Personnel: John Gorka (vocals, 6 & 12-string guitars); Lyle Workman (electric guitar); Darol Anger (baritone violin); Todd Phillips (acoustic bass); Michael Manring (electric bass); Brian MacLeod (drums); Lucy Kaplansky, David Wilcox, Shawn Colvin (background vocals); Turtle Island String Quartet.
Recorded at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, California.
All songs written by John Gorka.
The songwriting is particularly strong on this album. His ballad of the Marines and his father demonstrates how he can handle the most sentimental subjects well. "Silence," the first cut, is a crystalline beauty and "Where the Bottles Break" is a rockin' song about personal convictions and the real-estate business. ~ Richard Meyer minimize