Miss the Mississippi

Miss the Mississippi is a studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in September 1979, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

The album was her first album for Columbia Records, and contained three Country top ten hits; "Half the Way" (#2), "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (#1) and "The Blue Side" (#8). "Half the Way" also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1980.

Critical reception
The New York Times wrote that "Gayle has a lovely voice and a seductive if somewhat mannered way with phrasing."

Personnel
Cover photographs by Francesco Scavullo
 * Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone (tracks: A4, A5) – drums, percussion
 * Joe Allan (track: B2), Joe Osborn (tracks A3 to A5), Spady Brannan (tracks A1, A2, B1, B3, B4), Bob Moore (track B5) – bass guitar
 * Charles Cochran, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood – keyboards
 * Chris Leuzinger, Jerry McEwen, Billy Sanford, Rod Smarr, Barry "Byrd" Burton – guitars
 * Lloyd Green – dobro on (track B5)
 * Billy Puett, Denis Solee – saxophone
 * Roger Bissell, Dennis Good, Rex Peer, Terry Williams – trombone
 * Terry McMillan – harmonica (track: B3)
 * Crystal Gayle - backing vocals (tracks A2 to A4, B4)
 * Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Allen Reynolds - backing vocals (track B1)
 * Allen Reynolds, Crystal Gayle, Garth Fundis, Frank Saulino, Jennifer Kimball, Jim Valenti, Spady Brannan - backing vocals (track A1)
 * Vickie Carrico, Pebble Daniel, Allen Reynolds, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle – backing vocals (track A5)
 * Pebble Daniel, Marcia Routh, Crystal Gayle, Vickie Carrico - backing vocals (track B4)

Production

 * Produced by Allen Reynolds
 * Recorded and engineered by Garth Fundis