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JAMES ALAN SHELTON - SONG FOR GRETA (REB-1785), 2002

Musicians
James Alan Shelton: Guitar
Ralph Stanley II: Rhythm Guitar
Steve Sparkman: Banjo
John Rigsby: Mandolin
James Price: Fiddle
Audrey Ratliff: Bass

Special Guests:
Tim Stafford: Guitar on tracks 1, 6 & 8, Vocal on track 8
Barry Bales: Bass on tracks 1 & 3
Gillian Welch: Rhythm Guitar & Lead Vocal on track 3
David Rawlings: Tenor Vocal on track 3

Production Credits
Produced by James Alan Shelton
Recorded at Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA
Engineered by David Castle
Mixed by David Castle and James Alan Shelton
Tracks 1, 3, 6 & 8 recorded at Hog Holler Studio, Jonesboro, TN
Engineered by Bobby Starnes
Mixed by Bobby Starnes and James Alan Shelton
Album mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

Without ever resorting to flashy “pyrotechnics”, Ralph Stanley's lead guitar man James Alan Shelton provides lovely examples of fingerstyle guitar ("Freight Train" and the superb title tune), flatpicking ("Back Up & Push" and the fine guitar duet with Tim Stafford, "North Fork of the Holston") and the cross-picking for which he is best known ("Faded Love" and a top-flight version of Bill Monroe’s "Sunset Trail"). He is joined by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings who provide a wonderful vocal rendition of "50 Miles of Elbow Room."