
Outlying Towns
Recorded at Michael's and Dylan's houses, Austin, Texas, Fall 2007-Summer 2008
Mixed and mastered by Michael Hill
String arrangements by Dylan Rieck
Photography and graphic layout by Andrew Hill
Michael Hill – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, banjo & percussion
Dylan Rieck – cello
Owen Weaver – drum kit
Colleen McCullough – violin
Thanks: Dylan, Owen, Colleen, Andrew, Dan, Kathy, Sawyer, Oscar, Mom & Dad
All Songs copyright 2008 Michael Hill except Dry Lightning, copyright
1995 Bruce Springsteen
For Harmony
I grew up in a small town. What's more, my family lived out in the country. Summers, when the wind was right, the faint whine of the noon whistle could be heard coming all the way from town. And even though the sound originated just a short car ride away, at times like those I felt like I might as well have been on another planet, a world away from school, friends and lives being lived in ways I could only imagine. Come to think of it, I have lived much of my own life in this very fashion, occupying