Name: Through a Glass Darkly
Brand: Philo
SKU: 87197
Price: 18.65 GBP
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Performer Notes

Personnel: David Olney (vocals, whistling, guitar, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, piano, percussion, washboard); Mike Fleming (banjo, bass); Deanie Richardson (mandolin, fiddle); David Davidson, David Angell (violin); A.C. Bushnell (fiddle); Monisa Angell (viola); Anthony Lamarchina (cello); Cindy Wyatt (harp); Marianne Osiel (oboe, English horn); Ken Moore (piano); David Pomeroy, Forrest Rose (bass); Pat McInerney (drums, percussion); Steve Runkle (background vocals).
Recorded at Sound Vortex, Nashville, Tennesse. Includes liner notes by Dave Ferman.
Personnel: David Olney (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, piano, washboard, percussion); Mike Fleming (banjo); Deanie Richardson (mandolin, fiddle); David Davidson , David Angell (violin); Monisa Angell (viola); Anthony LaMarchina (cello); Marianne Osiel (oboe); Ken Moore (piano); Pat McInerney (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixers: David Olney; Robb Earls.
Liner Note Author: Dave Ferman.
Recording information: Sound Vortex, Nashville, TN.
Singer-songwriter Olney has been known as an innovative country-folk troubadour since the '80s, but his journey toward the perfection that is THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY has been a long one. The very definition of a developing talent, Olney has charted an unswerving upward course over the years, each of his albums bettering its predecessors. Some know him through Emmylou Harris' versions of his "Jersualem Tomorrow" and "Deeper Well," but one listen to THROUGH A GLASS is enough to identify Olney as a powerful performer with an identity all his own.
Olney was friends with Townes Van Zandt for years, and the late, legendary troubadour's influence is strongly felt here. Olney covers Van Zandt's "Snowin' on Raton," and there's more than a little of Townes in the character who occupies "The Suicide Kid." It's mordant, minor-key country/blues tunes like "Little Bit of Poison" and "Ice Cold Water" that are the strongest nods to Van Zandt and among the most memorable songs here. Olney's far from derivative though, as his unique narrative command takes listeners into uncharted waters on the biblical first-person account of "Barabbas" and the WWI French prostitute's tale "1917."

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (6-7/99, p.68) - "...deftly using the great sense of timing employed by the best storytellers. And that's what Olney really is - one of our best storytellers."

Album: Through a Glass Darkly
#	Song Title	Time
1)	1917
2)	Dillinger
3)	Avery County
4)	JT's Escape
5)	Little Bit of Poison
6)	Suicide Kid, The
7)	Snowin' on Raton
8)	C'mon Through Carolina
9)	Ice Cold Water
10)	Racetrack Blues
11)	Colorado Kid, The
12)	That's All I Need to Know
13)	Lilly of the Valley
14)	Lay Down Your Kingdom
15)	Barabbas
16)	Dogwoods

Album: Through a Glass Darkly
#	Song Title	Time
1)	1917
2)	Dillinger
3)	Avery County
4)	JT's Escape
5)	Little Bit of Poison
6)	Suicide Kid, The
7)	Snowin' on Raton
8)	C'mon Through Carolina
9)	Ice Cold Water
10)	Racetrack Blues
11)	Colorado Kid, The
12)	That's All I Need to Know
13)	Lilly of the Valley
14)	Lay Down Your Kingdom
15)	Barabbas
16)	Dogwoods