Name: Walk the Way the Wind Blows
Brand: Mercury
SKU: 211657
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Walk the Way the Wind Blows

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Album: Walk the Way the Wind Blows
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Walk the Way the Wind Blows
2)	Train of Memories
3)	Reason to Live
4)	Evenin'
5)	Leaving West Virginia
6)	Love at the Five and Dime
7)	You Plant Your Fields
8)	Back Up Grinnin' Again
9)	You're the Power
10)	Song for the Life

Album: Walk the Way the Wind Blows

Song Title

Time

Walk the Way the Wind Blows

Train of Memories

Reason to Live

Evenin'

Leaving West Virginia

Love at the Five and Dime

You Plant Your Fields

Back Up Grinnin' Again

You're the Power

10)

Song for the Life

Performer Notes

Personnel: Kathy Mattea (background vocals); Craig Bickhardt, Don Williams, Wendy Waldman (vocals); Bruce Bouton (guitar, steel guitar); Tim O'Brien (guitar, mandolin); Chris Leuzinger, K. Susan Taylor, Pat Flynn , Brent Rowan (guitar); Ray Flacke (electric guitar); B?la Fleck (banjo); Mark O'Connor , Buddy Spicher (fiddle); Charlie Anderson (harmonica); Bessyl Duhon (accordion); Jim Horn, Wayne Jackson , Quitman Dennis (horns); Bill Donohue (piano); Bobby Wood (keyboards); Tommy Cozart, Milton Sledge (drums); Kenny Malone (percussion); Jim Photoglo (background vocals).
Recording information: Jack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville, TN.
Arranger: Mike Leech.
1986's WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS was Kathy Mattea's breakthrough album, and while it paved the way for Mattea's later more pop-oriented projects, it remains one of her rootsiest and most satisfying efforts.
In part, the success of WALK THE WAY is attributable to Mattea's fine roster of guests, which includes Vince Gill, banjo maverick Bela Fleck, and country luminary Don Williams (who performs a gorgeous duet with Mattea on a version of Nancy Griffith's "Love At the Five and Dime"). Yet the album is unmistakably Mattea's, with her fine singing working wonders on both the jazzier, uptempo numbers and the heartbreaking ballads. In short, nearly everything comes together here, making this album the best choice to represent the country singer's mid-'80s sound.

Professional Reviews

Which CD - Performance 9 / Sound 9