Standard Songs For Average People - John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Liner Notes:

1. Song Title: BLUE EYED ELAINE (2:32)

Writer(s): Ernest Tubb

Publisher(s): Noma Music

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Jack Clement – rhythm guitar

Charles Cochran – electric piano

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals

Joey Miskulin – accordion


2. Song Title: DON’T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR AGE (2:23)

Writer(s): Bob Wills, Cindy Walker

Publisher(s): Unichappell Music, Inc., Chappell & Co.

Players: John Prine – vocals, acoustic guitar

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Charles Cochran – piano

Stuart Duncan – fiddle

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – rhythm guitar, ukulele

Joey Miskulin – accordion

 

3. Song Title: I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET (2:59)

Writer(s): Charlie Feathers, Stan Kesler

Publisher(s): Edward B Marks Music Co.

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Charles Cochran – piano

David Ferguson – rhythm guitar

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

4. Song Title: I LOVE YOU BECAUSE (4:20)

Writer(s): Leon Payne

Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Charles Cochran – piano, B3 organ

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – rhythm guitar

Joey Miskulin – accordion

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

5. Song Title: PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA (2:43)

Writer(s): Al Dexter

Publisher(s): Universal – Songs of Polygram, Int’l, Inc.

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Lester Armistead – harmony vocals

Kenneth Blevins – snare

Mike Bub – bass

Jack Clement -- dobro

Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
Pat McLaughlin – baritone guitar, harmonica, harmony vocals

Tim O’Brien – guitar

 

6. Song Title: SAGINAW MICHIGAN (2:53)

Writer(s): Donald Wayne, Bill Anderson
Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Tree Publishing

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Charles Cochran – piano

Stuart Duncan – fiddle

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drumsPat McLaughlin – rhythm guitar, harmony vocals

Joey Miskulin – accordion

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

7. Song Title: OLD DOGS, CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE (4:33)

Writer(s): Tom T. Hall

Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Jack Clement – dobro

Charles Cochran – piano, strings, B3 organ

Stuart Duncan – fiddle

David Ferguson – rhythm guitar

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – mandolin, rhythm guitar

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

8. Song Title: OLD CAPE COD (2:23)

Writer(s): Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, Milton Yakus

Publisher(s): George Pincus & Sons Corp.

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Charles Cochran – piano, strings, B3 organ, vibes

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – rhythm guitar

Joey Miskulin – accordion

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

9. Song Title: DEATH OF FLOYD COLLINS (3:22)

Writer(s): Irene Spain, Andrew Jeakins

Publisher(s): Shapiro Bernstein & Co.

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Kenneth Blevins – percussion

Ronnie McCoury – guitar

Pat McLaughlin – harmonica

Tim O’Brien -- banjo

 

10. Song Title: THE BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME (4:08)

Writer(s): Leon Payne

Publisher(s): Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Lester Armistead – harmony vocals

Mike Bub – bass

Jack Clement – rhythm guitar, dobro

Stuart Duncan – fiddle

Ronnie McCoury – mandolin

Pat McLaughlin – harmony vocals

Joey Miskulin – accordion

Tim O’Brien – guitar

 

11. Song Title: IN THE GARDEN (3:07)

Writer(s): C. Austin Miles

Publisher(s): Word Music, Inc.

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Jack Clement – dobro

Charles Cochran – B3 organ, piano, strings

Stuart Duncan – fiddle

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Joey Miskulin – accordion

 

12. Song Title: JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE (2:32)

Writer(s): Kris Kristofferson

Publisher(s): Combine Music Corp.

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Mike Bub – bass

Charles Cochran – piano, strings

David Ferguson – rhythm guitar

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Pat McInerney – drums

Pat McLaughlin – harmony vocals

 

13. Song Title: OLD RUGGED CROSS (3:31)

Writer(s): Arr. John Prine

Publisher(s): TommyJack Music

Players: John Prine – vocals, acoustic guitar

Mac Wiseman – vocals, acoustic guitar

Charles Cochran – tac piano, strings, B3 organ

Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

14. Song Title: WHERE THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT (2:57)

Writer(s): Fred E. Ahlert, Bing Crosby, Roy Turk

Publisher(s): Pencil Mark Music, Inc., Cromwell Music, Inc., Chappell & Co.,
Bug Music o/b/o Fred Ahlert Music Group

Players: John Prine – vocals

Mac Wiseman – vocals

Charles Cochran – piano, strings, B3 organ, vibes

Roger Cook – whistle

Stuart Duncan – fiddle

Jamie Hartford – electric guitar

Dave Jacques – bass

Kenny Malone – drums

Pat McLaughlin – rhythm guitar

Carol Lee Singers – background vocals

 

 

Produced by John Prine and David Ferguson

Recorded and mixed by David Ferguson

Recorded at The Butcher Shoppe, Nashville, TN

Mixed at Jack Clement’s Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, Nashville, TN

Mastered at Foxwood Mastering by Dave Shipley

Art Direction and Illustration by Matt Kelley and Matt Traughber at One Lucky Guitar

David Ferguson would like to thank Luke Chalk, Brooks Watson, Jack Clement and Jim Rooney.

Management: Al Bunetta

Oh Boy Records

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Nashville, TN 37203 // 1-800-521-2112