Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions

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Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Released	08/24/1999
Recorded	1999, Tucson, Arizona
Genre	Art rock, Adult Contemporary, Pop
Length	52:47
Label	Asylum Records
Producer	Glyn Johns
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris chronology
We Ran (1998) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (1999) A Merry Little Christmas (2000)

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions is a 1999 album by American singers Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

The album was extremely well-received and landed on many year-end top-ten lists. The album was recorded in Tucson, Arizona.

[edit] Track listing

1. Loving the Highway Man (Andy Prieboy) 3:30
2. Raise the Dead (Emmylou Harris) 3:18
3. For a Dancer (Jackson Browne) 4:43
4. Western Wall (Rosanne Cash) 4:43
5. 1917 (David Olney) 5:24
6. He Was Mine (Paul Kennerley) 3:19
7. Sweet Spot (Emmylou Harris/Jill Cunniff) 3:34
8. Sisters of Mercy (Leonard Cohen) 3:58
9. Falling Down (Patty Griffin) 3:15
10. Valerie (Patti Scialfa) 4:04
11. This Is to Mother You (Sinead O'Connor) 3:16
12. All I Left Behind (Emmylou Harris/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle) 3:23
13. Across the Border (Bruce Springsteen) 6:20

[edit] Personnel

• Linda Ronstadt

Vocals, Background Vocals

• Emmylou Harris

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals

• Neil Young

Harmonica, Background Vocals

• Andy Fairweather Low

Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals

• Ethan Johns

Dulcimer, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandocello, spanish guitar, Synthesizer Bass, Optigan Wix Accordion

• Paul Kennerley

Electric Guitar, Background Vocals

• Bernie Leadon

Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitarron, Mandocello, 6-string bass, Synthesizer Bass, Guitar (12 String Electric)

• Greg Leisz

Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandola, Mandocello, Weissenborn

• Anna McGarrigle

Background Vocals

• Helen Watson

Background Vocals

• Kate McGarrigle

Background Vocals

• Michel Pepin

Cymbals, Bass Guitar

• Samantha Rowe

Cello Wix Accordion Technical Credits

• Glyn Johns

Producer, Engineer

• George Massenberg

Engineer

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