Dry Bones Dance

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Field	Value
name	Dry Bones Dance
type	Studio
artist	Mark Heard
cover	DryBonesDance.jpg
released	1990
studio	Fingerprint Recorders, Los Angeles, California
genre	Folk, rock
label	Fingerprint
producer	Mark Heard
prev_title	Tribal Opera
prev_year	1987
next_title	Second Hand
next_year	1991
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| name = Dry Bones Dance | type = Studio | artist = Mark Heard | cover = DryBonesDance.jpg | alt = | released = 1990 | recorded = | studio = Fingerprint Recorders, Los Angeles, California | genre = Folk, rock | length = | label = Fingerprint | producer = Mark Heard | prev_title = Tribal Opera | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Second Hand | next_year = 1991 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score =

Dry Bones Dance is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1990, the first to be released on his own Fingerprint Records. The album was listed at No. 29 in CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard.

1. "Rise From The Ruins" – 3:03
2. "The Dry Bones Dance" – 3:48
3. "House of Broken Dreams" – 4:13
4. "Our Restless Hearts" – 3:43
5. "Nobody's Looking" – 3:26
6. "All She Wanted Was Love" – 4:20
7. "Strong Hand of Love" – 3:05
8. "How Many Tears" – 3:01
9. "Lonely Road" – 4:12
10. "Waiting for a Reason" – 3:31
11. "Everything Is Alright" – 4:24
12. "Awake in the Night Time" – 3:30
13. "Mercy of the Flame" – 4:24
14. "Fire" – 7:13

Personnel

• Mark Heard – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, accordion, harmonica, kalimba, assorted background vocals
• David Birmingham – drums
• Fergus Marsh – chapman stick
• Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
• Michael Been – guitar solo on "Lonely Road"
• Novi – viola
• Doug Berch – hammered dulcimer
• Sam Phillips – vocals (3, 4, 5, 12)
• Pam Dwinell – vocals (1, 2, 7, 9)
• Jerry Chamberlain and Sharon McCall – vocals (11, 13, 14)

Production notes

• Mark Heard – producer, engineer, mixing at Fingerprint Recorders
• Dan Russell – associate producer
• Chuck Long – executive-at-large
• Joel Russell – wagonmaster
• Joel Russell – second engineer
• Richard Tiegen – second engineer
• Dan Reed – second engineer
• David Miner – second engineer
• Tom Willett – second engineer, occasional back-seat driving
• Plum Studios, Newburyport, Massachusetts – basic track recording studio

References

References

1. [{{AllMusic
2. Powell, Mark Allan. (2002). "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music". Hendrickson Publishers.
3. (2001). "The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music". [[Harvest House]].

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