Children Pray and Keep The Faith

Mark Barker: Acoustic Guitar, Lead and HarmonyVocals
Thomm Jutz: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Mandolin
Pat McInerney: Drums & Percussion
Dave Roe: Bass
Doug Johnson: Bass
Fats Kaplin: Pedal Steel, Fiddle/Violin, Mandolin
Richard Bailey: Banjo
Stuart Wyrick: Banjo (on "Troubled Times")
Dana Mathewson: Piano (on "Guardian Angels")
Doug Jones: Acoustic Guitar (intro on "The Sweet Mystery")
Mac Gayden: Slide Guitar on (“Children Pray"” & “The Sweet Mystery”)
Bill Mize: Acoustic Guitar (on "The Love of God")
Beth Bramhall: Accordion (on "The Love of God)
Shirley Barker: Lead and Harmony Vocals (on "The Love of God")
James Berry: Harmony Vocals
Peter Cronin: Harmony Vocals
Children Pray and Keep the Faith Chorus: Mark Barker, Shirley Barker, James Berry, David & Lindy Minton, Peter Cronin

All songs written by Mark Barker (TaterTunes/ASCAP), except “The Sweet Mystery" which was written by Mark Barker & Doug Jones (TaterTunes/ASCAP) and "The Love of God" (public domain)

Special thanks go out to:

Shirley & Matthew Barker
Thomm Jutz & Eva Stabenow
Chris Webster
Drew Humphries
Jack Hurt
Doug Jones
Sid Brantley
Chuck Murphy
Dana Mathewson
Jennifer Mathewson Speer
Mac Gayden
Bill Mize
Beth Bramhall
David and Lindy Minton
Sharon Hall and Karen Jones and the folks at the Troublesome Creek Times
Tony Lawson & the DJs at WDVX
Chuck Johnson and all at WMMT
Randy Thompson and everyone at WKCB
Curtis Mayfield
and last but certainly not least, Jesus Christ

Produced by Thomm Jutz

Recorded at The Molehole (Knoxville, Tennessee)
& TJTunes (Nashville, Tennessee)

Mixed and mastered by Thomm Jutz at TJTunes (Nashville, Tennessee)

Design and Photography by Andrew Humphries (dasvideowerks.com)

This recording is dedicated to the memory of Bro. Dana Mathewson
(1958-2005)

 

©2004, Mark Barker - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED