Mountain Soul II
Mountain Soul II is the sixteenth studio album by American country music singer Patty Loveless. The album was released on September 29, 2009. It is a follow-up to her previous album, Mountain Soul, released in 2001. Four of the album's 15 songs, "Half Over You"; "Blue Memories"; "Feelings of Love"; and "A Handful of Dust", were previously recorded by Loveless on earlier albums. "Big Chance" was also previously included in the same form on 2005's Dreamin' My Dreams.
"Busted" was released as the album's lead-off single in September 2009. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.Track listing
- "Busted" – 3:25
- "Fools Thin Air" – 3:24
- "A Handful of Dust" – 3:05
- "Half Over You" – 3:25
- "Prisoner's Tears" – 3:56
- "Working on a Building" – 2:52
- "Friends in Gloryland" – 1:25
- " Children of Abraham" – 2:24
- "Big Chance" – 2:53
- "When the Last Curtain Falls" – 3:49
- "Blue Memories" – 2:47
- "You Burned the Bridge" – 4:19
- "Bramble and the Rose" – 2:54
- "Feelings of Love" – 3:15
- "Diamond in My Crown" – 2:45
Personnel
- Mike Auldridge - dobro
- Barry Bales - upright bass
- Tom Britt - electric guitar
- Mike Bub - upright bass
- Jason Carter - fiddle
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin
- Vince Gill - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Emmylou Harris - background vocals
- Tim Hensley - background vocals
- Rebecca Lynn Howard - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob Ickes - dobro
- Carl Jackson - banjo, background vocals
- Butch Lee - pump organ
- Patty Loveless - lead vocals, background vocals
- Del McCoury - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Rob McCoury - banjo
- Ronnie McCoury - mandolin, mandola, background vocals
- Carmella Ramsey - background vocals
- Jon Randall - mandolin, background vocals
- Deanie Richardson - fiddle
- Kerlan Spur - percussion
- Bryan Sutton - banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Guthrie Trapp - electric guitar
- Rhonda Vincent - background vocals
Chart performance