Songs of Inspiration (CD - 2006)

Personnel: Randy Owen (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Nathan Isaacs, Isaacs Bowman, Rebecca, Nathan Young, Jeff Cook, Melinda Doolittle, Ralph Stanley, Theodore Gentry, Ben Isaacs, Kim Fleming (vocals); Larry Paxton (guitar, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar, acoustic bass, electric bass); James Alan Shelton (guitar); Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo, harmonica); Randy Kohrs (acoustic guitar, dobro); Steve Sparkman (banjo); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Nathan Stanley (mandolin); Connie Ellisor, Carolyn Huebel, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson , Alan Umstead (violin); Dewey Brown III (fiddle); Bruce Christensen, Christopher Farrell, Gary VanOsdale (viola); Kirsten Cassl, Anthony LaMarchina (cello); Joey Miskulin (accordion); Gary Prim (piano, organ, synthesizer); Eddie Bayers (drums, percussion); Bailey Barnes, Belinda Wallace, Griffin Horton, Sawyer Burt, Carson Burt, Kensley Brewis, Emma Lutz, Karstin Brewis, Alexis Lutz, Jesse Lutz, Tyler Newton, Abby Fraebel, Ella Fowler, Kaden Horton, Michael A. Curtis (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Bart Pursley.

Liner Note Author: Judy Forde Blair.

Recording information: Maggard Sound Studio, Big Stone Gap, VA; Sound Shop Studios, Nashville, TN; The First Methodist Church, Fort Payne, AL; The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN.

Arranger: Randy Owen.

On their first full-length album devoted entirely to gospel music, country superstars Alabama stick to their familiar sound. Combining a handful of originals and new songs with a selection of beloved standard hymns, the band also makes room for the children's song "Jesus Loves Me," the Christmas carol "Silent Night," and, oddly, Red Foley's dead-dog weepie "Old Shep." SONGS OF INSPIRATION also features a duet with Dr. Ralph Stanley on his own "I Am the Man Thomas." minimize