lifeblood: discography: 1994-05-10: swamp ophelia

side one:

01. fugitive
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocals, acoustic guitar and electric guitar
emily sailers: vocals and acoustic guitar
jerry marotta: african drums (flinstone kit)
sara lee: bass
james hall: trumpet
john painter: baritone guitar and flugel horn
chuck leavell: piano and vibra chime
jane scarpantoni: cello
michael lorant: backing vocals

02. least complicated
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocals and acoustic guitar
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
jerry marotta: drums, bongos, and percussion
sara lee: bass guitar
lisa germano: penny whistle and madolin
john painter: accordion
joel sonnier: accordion
michael lorant: backing vocals

03. language or the kiss
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocals, rhythm and lead acoustic guitar
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
jerry marotta: drums, percussion, and marimba
sara lee: bass guitar
chuck leavell: piano
jane sibery: backing vocals

04. reunion
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocals, rhythm and lead acoustic guitar, bouzouki
jerry marotta: drums
sara lee: bass guitar
danny thompson: acoustic bass
lisa germano: violin and mandolin
michael lorant: backing vocals
the roches: backing vocals

05. power of two
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocals, rhythm and lead acoustic guitar
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
jerry marotta: drums and percussion
sara lee: bass guitar
danny thompson: acoustic bass
lisa germano: mandolin
john painter: flugel horn
bill newton: chromatic harmonica
chuck leavell: piano
sam 'shake' anderson: backing vocals

side two:

06. touch me fall
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocals and electric guitar
jerry marotta: drums
sara lee: bass guitar
jan dykes: bass guitar
james hall: trumper
john painter: flugel horn
david davidson: violin
chris teal: violin
kristin wilkinson: viola
anthony lamarchina: cello
the love sponge string quartet arranged by john painter

07. the wood song
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocals and acoustic guitar
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
jerry marotta: drums and percussion
sara lee: bass guitar
danny thompson: acoustic bass
lisa germano: violin
strings and woodwinds were conducted and arranged by mike batt

08. mystery
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocals, acoustic guitar and bouzouki
amy ray: vocals and acoustic highstrung guitar
jerry marotta: drums and bongos
sara lee: bass guitar
danny thompson: acoustic bass
lisa germano: violin
jane scarpantoni: cello
jane sibery: backing vocals
michael lorant: backing vocals
the roches: backing vocals

09. dead man's hill
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocals, acoustic guitar and classical guitar
jerry marotta: drums and percussion
kim zick: triangle, snare drums, tom toms and tympanies
connie grauer: melodica and bass synthesizer
tony levin: stick bass
larry ray, sr.: backing vocals

10. fare thee well
written by emily saliers
emily sailers: vocals and acoustic guitar

11. this train revised
words and music by amy ray
amy ray: vocals and acoustic guitar
emily sailers: vocals, acoustic guitar and dobro
michael lorant: drums and guest vocal
jan dykes: bass guitar
sheila doyle: violin
david davidson: violin
kristin wilkinson: viola
john painter: electric guitar
jane scarpantoni: cello
solo strings arranged by john painter

produced by peter collins (for jill music, inc.) with indigo girls
engineered and mixed by david leonard
recorded at woodland sound studio, nashville, tennessee
assistant engineer: marc frigo
additional recording at triclops studio, atlanta, georgia
assistant engineers: mark richardson and dan austin, a major studio, sheperds bush, london
assistance engineer: phil chapman, abbey road studio, st. john's wood, london.
mixed at triclops studio, atlanta, georgia
assistant engineers: mark richardson and dan austin
mastered by bob ludwig at gateway mastering

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1994-02-18: (unknown):

interviewer: okay. tell me about the significance behind the title of the album and what it means to you.

amy ray: it's going to be a long year. [laughs]

interviewer: okay. the title of the album.

emily saliers: it is swamp ophilia, which is a plant, it's an actual plant. although we've been looking it up and we have not found it anywhere.

amy ray: it might be a dream.

emily saliers: it might be a dream or just like a colloquialism or something like that.

amy ray: yeah, it was in florida.

emily saliers: it's in one of amy songs, "touch me fall." you can take it from there.

amy ray: it's just some nature preserve i was walking through and saw this plant, and it was really - it made me think of hamlet and ophelia and the swamp. but it all kind of mixes in together.

amy ray: yeah, we just thought it sounded cool.