Two Rivers

SIOBHÁN QUINN vocals.

BEN MURRAY vocals, acoustic, electric and slide guitars; harmonica on Frog Stew; second Harmonica: My Last Meal.

SCOTT PETITO bass; piano; ethereal guitar fx: Into the Mystic.

BRIAN MELICK percussion: Geronimo's Cadillac, Into the Mystic, Here on Earth, Frog Stew, My Last Meal.

DEAN SHARP drums & percussion: Act of Nature, The Richest One, Into the Mystic, It's Raining.

JOHN RAGUSA alto, bass and wood flutes.

AARON HURWITZ Hammond organ: The Richest One, It's Raining; piano: My Last Meal.

DOUG JOHNSON lead harmonica: My Last Meal.

ABBY NEWTON cello: Early Morning Rain.

LARRY PACKER violin: Early Morning Rain.

PETER PALMER ranivorous girlfriend and ranine sound fx: Frog Stew.

PRODUCED BY Ben Murray, Siobhán Quinn and Scott Petito.
except Into the Mystic: concept & arrangement Ben & Siobhán, and produced entirely by Scott Petito. whoa.

All tracks recorded at NRS Recording Studios, Hurley, N.Y.
and engineered by Scott Petito, except:
Doug Johnson's Harmonica on My Last Meal: recorded at October Eve Recording Studio, Delmar, NY, engineering by Rick Bedrosian. Sampson & Delilah recorded live by Michael Canfield for Journeyman Recording at the Prodigal Son Coffeehouse, Hyannis, MA, October 13, 1996.

All Tracks mixed & mastered by Scott Petito.

graphic design, color photos and Mr. Boswell (b&w) by Paul Quinn
black & white photos by Nicole Keys Photography
additional design and pre-press by Judy Kemper
additional layout work by Siobhán Quinn

Siobhán is pronounced Sh-vawn. Ben is pronounced Ben.

This recording is dedicated to Ben's Dad who passed away January 5, 1996 and our friend & brother Mark Casuras, February 17, 1996.

Very Special Thanks to Diarmuid and Christina Quinn for providing the spark for this project.

The "O, MY, we really couldn't have done this without you" award goes to Scott Petito, Musician and engineer extraordinaire, whose magic spells, sense of humor and. . . timing kept this project fresh.

Christopher Shaw & Bridget Ball, who led us through and steered us around the various lion pits and kept us in step with this project: their advice always wonderful & support unstoppable.

All the musicians on this recording: a wonderful crew of most definitely distinguished masters. . . thanks.

Special Thanks to John D'Agostino and TJ Baden of Taylor Guitars; Michelle Albeck, Mary Faith Rhodes & John Pearse at John Pearse Strings; Cliff Castle at Audix microphones; and the folks at Sabine Electronics.

We greatly appreciate the many venues, from coffeehouses to clubs & concert halls, for giving us performance space & support, especially the Rolls Touring Co. - Troy, NY - for having given us our beginnings, and The Brotherhood, Nantucket Island. Also thanks to WMHT (Public Television), WXLE-FM, Karl Brunig, Mike Curtin, Dawn DeBraccio, Marianne Potter, Don Wilcock, and Mary Wynans, for your kind words & support; and our great friends and fans who are way too numerous to mention here (without using a font the size of an amoeba): all very cool, very hip people.

No frogs were harmed during the making of this recording.