DEPARTURE
Vanguard Records 1995
OLD FASHIONED LOVE
(By Bill LaBounty and Roy Freeland)
Michael Johnson, classic and acoustic guitar; Pat McGrath, National guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion; Ron Block, acoustic guitar; Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, blues and bass harp; Michael Johnson and Alison Krauss, background vocals
DEPARTURE
(By Hugh Prestwood)
Michael Johnson, acoustic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Pat McGrath, electric guitar; Peter Wasner, synthesizer
MIAMI BEACH
(By Hugh Prestwood)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion; Adam Steffey, mandolin and mondola
DISTANT FIRE
(By Michael Johnson, Wayne Carson and Bill Piburn)
Michael Johnson, classic and acoustic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums; Pete Wasner, Fender Rhodes, Pat Bergeson, electric guitar and harmonica
WORTH THE TROUBLE
(By Hugh Prestwood)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion
DIRTY HANDS AND DIRTY FACES
(By Parker McGee)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion; Pete Wasner, synthesizer
UNCONDITIONALLY
(By Brian O'Doherty)
Michael Johnson, classic and acoustic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion; Pat McGrath, rhythm guitar; Michael Johnson and Dan Tyminski, background vocals; Pete Wasner, synthesizer
SOFTWARE
(By Michael Johnson and Randy Goodrum)
Michael Johnson and Randy Goodrum, background vocals and synthesizer programming
SHE'S REAL
(By W. T. Davidson)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion; Pete Wasner, Fender Rhodes; Roger Williams, sax; Michael Johnson and Alison Krauss, background vocals
ALMOST FREE
(By Hugh Prestwood)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar; Pat McGrath, rhythm guitar ;Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion
CAIN'S BLOOD
(By Michael Johnson and Jack Sundrud)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar; Pat McGrath, National guitar and electric guitar; Viktor Krauss, bass; Kenny Malone, drums and percussion, Stuart Duncan, violins
IMOGENE
(By Gene and Paul Nelson)
Michael Johnson, classic guitar ; Viktor Krauss and Barry Bales, bass; Kenny Malone, percussion; Alison Krauss, viola trio; Alison and Viktor Krauss, viola trio arrangement.
Produced by Michael Johnson
SOFTWARE produced by Michael Johnson and Randy Goodrum
Recorded at Trace Sound, Franklin, TN
Engineered by Bradley Hartman, Gary Pazosa and Michael Johnson
Mixed by Gary Pazosa and Michael Johnson, Nightingale Studio, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Randy Leroy at Final Stage, Nashville, TN
Photography by Jim McGuire
Package Design by Drew Cartwright
Creative Services: Georgette Cartwright
In memory of Edward Oscar Johnson.
Special thanks to: Kent Crawford for patience and belief, to Gary Pazosa for personal commitment and midnight incense, to Alison Krauss for the greatness and fun - I'll sing with you anytime, to Brad for the generous use of his studio, to the writers for such great gifts, and to Sally, Stan and Leo Johnson for doing without.
Thanks but...to Roger Cruise, Bruce Byron Bolster, Rick Blackburn and that guy in Chicago with the tire iron.
The fact is that most of my friends didn't like each other. I hung out in the smoking area with the hoods in high school, but I also was in the choir and on the Gymnastic team. These songs are all from many different places in my heart. It's time I introduced them to each other. Departures are also reunions. MJ
Alison Krauss, Adam Steffey, Barry Bales, Dan Tyminski and Ron Block appear courtesy of Rounder Records.
Michael Johnson uses GHS strings.