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THE IMPORTANT PART OF FISHING 3:21
(Tim Bays, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP; arr: Ben Winship, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Mollie O'Brien - vocal
Bob Britten - piano
Ron Craighead - drums
David Thompson - bass

FLYFISHING 3:25    sample
(Django Reinhardt, SACEM)
Mike Dowling - guitars
Billy Novick - clarinet
Ben Winship - mandolin
David Thompson - bass

I'M GONNA GO FISHIN' 4:18    sample
(Duke Ellington & Peggy Lee, Chappell & Co. Inc./Denslow Music Inc., ASCAP)
Jeff Newsom - vocal
Ben Winship - mandolin, bouzouki
David Grier - guitar
Phil Round - guitar
Rob Ickes - dobro
Brian McRae - percussion
David Thompson - bass

UPSTREAM 4:09    sample
(David Thompson, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Matt Flinner - mandolin
David Grier - guitar
Rob Ickes - dobro
Jason Thomas - fiddle
David Thompson - bas
s

OCEAN OF DREAMS 4:05
(David Thompson & Ben Winship, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Tim O'Brien - vocal
Reina G. Collins - harmony vocal
Ben Winship - mandolin, bouzouki, percussion
Leo McCann - button box
Mark Dunlop - low whistle, tin whistle
David Thompson - bass

DEEP RIVER BLUES 4:15
(trad.; arr: Doc Watson, Stormking Music, Inc., BMI)
Mike Dowling - vocal, guitar
Ben Winship - harmony vocal, mandolin

MADISON BROWN 3:57
(Ben Winship, David Thompson & John Lowell, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
The Growling Old Men:
John Lowell - vocal, guitar
Ben Winship - harmony vocal, mandolin
David Thompson - harmony vocal, bass

THE FISHIN' HOLE 3:35    sample
(Earle Hagen, Herbert Spencer & Gary Sloane, Larrabbee Music, Inc., BMI)
Mollie O'Brien - vocal
Bob Britten - piano
Billy Novick - sax
Ron Craighead - drums
David Thompson - bass

LAZY RIVER 3:21
(Hoagey Carmichael & Sidney Arodin, Peer Music III Ltd., BMI)
Phil Round - vocal
Mike Dowling - guitars
Billy Novick - clarinet
Ben Winship - mandolin, banjolin
David Thompson - bass

FISH AIN'T BITIN' 3:32    sample
(Corey Harris, After Click Publishing, ASCAP; add'l lyrics, Ben Winship, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Tim O'Brien - vocal
Ben Winship - mandolin
David Grier - guitar
Mike Boeder - tenor & baritone sax
Mark Berry - trombone
David Thompson - bass, swiss army box

FISHERMAN'S REEL 3:58
(trad.; arr: Ben Winship, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Ben Winship - mandolins
Billy Novick - clarinet
Keith Phillips - piano
Mike Dowling - guitars
Eric Thorin - bass

FISHING BLUES 4:18
(Henry Thomas; arr: Taj Mahal, EMI Blackwood Music, Inc., BMI)
Ben Winship - vocal, mandolin
Tim O'Brien - harmony vocal
Mike Dowling - guitars
Garret Savluk - trumpet
David Thompson - bass

BANKS OF THE MOORLOUGH SHORE 4:36    sample
(trad.; arr: Ben Winship, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Karine Polwart - vocal
Rob Ickes - dobro
Ben Winship - bouzouki
Leo McCann - low whistle
Mark Dunlop - bodhrán

THE WICKER CREEL 2:37    sample
Eel in the Sink
Fisherman's Lilt
(trad.; arr: Leo McCann, Mark Dunlop, Karine Polwart)
Leo McCann - button box, tin whistle
Mark Dunlop - bodhrán, low whistle
Karine Polwart - guitar
Ben Winship - mandola

REFLECTIONS OFF THE WATER 4:14
(Kostas, Universal - Songs of Polygram Int'l O/B/O Hal Clement Pub, BMI; arr: David Thompson, Fried Acres Music, ASCAP)
Julie Elkins - vocal
Bob Britten - piano
Billy Novick - soprano sax
Ron Craighead - drums
David Thompson - bass

UPSTREAM (REPRISE) 0:45
Ben Winship - banjo
David Grier - guitar

p r o d u c t i o n   i n f o

Produced by Ben Winship and David Thompson

For the Fishing Music story and bio info about the producers, click here

Recorded at The Henhouse, Victor, ID Engineer, Ben Winship

Mixed by Kevin Clock & Ben Winship at Colorado Sound, Westminster, CO

Mastered by David Glasser at
Airshow, Boulder,
CO

Additional recording at:
Sawtelle Studios, Denver, CO

Engineer, Scott Smith
Peak Recording, Bozeman, MT

Engineer, Gil Stober
ZWA Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland

Engineer, Gary Keenan
Llamingo Studio, Jackson, WY

Engineer, Bill Hungate
Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA

Engineer, Eric Kilburn

Cover & Interior Images -
Charles Lindsay from "Upstream"

Graphic Design -
Kelly Bellcour / David Adams Thompson, Inc.

Ben Winship and David Thompson use Elixir Strings
Ben plays A. Lawrence Smart
  and Michael Heiden mandolins
Matt Flinner and David Grier appear courtesy of
  Compass Records
Mollie O'Brien appears courtesy of
  Sugar Hill Records
Rob Ickes appears courtesy of
  Rounder Records
Leo McCann, Mark Dunlop & Karine Polwart   appear courtesy of Greentrax Records
Tim O'Brien appears courtesy of
  Howdy Skies Records

Dedicated to the memory of Thomas Winship (1920-2002), who loved nothing better than to eat fish and listen to good music.

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