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Downtown Church is Patty Griffin's sixth studio album. Its release date is January 26, 2010.^[1]

Following Griffin's collaboration with Mavis Staples for the compilation album Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration,^[2] EMI's Peter York suggested that she make an album of gospel songs. Griffin agreed on the condition that friend and bandmate Buddy Miller produced the record.^[3]

The album was recorded at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee and features long-time friends Buddy and Julie Miller, as well as Shawn Colvin and Emmylou Harris. It features songs by Hank Williams, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, and "All Creatures of Our God and King," a song accredited to St. Francis of Assisi.^[4]

Track listing

1. "House Of Gold" (Hank Williams) – 2:53
2. "Move Up" – 2:44
3. "Little Fire" (Griffin) – 4:07
4. "Death's Got a Warrant" (traditional) – 1:44
5. "If I Had My Way" – 3:24
6. "Coming Home to Me" (Griffin) – 3:33
7. "Wade in the Water" – 3:08
8. "Never Grow Old" – 3:11
9. "Virgen de Guadalupe" (traditional) – 3:32
10. "I Smell a Rat" (Big Mama Thornton) – 2:31
11. "Waiting For My Child" (Brother Sullivan) – 4:16
12. "The Strange Man" - 3:38
13. "We Shall All Be Reunited" - 4:11
14. "All Creatures of Our God and King" (St. Francis of Assisi) - 4:17

Personnel

• Patty Griffin - guitar, piano, vocals
• Buddy Miller - production, guitar, vocals
• Dennis Crouch - bass
• Jay Bellerose - drums
• Doug Lancio - guitar
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• John Dederick - piano
• John Catchings - cello
• Bryan Owings - percussion
• Russ Pahl - steel guitar
• Emmylou Harris - vocals
• Raul Malo - vocals
• Jim Lauderdale - vocals
• Shawn Colvin - vocals
• Mike Farris - vocals
• Julie Miller - vocals
• Regina McCrary - vocals
• Ann McCrary - vocals

References

External links

• Downtown Church official press release from Big Hassle