Deeper Waters
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| Studio album by Robin and Linda Williams | ||||
| Released | Feb 24, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Americana, folk, country | |||
| Length | 47:02 | |||
| Label | Red House | |||
| Producer | Kevin McNoldy | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | (4.25/5) link |
| PopMatters | favorable link |
Deeper Waters is the first album of duo Robin and Linda Williams on the Red House Records label, released in 2004.
Deeper Waters marks the 30th anniversary as a recording and touring unit for Robin and Linda Williams. They wrote or co-wrote all but one track. Guest vocalists include Iris DeMent, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Schuyler Fisk, and actress Sissy Spacek.
Allmusic states "The Williams have issued what amounts to nothing short of a masterpiece and perhaps their most inspired recorded moment. Deeper Waters is a testament to the stories that are seldom told yet lived in every community, era, and household. This is the place where love, grief, loss, endings, and beginnings are given utterance: to whisper, weep, laugh, and reflect as they move through lives both ghostly and grand."
Track listing
- "Whippoorwill" ("Dakota" Dave Hull, Williams, Williams) – 3:08
- "October Light" (Robin Williams, Linda Williams) – 3:30
- "Clarkfield" (Jerome Clark, Williams, Williams 3:55
- "Leaving This Land" (Clark, Williams, Williams 3:40
- "Home, No. 235" (Williams, Williams) – 3:48
- "Old Plank Road" (Williams, Williams) – 3:36
- "Used to Be" (Clark, Williams, Williams) – 3:56
- "I'm Just Glad You're Gone" (Jimmy Fortune, Williams, Williams) – 3:22
- "Annie" (Clark, Williams, Williams) – 2:55
- "I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers/Liza Jane/The Old Stillhouse" ( Traditional) – 6:44
- "Saving Me a Place" (Williams, Williams) – 3:29
- "Lost Little Children" (Tim O'Brien, Williams, Williams) – 3:59
Personnel
- Linda Williams – vocals, banjo, guitar, background vocals
- Robin Williams – vocals, guitar, background vocals
- Mark Schatz – bass
- Rickie Simpkins – fiddle
- Jim Watson – mandolin, background vocals
- Mike Auldridge – dobro
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – background vocals
- Iris DeMent – background vocals
- Schuyler Fisk – background vocals
- Sissy Spacek – background vocals
- John Jennings – guitar
- Jimmy Gaudreau – mandolin, mandola
- Kevin McNoldy – bass, background vocals
Production notes
- Produced, mixed and mastered by Kevin McNoldy
- Assistant producers - Robin & Linda Williams
- Engineered by Trip Faulconer, Kevin McNoldy and Matt Jagger
- Art direction and design by Carla Leighton
- Photography by Michael "Mick" Wilson