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December's Child

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Released
  
2002

Release date
  
2002

Label
  
Dualtone Records

December's Child (2002)
  
Mystic Theatre (2004)

Producer
  
Mark Olson

Genre
  
Alternative country

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Recorded
  
2002, Black Dog Records, Monticello, Mississippi

Artists
  
Mark Olson, Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers

Similar
  
Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers albums, Alternative country albums

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December's Child is the fifth album from The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers released in 2002.

Contents

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Steve Kurutz praised the album's "minimalist approach" and wrote "Whether singing about around-the-clock meth labs or newspaper roses sold by the side of the road, he creates fully realized worlds within each song on December's Child. The lo-fi folk vibe of the earlier self-released Creekdippers recordings and 2000's My Own Jo Ellen remains... but the electricity and amplification have been turned up a bit, too—rather than deliberately eschewed as he seemed to prefer after first going relatively solo."

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson except as noted.

  1. "How Can I Send Tonight (There to Tell You)" – 3:46
  2. "Still We Have a Friend in You" – 3:52
  3. "Alta's Song" – 3:49
  4. "Back to the Old Homeplace" – 2:29
  5. "December's Child" – 4:21
  6. "Nerstrand Woods" – 4:38
  7. "Cactus Wren" – 4:41
  8. "Climb These Steps (We Will)" – 3:24
  9. "How Can This Be" – 3:18
  10. "Say You'll be Mine" (Olson, Gary Louris) – 4:01
  11. "One Eyed Black Dog Moses" (Olson, Victoria Williams) – 5:59

Personnel

  • Mark Olson – vocals, banjo, bass, dulcimer, guitar, piano
  • Danny Frankel –drums, percussion
  • Don Heffington – drums, background vocals
  • Gary Louris – guitar, vocals on "Say You'll be Mine"
  • Michael Russell – bass, mandolin, viola, violin, background vocals
  • Victoria Williams – banjo, guitar, harmonica, background vocals
  • David Wolfenberger – bass, background vocals
  • Jon Birdsong – trumpet
  • Songs

    1How Can I Send Tonight (There to Tell You)3:49
    2Still We Have a Friend in You3:54
    3Alta's Song3:51

    References

    December's Child Wikipedia