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Group Members: Victoria Williams, Mark Olson, Mark Olson & Gary Louris, Mark Olson And The Creekdippers
All Music Guide:
The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers is a trio consisting of former Jayhawks leader Mark Olson, his wife, singer/songwriter Victoria Williams, and multi-instrumentalist Mike "Razz" Russell. Olson founded the group after leaving the Jayhawks in 1995, and released a series of albums, at first on his own Creekdippers Records label, though they were later picked up for distribution by other labels: The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers (1997), Pacific Coast Rambler (1998), and Zola & the Tulip Tree (1999). By the time of the release of the band's fourth album, My Own Jo Ellen, they were being billed as Mark Olson & the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers.
Wikipedia:
The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers is the first album by the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 1997.
For his first post-Jayhawks recording, Mark Olson returned to his folk and country roots and with the help of his wife Victoria Williams and multi-instrumentalist Mike "Razz" Russell, self-released The Original Harmony Ridge Creek Dippers.
It was re-issued in 2001 by Koch Records.
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Track listing
All songs by Mark Olson otherwise noted.
"Flowering Trees" – 3:13"When School Begins" (Olson/Williams Brothers) – 2:37"Run with the Ponies" – 3:48"Be on My Way Home" – 2:26"She Picks the Violets" – 2:33"Valentine King" – 3:45"Eyes are the Window" – 3:13"Humming Bird" (Olson/Williams) – 3:05"Mr. Parker" – 4:11"Jericho" (Olson/Williams) – 3:02
