The List

Released last year, The List is Rosanne's first album of cover songs. The selections and the album's title derive from the list of 100 Essential Country Songs that her father had compiled for her and instructed her to learn when she joined his road show after high school graduation. (Download The List Bio)

The List by Rosanne Cash
Original Release Date October 6, 2009
Recorded at 12th Street Studio, in New York
Label Manhattan Records
Produced and arranged by John Leventhal
Co-Produced by Rick DePofi
Winner 2010 Album of the Year, Americana Honors & Awards

Track List

1. Miss the Mississippi and You
2. Motherless Children
3. Sea of Heartbreak (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
4. Take These Chains from My Heart
5. I’m Movin’ On
6. Heartaches by the Number (featuring Elvis Costello)
7. 500 Miles
8. Long Black Veil (featuring Jeff Tweedy)
9. She’s Got You
10. Girl from the North Country
11. Silver Wings (featuring Rufus Wainwright)
12. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow

Personnel

Miss the Mississippi and You (Written by William Heagney)

John Leventhal: guitars, organ

Tim Luntzel: upright bass

Joe Bonadio: drums

Motherless Children (Public Domain, Arranged and Adapted by John Leventhal and Rosanne Cash)

John Leventhal: guitar, bass, mandolin, organ

Shawn Pelton: drums

Larry Campbell: fiddle

Sea of Heartbreak (Written by Hal David and Paul Hampton)

John Leventhal: guitar, bass, organ, percussion

Joe Bonadio: drums

Bruce Springsteen: Vocal

Take These Chains from My Heart (Written by Hy Heath and Fred Rose)

John Leventhal: guitar, bass, wurlitzer piano

Joe Bonadio: drums

Jenny Scheinman: fiddle

Curtis King, Kenny Williams and James D-Train Williams: background vocals

I’m Movin’ On (Written by Hank Snow)

John Leventhal: guitar, bass, drums

Rick DePofi: horns

Joe Bonadio: additional drums

Heartaches by the Number (Written by Harlan Howard)

John Leventhal: guitar, bass, dobro, mandolin, organ

Joe Bonadio: drums

Elvis Costello: vocal

500 Miles (Written by Hedy West)

John Leventhal: all instruments

Chelsea Crowell: harmony vocal

Long Black Veil (Written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin)

John Leventhal: all instruments except

Rick DePofi: bass clarinet

Jeff Tweedy: vocal

She’s Got You (Written by Hank Cochran)

John Leventhal: guitar, Wurlitzer piano, organ

Shawn Pelton: drums

Zev Katz: upright bass

Curtis King, Kenny Williams and James D-Train Williams: background vocals

Girl from the North Country (Written by Bob Dylan)

John Leventhal: guitar, organ, mandolin, harmonica

Zev Katz: upright bass

Shawn Pelton: drums

Rick Depofi: piano

Silver Wings (Written by Merle Haggard)

John Leventhal: guitar, Wurlitzer piano, organ, tic-tac bass

Zev Katz: upright bass

Shawn Pelton: drums

Rufus Wainwright: vocal

The Mels: strings

Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (Written by A.P. Carter)

John Leventhal: guitar, harmonium

Production Credits

Produced and Arranged by John Leventhal

Co-Produced by Rick DePofi

Recorded and Mixed by John Leventhal and Rick DePofi at New York Noise and 12th Street Studio, NYC

Thanks to Kev Killen for mix support

Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

Production Coordinator: Jill Dell’Abate

Executive Producer: Danny Kahn

Bruce Springsteen was recorded by Toby Scott at Stone Hill Studio, NJ and appears courtesy of Columbia Records

Elvis Costello appears courtesy of Hear Music

Jeff Tweedy was recorded by Mark Greenberg and Jason Tobias at the Loft, Chicago and appears courtesy of Nonesuch Records

Rufus Wainwright was recorded by Pascal Shefteshy at Wildksky Studios, Montreal and appears courtesy of the Decca label Group