Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)

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Other Voices, Other Rooms is Nanci Griffith's tenth album, released in 1993. It consists of songs written by other songwriters who have influenced her own career. Guest artists who appear in their own compositions include Frank Christian playing guitar on "Three Flights Up", Bob Dylan playing harmonica on "Boots of Spanish Leather", and John Prine lending harmony vocals on "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness".

The album rose into the #54 position on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1993, although it had no charting singles. The album concept was inspired by the 1990 album True Voices which was also made up of cover songs including one that Nanci recorded on Other Voices, Other Rooms - Across The Great Divide, written by Kate Wolf. "Other Voices, Other Rooms" was certified gold by the RIAA on January 30, 2005, signifying shipments of 500,000 units in the U.S.

Track listing

1. "Across the Great Divide" [with Emmylou Harris] (Kate Wolf) – 3:57
2. "Woman of the Phoenix" [with James Hooker] (Vince Bell) – 2:41
3. "Tecumseh Valley" [with Arlo Guthrie] (Townes Van Zandt) – 4:29
4. "Three Flights Up" (Frank Christian) – 3:31
5. "Boots of Spanish Leather" (Bob Dylan) – 5:17
6. "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" [with John Prine] (John Prine) – 4:20
7. "From Clare to Here" [with Pete Cummins] (Ralph McTell) – 5:11
8. "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" [with Carolyn Hester] (Tom Paxton) – 3:16
9. "Do-Re-Mi" [with Guy Clark] (Woody Guthrie) – 2:52
10. "This Old Town" (Janis Ian, Jon Vezner) – 3:00
11. "Comin' Down in the Rain" [with Lee Satterfield] (Buddy Mondlock) – 3:45
12. "Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" [with Iris DeMent] (Gordon Lightfoot) – 2:40
13. "Morning Song for Sally" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 4:55
14. "Night Rider's Lament" [with Don Edwards] (Michael Burton) – 3:57
15. "Are You Tired of Me Darling?" [with Iris DeMent and Emmylou Harris] (G.P. Cook, Ralph Roland) – 3:11
16. "Turn Around" (Malvina Reynolds/Harry Belafonte/Alan Greene) – 3:19
17. "Wimoweh" [with Odetta, Indigo Girls, Kennedy Rose, John Prine, James Hooker, Holly & Barry Tashian, John Gorka, Dave Mallett, Marlin Griffith (Nanci's father), Jim Rooney] (Solomon Linda) – 1:47

Awards and recognition

Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and producer Jim Rooney won a Grammy Award for production.

Personnel

• Nanci Griffith – vocals, guitar harmony vocals
• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Fran Breen – drums, percussion
• John Catchings – cello
• Frank Christian – guitar
• Guy Clark – guitar, vocals
• Pete Cummins – harmony vocals, guitar
• Iris DeMent – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar
• Philip Donnelly – guitar
• Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin
• Bob Dylan – harmonica
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Pat Flynn – guitar
• Arlo Guthrie – harmony vocals, guitar
• Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals, guitar
• John Hartford – banjo, vocals
• Carolyn Hester – harmony vocals, guitar
• James Hooker – harmony vocal, organ, piano, keyboards
• Roy M. "Junior" Husky – bass
• Lee Satterfield – guitar, harmony vocals
• Mary Ann Kennedy – percussion, vocals
• Pete Kennedy – guitar
• Leo Kottke – guitar
• Alison Krauss – violin
• Pat McInerney – percussion
• Edgar Meyer – bass
• David Mallett – vocals
• Odetta – vocals
• John Gorka – vocals
• Don Edwards – yodeling
• Marlin Griffith – vocals
• John Prine – vocals, harmony vocals
• Amy Ray – vocals
• Jim Rooney – vocals
• Pamela Rose – vocals
• Emily Saliers – vocals
• Holly Tashian – vocals
• Barry Tashian – vocals
• Andrea Zonn – viola