Album · 2025
The Purple Bird
Tracklist
1
Turned to Dust (Rolling On)
The Purple Bird
4:04
2
London May
The Purple Bird
3:20
3
Tonight With the Dogs I’m Sleeping
The Purple Bird
3:40
4
Boise, Idaho
The Purple Bird
3:47
5
The Water’s Fine
The Purple Bird
4:25
6
Sometimes It’s Hard to Breathe
The Purple Bird
3:46
7
New Water
The Purple Bird
3:39
8
Guns Are for Cowards
The Purple Bird
3:04
9
Downstream
The Purple Bird
3:49
10
One of These Days (I’m Gonna Spend the Whole Night With You)
The Purple Bird
3:51
11
Is My Living in Vain?
The Purple Bird
3:14
12
Our Home
The Purple Bird
2:56
In print
First pressed 2025 — 7 pressings across 4 countries.
Credits
Darryl Norsen
Design · layout
Sean Sullivan
Engineer
Lori Damiano
Illustration · painting
Fred Eltringham
Instrument · drums, percussion
Joey Miskulin
Instrument · accordion, banjo
Mark Howard
Instrument · banjo, vocals
Matt Combs
Instrument · strings, violin, viola, cello, arco bass, bells
Mike Rojas
Instrument · keyboards, accordion
Pat McLaughlin
Instrument · mandolin, vocals
Roy Agee
Instrument · trombone
Russ Pahl
Instrument · electric guitar, steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, baritone guitar, jew's harp
Steve Mackey
Instrument · bass
Stuart Duncan
Instrument · fiddle, acoustic guitar
Tim O’Brien
Instrument · mandolin, voice
Will Oldham
Instrument · acoustic guitar, vocals
Chris Bellman
Mastering · lacquer cut by
David Glasser
Mastering
David Ferguson
Producer
Adam Chaffin
Vocal · voice
Adam Chaffins
Vocal · vocals
Brit Taylor
Vocal · vocals
John Anderson
Vocal · vocals
Mark Howard
Vocal · voice
New Spahn Ranch Singers
Vocal · voice