Miss the Mississippi

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Released September 1979 Length 34:44 Producer Allen Reynolds		Genre Country Label Columbia Miss the Mississippi(1979) These Days(1980)

Miss the Mississippi is an album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in September 1979, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

The album was her first album for Columbia Records, and contained three Country top ten hits; "Half the Way" (#2), "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (#1) and "The Blue Side" (#8). "Half the Way" also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1980.

Personnel

Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone (tracks: A4, A5) – drums, percussion

Joe Allan (track: B2), Joe Osborne (tracks A3 to A5), Spady Brannan (tracks A1, A2, B1, B3, B4), Bob Moore (track B5) – bass guitar

Charles Cochran, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards

Chris Leuzinger, Jerry McEwen, Billy Sanford, Rod Smarr, Barry Burton – guitars

Lloyd Green – dobro on (track B5)

Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone

Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone

Terry McMillan – harmonica (track: B3)

Crystal Gayle - backing vocals(tracks A2 to A4, B4)

Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals (track B1)

Allen Reynolds, Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Frank Saulino, Jennifer Kimball, Jim Valenti, Spady Brannan - backing vocals (track A1)

Vickie Carrico, Pebble Daniel, Allen Reynolds, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle – backing vocals (track A5)

Pebble Daniel, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle, Vickie Carrico - backing vocals (track B4)

Production

Produced by Allen Reynolds

Recorded and engineered by Garth Fundis

References

Miss the Mississippi Wikipedia

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