The Waitress

Infobox Album
Name = The Waitress
Type = studio
Artist = Jonathan Byrd


Released = 2002
Recorded = The Rubber Room, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Genre = folk, country, blues, singer-songwriter
Length = 46:37
Label = Byrdsong/Waterbug
Producer = Jonathan Byrd
Reviews =
*"FolkWax" (9/10) Wood, Arthur, [http://www.visnat.com/entertainment/music/folkwax/mp3/album.cfm?aaa=zzz&reviewnumber=589 "Self-released Winner"] , FolkWax, July 9, 2003 (link requires free subscription)]
*Indie Muisc (favorable) Layton, Jennifer, [http://www.indie-music.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1904 "Reviews: Jonathan Byrd ~ "The Waitress"] , Indie-Music.com, February 23, 2003]
*"Sing Out!" (favorable) Warren, Rich, "Off the Beaten Track" Jonathan Byrd, "The Waitress", "Sing Out!", 47:3 (Fall 2003) p.132]
Last album = "Wildflowers"
(2000)
This album = "The Waitress"
(2002)
Next album = "The Sea and the Sky"
(2003)

"The Waitress" is the second album by folk singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd. The album was released in 2003, the same year that Byrd won the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival. "The Waitress" reached #20 on the Folk Radio Airplay Chart and has been noted for Byrd's lyrical character sketches and deftly played guitar.

Track listing

# "The Waitress" (Brown, Byrd) - 3:35
# "The Ballad of Larry" (Byrd) - 5:01
# "Radio" (Byrd) - 6:09
# "The Snake Song" (Byrd) - 2:46
# "Down the Old Mountain Road" (Byrd) - 1:56 [instrumental]
# "My Generation" (Byrd) - 3:57
# "Small Town" (Byrd) - 3:12
# "Tape Full of Love Songs" (Byrd) - 3:17
# "Stackalee" (traditional) - 4:04
# "Home Sweet Home" (traditional) - 2:19 [instrumental]
# "Being With You" (Byrd) - 3:06
# "Fiddle and Bow" (traditional) - 3:34
# "Rosie" (Byrd) - 3:32

Personnel

Musicians:
*Jonathan Byrd - guitar & vocals
*Jason Cade - fiddle
*David DiGiuseppe - accordion
*Robbie Link - bass & cello

Production:
*Jonathan Byrd - producer
*Jerry Brown - recording, mixing, mastering:at The Rubber Room, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Artwork:
*Melanie Litchfield - photography
*F.J. Ventre - graphic design at Tadpole Designs

Charts

References

External links

* [http://waterbug.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=67&osCsid=05af019b9fd39656fd58567c8c704281 "The Waitress"] page at Waterbug Records