Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell

Artist:  Gretchen Peters
Born:  November 14, 1957
Origin:  Bronxville, New York, USA
Genre:  Country, Folk, Folk Rock, Contemporary Country, Country Folk
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Piano

Gretchen Peters is an American Singer and Songwriter from Bronxville, New York and moved to Nashville in the late 1980s.  She worked as a songwriter and composing hits for Martina McBride, Etta James, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, George Strait, Anne Murray, Neil Diamond and co-writing with Bryan Adams.  She won the Country Music Association Song Of The Year Award for Martina McBride's "Independence Day" in 1995.  She was inducted to the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on October 5, 2014.

Artist:  Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell
Title:  One To The Heart, One To The Head  (2015)
Genre:  Country, Folk, Folk Rock, Contemporary Country, Country Folk
Label:  Scarlet Letter Records
Rating:   *****

 1.  North Platte  (0:56)
 2.  Prairie In The Sky  (4:40)
 3.  Billy 4  (5:37)
 4.  Blue Mountains Of Mexico  (3:37)
 5.  These Cowboys Born Out Of Their Time  (4:12)
 6.  Guadalupe  (5:39)
 7.  Sweet And Shiny Eyes  (3:00)
 8.  Wolves  (4:16)
 9.  Snowin' On Raton  (4:23)
10. Old Paint (Traditional)  (3:09)
11. My Last Go Round  (3:43)
12. North Platte (Reprise)  (1:07)
13. If I Had A Gun  (3:11)
14. Prairie Melancholy  (6:09)

Personnel:

Gretchen Peters:  Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mandola, Vocals
Tom Russell:  Percussion, Vocals
Barry Walsh:  Piano, Hammond B3, Pump Organ, Accordion on Track 5, Clavietta, Percussion, Bass on Track 11, Parade Drum on Track 3, Vocals
Joel Guzman:  Accordion
Mark Hallman:  Mandola Guitars, Lap Steel, Percussion, Bass
David Henry:  Cello, Snare Drum on Track 3
A Perkins:  Lap Steel on Tracks: 10, 13
Hadine Russell:  Vocals, Wine Glasses

One To The Heart, One To The Head is a collaboration album by Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell, remastered and released on January 19 2015 from the original released in 2009.