Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two

~ Release by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1989 MCA Records Inc.
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-03 03:47 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Life’s Railway to Heaven
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals,Guitar - Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
Life’s Railway to Heaven
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Barry "Byrd" Burton (Byrd Burton)
4:39
2Grandpa Was a Carpenter
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals, Guitar – John Prine
cover recording of:
Grandpa Was a Carpenter
lyricist and composer:
John Prine
publisher:
Sour Grapes Music, Inc. and Walden Music, Inc.
3:24
3When I Get My Rewards
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals – Levon Helm
4:24
4Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Moan
3:57
5Little Mountain Church House
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Ricky Skaggs
3:31
6And So It Goes
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals – John Denver
3:54
7When It’s Gone
producer:
Randy Scruggs
double bass:
Roy Huskey, Jr. (son of Roy Junior Huskey)
fiddle:
Mark O’Connor (US bluegrass, country and classical fiddler/composer)
guitar:
Jeff Hanna and Randy Scruggs
harmonica and membranophone:
Jimmie Fadden
mandolin:
Jimmy Ibbotson
piano:
Bob Carpenter (of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Jerry Douglas (US guitar and dobro player)
vocals:
Bob Carpenter (of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Ibbotson
recording of:
When It's Gone
writer:
Jimmie Fadden and Don Schlitz
2:34
8Mary Danced With Soldiers
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Emmylou Harris
3:06
9Riding Alone
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals – Emmylou Harris
3:08
10I’m Sittin’ on Top of the World
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Jimmy Martin (American bluegrass musician)
cover recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
3:09
11Lovin’ on the Side
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals – Paulette Carlson (Country singer and songwriter)
2:57
12Lost River
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals, Guitar – Michael Martin Murphey
recording of:
Lost River
lyricist and composer:
Michael Martin Murphey
publisher:
Rocking Three M Music
3:26
13Bayou Jubilee
recording of:
Bayou Jubilee
writer:
Jeff Hanna
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
3:01
14Blues Berry Hill
3:26
15Turn of the Century
3:38
16One Step Over the Line
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals – Rosanne Cash and Lead Vocals, Guitar – John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter)
recording of:
One Step Over the Line
lyricist and composer:
John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Universal Music Careers
4:29
17You Ain’t Going Nowhere
guest solo performer:
Guitar, Vocals [2nd & 4th Verse] – Chris Hillman and Twelve-String Guitar, Vocals [1st & 3rd Verse] – Roger McGuinn
cover recording of:
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1967)
publisher:
Dwarf Music (from 1967 to present)
3:52
18The Valley Road
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals [2nd Verse] – Roy Acuff and Lead Vocals, Piano – Bruce Hornsby
cover recording of:
The Valley Road
writer:
Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby (American musician, composer, and actor)
publisher:
Basically Gasp Music, Zappo Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
4:13
19Will the Circle Be Unbroken
guest solo performer:
Lead Vocals [1st Verse] – Johnny Cash (country music legend), Lead Vocals [2nd Verse] – Roy Acuff, Lead Vocals [3rd Verse] – Ricky Skaggs, Lead Vocals [4th Verse, With] – Emmylou Harris and Lead Vocals [4th Verse] – Levon Helm
cover recording of:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (gospel) (on 1907-04-30)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
A.P. Carter
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1935-06-22)
version of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
5:38
20Amazing Grace
1:49