High Country Snows

by Dan Fogelberg

Overview

A couple of years after the pop hits stopped, Dan Fogelberg took this detour down the bluegrass/traditional acoustic music road. The result is a fine collection of mostly original songs, an album that holds up better than much of his earlier, better-known work. Accompanied by some of Nashville's top studio aces, Fogelberg sings of the California gold rush in the beautiful "Sutter's Mill," accompanies Doc Watson, Jerry Douglas and David Grisman on the instrumental bluegrass workout "Wolf Creek," and leads his all-star group speeding through several other bluegrass-flavored rave-ups. There's a touch of gospel here as well, with Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs pitching in on vocal harmonies. By the time of this album's release in the mid-'80s, pop radio was no longer playing the music of mellow singer/songwriters like Fogelberg, but the lovely ballad "Go Down Easy" found some airplay on contemporary country stations. Although the set-closing "The Higher You Climb" is a too-long slow drag similar to some of the singer's earlier overblown productions, High Country Snows is a surprising musical high point for Dan Fogelberg. ~ Jim Newsom

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Sbme Special Mkts.
UPC:	0886972407524
Rank:	49375

Tracks

1. Down the Road
2. Mountain Pass
3. Sutter's Mill
4. Wolf Creek
5. High Country Snows
6. The Outlaw
7. Shallow Rivers
8. Go Down Easy
9. Wandering Shepherd
10. Think of What You've Done
11. The Higher You Climb

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dan Fogelberg   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Handclapping,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Charlie McCoy   Guest Artist,Harmonica
Ricky Skaggs   Guest Artist,Violin,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Doc Watson   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Herb Pedersen   Banjo,Vocals,Bass (Vocal),Tenor (Vocal)
David Grisman   Mandola,Mandolin
Al Perkins   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel)
Anita Ball   Vocals (Background)
Dianne Davidson   Vocals (Background)
David Briggs   Piano
Dan Murakami   Handclapping
Russ Kunkel   Drums,Tambourine,Handclapping
Emory Gordy Jr.   Bass
Vince Gill   Guitar,Tenor (Vocal),High Tenor Vocal
Michael Hanna   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Jim Buchanan   Fiddle,Violin
Jerry Douglas   Dobro,Guitar,Vocals
Chris Hillman   Mandolin,Vocals
Tracy Nelson   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Dan Fogelberg   Composer,Producer
Marty Lewis   Producer,Engineer
Joel Bernstein   Photography
Ron Larson   Design,Art Direction
George Marino   Mastering
Jay Bolotin   Composer
Carter Stanley   Composer
Lester Flatt   Composer
Earl Scruggs   Composer