Richie Stearns - Missing
Track List
- Oh My Darlin'
- Train on the Island
- Fire Burning
- Downpressor Man
- Lone Star State
- Purple Iris
- Baghdad Children
- You Are My Sunshine
- I'm So Depressed
- More than the Wind
- Hurt
- He'll Have to Go
- Cold Cold Rain
- Missing

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Oh My Little Darlin’
(Trad. / Additional words and music by Richie Stearns)
Banjo, Fiddle, Vocal: Richie Stearns
Guitar Bass: Dirk Powell
Vocal: Carrie Rodriguez
Recorded by Dirk Powell at The Cypress House
Train on the Island (Trad. / Words and music by Richie Stearns)
Tenor guitar, banjo feedback, vocals: Richie Stearns
Guitar: Dirk Powell
Bass: Stephanie Jenkins
Vocals: Rosie Newton
Recorded by Dirk Powell at The Cypress House
Additional tracks recorded by Greg McGrath at MonkSound
Fire Burning (Richie Stearns)
Banjo, Vocals: Richie Stearns
Fiddle: Steve Selin
Guitar: Pat Burke
Bass: Ben Gould
Vocal: Kim Sherwood-Caso
Recorded at The Music Tank By Chad Crumm
Additional tracks recorded by Greg McGrath at MonkSound
Downpressor Man (Peter Tosh)
Banjo, Vocal: Richie Stearns
Fiddle: Steve Selin
Guitar: Pat Burke
Bass: Ben Gould
Vocal: Kim Sherwood-Caso
Recorded at The Music Tank By Chad Crumm
Additional tracks recorded by Greg McGrath at MonkSound
Lone Star State (Richie Stearns)
Tenor Guitar, Vocals: Richie Stearns
Guitar, Bass, Accordion: Dirk Powell
Drums: Corey Ledet
Fiddle, Vocals: Carrie Rodriguez
Slide Guitar: Dick Hallet
Recorded by Dirk Powell at The Cypress House
Additional tracks recorded by Greg McGrath at MonkSound
Purple Iris (Richie Stearns)
Banjo, Tenor Guitar: Richie Stearns
Drums, Bass, Shaker: Charlie Shew
Recorded at Electric Wilburland by Will Russell
Additional tracks recorded at MonkSound by Greg McGrath
Baghdad Children (Richie Stearns)
Banjo, Tenor Guitar, Vocals: Richie Stearns
Bass: Dirk Powell:
Drums: Corey Ledet
Fiddle, Vocals: Carrie Rodriguez
Engineered by Dirk Powell at The Cypress House
You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis)
Banjo, Toy Piano, Vocals: Richie Stearns
Fiddle: Steve Selin
Guitar: Pat Burke
Bass: Ben Gould
Electraphone: Charlie Shew
Vocals: Kim Sherwood-Caso
Recorded at The Music Tank by Chad Crumm
Additional tracks recorded at MonkSound by Greg McGrath
I’m So Depressed (Abner Jay)
Banjo, Vocal: Richie Stearns
Fiddle: Steve Selin
Guitar: Pat Burke
Bass: Ben Gould
Slide Guitar: Dick Hallet
Recorded at The Music Tank by Chad Crumm
Additional recording at MonkSound by Greg McGrath
More Than the Wind (Richie Stearns)
Tenor guitar, banjo, vocals: Richie Stearns
Grandpa’s Fretless Banjo: Dirk Powell
Vocals: Carrie Rodriguez
Bass: Charlie Shew
Recorded by Dirk Powell at The Cypress House
Additional tracks recorded by Greg McGrath at MonkSound
Hurt (Trent Reznor)
Banjo, Vocal: Richie Stearns
Fiddle: Steve Selin
Guitar: Pat Burke
Bass: Ben Gould
Recorded at The Music Tank by Chad Crumm
He’ll Have To Go (Jim Reeves)
Banjo, Vocal: Richie Stearns
Fiddle: Steve Selin
Guitar: Pat Burke
Bass: Ben Gould
Vocals: Carrie Rodriguez
Recorded at The Music Tank by Chad Crumm
Cold Cold Rain (Richie Stearns)
Tenor Guitar, Vocals: Richie Stearns
Guitar, Bass: Dirk Powell
Vocal: Kim Sherwood-Caso
Recorded by Dirk Powell at The Cypress House
Additional tracks recorded by Greg McGrath at MonkSound
Missing (Richie Stearns)
Recorded and performed by Richie Stearns live in Mecklenburg, NY
Richie Stearns plays a Johannes Bonefaas handmade banjo.
Mixed by Greg McGrath at MonkSound.
Mastered by Alex Perialas at Pyramid Sound.
email: stearns@lightlink.com
Thanks: Catharine Stearns, Christine Balfa, Avi Smith, Chad Crumm, Tracey Linton Craig, Patsy Law, Samantha Izzo and Simply Red, Will Russell, Timmy Brown, Lynn Lauper, Iris Lauper, Alex Perialas.
Special thanks to Wayne and Robyn Rodgers at Goldtone Banjos.
Cover photo: Ron Wingard
Back cover illustrations: Phoebe Aceto and Kaya Donaj-Keys
Floral illustration: Phoebe Aceto
Photography: Forrest Gibson
Clenched hand illustration: Shane Savage-Rumbaugh
Graphic design: Pat Burke


