Blue Divide

Blue Divide
Studio album by Richard Shindell
Released	September 25, 1994
Studio	Shelter Island (New York City)
Genre	folk, singer-songwriter
Label	Shanachie
Producer	Steve Addabbo
Richard Shindell chronology
Sparrows Point (1992) Blue Divide (1994) Reunion Hill (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Blue Divide is the second album by singer-songwriter Richard Shindell. It was released in 1995 by Shanachie Records. Shanachie also released a live promo CD, Scenes from a Blue Divide (Live) and More which included five live tracks recorded at the Treestar Coffeehouse in Mount Kisco, New York. ^[2]

Joan Baez covered the song "Fishing" on the album Gone from Danger .

Track listing

All songs by Richard Shindell except where noted

1. "A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress"
2. "Fishing"
3. "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene"
4. "Lazy"
5. "The Things That I Have Seen"
6. "TV Light" (Addabbo, Shindell)
7. "A Tune for Nowhere"
8. "Arrowhead"
9. "Ascent"
10. "Blue Divide"

Personnel

Musicians:

• Richard Shindell – vocals, acoustic guitar, high-strung guitar, harmony, cittern
• Steve Addabbo – Hammond organ, electric guitar
• Kenneth Blevins – drums
• Larry Campbell – lap steel, pedal steel, mandolin
• Séamus Egan – mandolin, uilleann pipes
• Peter Freeman – synthesizer
• Mark Hamza – Hammond organ
• Lucy Kaplansky – harmony
• Juan Patiño – percussion
• Dave Richards – bass
• Michael Visceglia – bass
• John Whelan – button accordion

Production

• Produced by Steve Addabbo
• Recorded and mixed at Shelter Island Sound, New York City

References

1. Meyer, Richard, "Review: Blue Divide", Allmusic
2. Meyer, Richard, "Review: Scenes from a Blue Divide (Live) and More", Allmusic

External links

• Blue Divide page at richardshindell.com