcome or come to know so lay your heavy load down on me strip everything I have away I am not your prisoner I am not afraid
Lyrics and Music written by Jeff Black
ⓒ Jeff Black Music / Coburn Music BMI