The Ballad of Alvin Ridley

Mark Barker: Acoustic Guitar, Lead and Harmony Vocals
Thomm Jutz: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin
Pat McInerney: Drums & Percussion
Dave Roe: Bass
Kim Park: Saxophone
Shad Cobb: Fiddle/Violin
Mac Gayden: Slide Guitar
Teresa (“Flash”) Reece: Harmony Vocals
Steve Young: Vocal (“If An Oak Falls Down”)
Richard Dobson: Vocal (“Party Dog”)
Mark Barker & Doug Jones: Ghost Whispers (“If An Oak Falls Down”)
Doug Jones: Imagineering, Artistic Consultation & Photography

 

All songs written by Mark Barker (Tater Tunes/ASCAP), except “Lookin’ For You” by Mark Barker & Doug Jones (Tater Tunes/ASCAP)

Kudos to Shirley Barker & Jack Hurt for moral & lyrical support on “Belize”

Thanks to McCracken Poston, Criminal Defense Lawyer for Alvin Ridley

Special thanks to:

Shirley & Matthew Barker
Thomm Jutz & Eva Stabenow
Chris Webster
Drew Humphries
Jack Hurt
Doug Jones
Steve Young
Richard Dobson
Mac Gayden
Sid Brantley
Chuck Murphy
Gerd Stassen
Eddie Russell
Johannes Schonkeren
Sharon Hall & Karen Jones and the good folk at the Troublesome Creek Times
Tony Lawson and the DJs at WDVX
Chuck Johnson& WMMT

...and to Alvin Ridley

 

Produced by Thomm Jutz

Recorded at TJTunes, Nashville, TN and The Molehole, Knoxville, TN

Mixed and mastered by Thomm Jutz at TJTunes (Nashville, Tennessee)

This recording is dedicated to the memory of Virginia Ridley (1948-97) whose writings expressing her abiding love for her husband literally saved his life and set him free...

©2004, Mark Barker - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED