Musings of a Creek Dipper
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| Musings of a Creek Dipper | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Label | Atlantic[1] | |||
| Producer | Victoria Williams, Trina Shoemaker | |||
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Musings of a Creek Dipper is an album by the American musician Victoria Williams, released in 1998.[2][3] The album cover artwork is a photograph of Williams in an Oxnard, California, creek.[4] Williams supported the album with a short tour, which included playing the Calgary Folk Music Festival.[5][6]
Musings of a Creek Dipper was produced by Williams and Trina Shoemaker.[7][8] Joey Burns and John Convertino played on the album, as did Greg Leisz.[9][10] Williams employed more horns and strings than on previous albums.[11] She experienced occasional flareups of her multiple sclerosis during the recording sessions.[12]
Many of the album's songs were inspired by living near Joshua Tree, California.[13] Williams's husband, Mark Olson, cowrote some of the songs and also played on the album.[14] Wendy & Lisa provided much of the musical instrumentation to "Train Song (Demise of the Caboose)".[15] The vocals on "Kashmir's Corn" were recorded with Williams's head positioned in the bell of a sousaphone.[16] "Humming Bird" first appeared on The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers.[17] Julie Miller sang on "Rainmaker".[18] "Nature Boy" is a cover of the Nat King Cole song.[19]
