Watching My Life Go By

Infobox Album |
Name = Watching My Life Go By
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Hedges


Released = 1986
Recorded = May 1985-Jun 1985, Naked Ear Studio, Palo Alto, CA
Genre = New Age, world
Length = 40:23
Label = Windham Hill
Producer = Elliot Mazer
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hnfqxqw5ldhe link]
Last album = "Aerial Boundaries"
(1984)
This album = "Watching My Life Go By"
(1986)
Next album = "Live on the Double Planet"
(1987)

"Watching My Life Go By" is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. After two solo instrumental albums, Hedges supplies vocals on this release.

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Hedges except "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.

# "Face Yourself" – 4:43
# "I'm Coming Home" – 4:14
# "Woman of the World" – 4:17
# "Watching My Life Go By" – 3:16
# "I Want You" – 4:00
# "The Streamlined Man" – 3:46
# "Out on the Parkway" – 2:58
# "Holiday" – 5:14
# "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:01
# "Running Blind" – 4:54

Personnel

*Michael Hedges - guitar, vocals, bass, flute, synthesizer, harmonica, wine glasses
*Michael Manring - fretless bass
*John Harris - drums
*Bobby McFerrin - chant and solo vocals
*Hilleary Burgess - wine glasses

Production notes

*Produced by Elliot Mazer
*Engineered by Elliot Mazer, Michael Hedges
*Mastered by George Horn
*Design by Anne Robinson
*Photography by Irene Young