The Red Thread (Lucy Kaplansky album)

The Red Thread is the fifth solo album by New York City singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, released in 2004.

The Red Thread
Studio album by Lucy Kaplansky
Released	February 10, 2004
Recorded	June 2003
Genre	Folk, singer-songwriter
Label	Red House
Producer	Ben Wittman
Lucy Kaplansky chronology
Every Single Day (2001) The Red Thread (2004) Over the Hills (2007)

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Track listing

Unless noted otherwise, lyrics by Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Litvin, music by Lucy Kaplansky

1. "I Had Something" – 4:16
2. "Line in the Sand" – 4:23
3. "Love Song/New York" (Bill Morrissey) – 4:35
4. "This Is Home" – 4:02
5. "Off and Running" (James McMurtry) – 3:44
6. "Land of the Living" – 4:04
7. "Cowboy Singer" (Dave Carter) – 3:59
8. "Hole in My Head" (Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller) – 2:53
9. "The Red Thread" – 3:35
10. "Brooklyn Train" (Kaplansky, Litvin, Ben Wittman) – 3:15

Personnel

• Lucy Kaplansky – vocals, guitar, background vocals
• Duke Levine – mandolin, guitar, slide guitar, mandola, National Steel guitar, guitorgan
• Andy Ezrin – piano
• Jon Herington – guitar, Harmonium
• Zev Katz – bass, baritone guitar
• Brian Mitchell – organ
• Jonatha Brooke – background vocals
• Eliza Gilkyson – background vocals
• John Gorka – background vocals
• Richard Shindell – background vocals
• Ben Wittman – piano, drums, percussion, keyboards, Wurlitzer

Production notes:

• Ben Wittman – producer, engineer
• Manfred Knoop – engineer
• Rob Genadek – engineer
• Steven Patterson – engineer
• Roy Hendrickson – engineer
• Ben Wisch – mixing
• David Glasser – mastering
• Andy Sarroff – assistant
• Carla Leighton – graphic design
• C. Taylor Crothers – photography
• Assumpta Clohessy – make-up, hair stylist