Album Notes

Down At The Well Of Wishes © 2011
Produced by Jon Byrd with R.S. Field

Recorded and Mixed by Joe Martino at Ocean Way, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Alex McCollough at Yes Master, Nashville, TN

All Songs Written by Jon Byrd
Except #1 and #8 Written with Doyle Primm

Art Direction and Cover Photography:
Alex McCollough

Graphic Design: Keith Brogdon
Ocean Way Studio Photography: Stacie Huckeba and Alex McCollough

Executive Producer for Longleaf Pine Records: James Kelly

Dedicated to the memory of Buck Jones
And to Margaret Louise Tidwell Byrd ~ Mom

DOWN AT THE WELL OF WISHES
1. In A Chest Of Skin and Bone
Drms: Marty Lynds ~ Bass: Ed Adkins
Pno/Wurli: Adam Wright
Stl: Alex McCollough ~ AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

2. Alabama Asphalt
Drms: Jimmy Lester ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
Weissenborn Lap Guitar: Pat Seavers
BGV: Shannon Wright/Sara Beck
AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

3. When It Starts To Rain
Drms: Jimmy Lester ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
EGT: Milan Miller ~ Wurli: Adam Wright
Stl: Alex McCollough
BGV: Shannon Wright/Sara Beck
AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

4. I Once Knew A Woman
Drms: Jimmy Lester ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
Stl: Pat Seavers ~ EGT: Milan Miller
Pno/B3/Wurli: Adam Wright
BGV: Shannon Wright/Sara Beck
AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

5. A Fond Farewell
Drms: Marty Lynds ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
Tambo: RS Field ~ EGT/Stl: Pat Seavers
AGT/B-Bender/Vocals: Jon Byrd

6. Another Day Gone
Drms: Marty Lynds ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
EGT: Milan Miller ~ Wurli: Adam Wright
AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

7. Easy To Be Free
Drms: Marty Lynds ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
Wurli / B3: Adam Wright ~ Stl: Pat Seavers
BGV: Shannon Wright ~ AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

8. Down At The Well Of Wishes
Drms: Jimmy Lester ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
EGT: Milan Miller ~ Wurli: Adam Wright
Stl: Alex McCollough ~ AGT/Vocals: Jon Byrd

9. My Days to Come Along
Drms: Jimmy Lester ~ Bass: Duane Blevins
EGT: Milan Miller ~ Wurli: Adam Wright
Stl: Alex McCollough
AGT/EGT Solo/Vocals: Jon Byrd

Thanks to all my family and friends ~ sometime it's hard to tell the difference.

For instance: Sara Byrd, Lee Byrd, and all the Byrds; Aunt Jenny and all the Tidwells; James Kelly, Allen Hagin and all my Atlanta pals; Mark Huff, Chris Richards, Peter Cooper, Eric Brace, Mary Ann Werner, Walt Whelchel, Walt Wilkins, Jamie, Mitchell & everyone at the Family Wash, Norm Stannard, Billy Block, and all fine musicians and music lovers that make up my Nashville music family. Plus all the folks that played on, listen to and helped out with this project.
And beautiful Irina.

Thanks doesn't begin to say it for these Principles:
Alex McCollough and Jim Demain at Yes Master, Nashville
Joe Martino, Steven Crowder and Pat McMakin at Ocean Way, Nashville
R.S. Field
Milan Miller
Adam Wright
Duane Blevins
Martin Lynds
Jimmy Lester
Pat Severs
Ed Adkins,
Shannon Wright
Sara Beck
Doyle Primm
Davis Raines

Joe and Alex are why the recored hangs together like it does. I argued about 9 songs and 36mins and Alex reminded me in the strongest terms that just like last time, I/we set out to make a record, not what we call a Nashville "songwriting resume."
So it's a record.

"The nine song hammer." R.S.

What the critics are saying about Down At The Well Of Wishes:
"Clearly maintaining his standard, mature songwriting is married to some classy playing, whilst Jon's warm, slightly gruff but very relaxed singing holds the centre."–John Davy, No Depression/Flyinshoes

"Full of lovely guitar touches and brimming with clever, mordant songs"–Martin Chilton, The London Telegraph

"The vocals on Byrd’s new R.S. Fields-produced album have the graciousness of Don Williams along with traces of Willie Nelson’s free-as-the-breeze delivery. To put it another way, Byrd’s an understatedly great singer. And the songwriting… applies a fresh, sharp, Southern vocabulary. He’s understatedly great at the writing part, too."–Jewly Hight, The Nashville Scene

"Smooth, affecting, classy country…mature experience to match the vocal finesse."––Barry Mazor, Engine145.com

"A superbly talented songwriter… on a par with other Americana stars like Prine, Snider, Crowell...
 a fine representation of one of the best songwriters and stylists today.”–Andy Ziehli, Americana Gazette