Featuring the great Ozark ballad singer, Almeda Riddle, this song combines an age-old hymn – “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”– with the traditional English folk guitar playing of Kat Eggleston, the sound of early black spirituals, and orchestral voicings reminiscent of American composers like Aaron Copland.
from
A Yankee Clipper In Congo Square,
released March 15, 2018
Liz Carroll Celtic fiddle
Kat Eggleston hammer dulcimer & acoustic guitar
Curt Morrison Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar
Steve Mullen piano, prepared piano, synth, drum & mallet programming
John Rice acoustic slide, dobro, archtop & lap steel
Jeff Thomas drums & percussion
John Williams tin whistle
Strings Teresa Fream violin
Mike Shelton violin
Wendy Evans violin
Ben Wedge viola
Larry Glazier cello
Group Vocals Cynthia Butts, Joan Collaso, Steve Mullen, Clara Smith, Herbert Walker, Sonja Whitmore
Almeda Riddle lead vocal “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”
originally recorded in Miller, AK – October, 1959