Friend of Mine (Greg Brown and Bill Morrissey album)

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Friend of Mine
Friend Of Mine Brown.jpg
Studio album by
Released1993
Genre Folk
Length39:29
Label Philo
Producer Ellen Karas
Greg Brown, Bill Morrissey chronology
Dream Café
(1992)
Friend of Mine
(1993)
Bathtub Blues
(1993)

Friend of Mine is a folk album by Iowa-born singer/songwriter Greg Brown and New England singer/songwriter Bill Morrissey.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Alex Henderson called the album "... an unpretentious date that followers of both artists will appreciate." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Ain't Life a Brook" (Ferron)
  2. "Little Red Rooster" (Burnett, Dixon)
  3. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional)
  4. "Memphis, Tennessee" (Berry)
  5. "The Road" (Danny O'Keefe)
  6. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
  7. "Duncan and Brady" (Traditional)
  8. "Tom Dula" (Morrissey, Proffitt)
  9. "Summer Wages" (Tyson, Witmark)
  10. "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (Rose, Hank Williams)
  11. "Fishing with Bill" (Brown)
  12. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Williams)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Friend of Mine > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.