Dirt and Spirit

Dirt and Spirit
Studio album by The Great Divide & Friends
Publication (s)	February 13, 2001
admission	1999
Label (s)	Boohatch Records / Broken Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Red dirt , gospel
Title (number)	16
running time	39:28
occupation	Mike McClure : vocals, guitar Tom Skinner : vocals, guitar Bob Childers : vocals Stoney LaRue : vocals Cody Canada : vocals, guitar Susan Gibson : vocals, banjo Jason Boland : vocals, guitar JJ Lester : drums John Cooper: Shaker, tambourine Randy Ragsdale: drums, shakers Ben Han: guitar, vocals Grady Cross: guitar Walt Bowers: accordion, piano Bob Wiles: vocals, bass Kelley Green: Bass
production	Mike McClure
Studio (s)	Twenty-Fifth Track Studio in Broken Arrow , Oklahoma
chronology Afterglow: The Will Rogers Sessions (2000) Dirt and Spirit Remain (2002)

Dirt and Spirit is the fifth studio album by the US country band The Great Divide , which the group recorded with many other interpreters of the Red Dirt scene under the name The Great Divide & Friends .

Track list

No.	title	Interpreter	Songwriter	length
1	Nobody Knows (Intro)	Tom Skinner	Tom Skinner, Bill Erickson	0:33
2	Jail Burned Down	The Great Divide	Mike McClure	2:13
3	Jesus Took Me Fishing	Tom Skinner	Tom Skinner	3:43
4th	I'm so glad	Red Dirt Rangers	(Traditional)	1:46
5	I know a man	Cross Canadian Ragweed	Cody Canada , Grady Cross, Mike McClure	2:03
6th	Deliver Us	The Great Divide	Mike McClure	2:11
7th	Nobody Knows (Continued)	Tom Skinner	Tom Skinner, Bill Erickson	1:23
8th	Burning Still Introduction	Bob Childers	Bob Childers	0:32
9	Burning Still	Bob Childers	Bob Childers	2:56
10	Hung Down Head	Susan Gibson	Mike McClure, Bob Wiles	4:09
11	God's Blues	Red Dirt Rangers	Jason Boland , John Cooper, Stoney LaRue , Bradley Piccolo	3:15
12	Tie My Boat	Stoney LaRue	Mike McClure	2:09
13	Armor	Jason Boland	Mike McClure	3:47
14th	Blind man	Mike McClure, Tom Skinner	Mark Embler, Benny Craig, Mike McClure, Don Morris, Tom Skinner	4:05
15th	Angels Over Me	The Great Divide	Mike McClure	3:16
16	Nobody Knows	Tom Skinner	Tom Skinner, Bill Erickson	1:27

background

Dirt and Spirit is an acoustic album with gospel songs. It is mostly about religion and God. It was the band's third album to be released on an independent label . It was recorded back in 1999. Since the band did not initially find a label for the album, it was initially only released in January 2000 in a few stores in Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska and Tennessee. It wasn't until February 2001 that a label released it.

The staff consisted of former The Great Divide members Mike McClure , JJ Lester and Kelley Green, as well as various Red Dirt musicians who had already had solo careers: Bob Childers , Stoney LaRue and Tom Skinner . The line-up was completed by the bands Cross Canadian Ragweed , as well as the Red Dirt Rangers and the newcomer Susan Gibson . The album was produced by front man Mike McClure.

reception

The sales for the album were disappointing. No chart positions were reached.

The Billboard magazine praised the album embossed Christian music for lovers "most honest, most moving images of the Year" was one of the.

Web links

• Dirt and Spirit at CD-Universe (English)
• Dirt and Spirit at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Great Divide & Friends ( Memento from June 1, 2000 in the Internet Archive ), artists.mp3s.com (English, Internet Archive from June 1, 2000)
2. ↑ Sandi Davis: The Great Divide faces the divide - Lead singer McClure striking out on own , NewsOK.com , January 31, 2003, accessed December 27, 2013
3. ↑ Billboard Magazine of February 26, 2000 ( E-Book , page 26)