Mystic Theatre (album)

Mystic Theatre is the sixth album by Mark Olson, Victoria Williams and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, released in 2004.

Reception
Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 4 and called it "Their best record since 1999’s Zola And The Tulip Tree; Mark Olson and Victoria Williams’ rustic marriages of rural folk, western swing and bluegrass still bubble with contentment." The magazine praised Williams' composition and called her voice a "helium chirp sounding like something forever teetering on stilts"

Track listing
All songs by Mark Olson except where noted.
 * 1) "No Water No Wood" – 3:35
 * 2) "Standing in the Sun All Day" – 2:49
 * 3) "Betsy Dupree" (Williams) – 3:20
 * 4) "Salome" – 2:27
 * 5) "Grand Army of the Republic" – 3:32
 * 6) "It Don't Bother Me" (Williams) – 3:22
 * 7) "Wood in Broken Hills" – 2:54
 * 8) "Thirty Miles of Petrified Logs" – 3:24
 * 9) "Bath Song" (Williams) – 2:14
 * 10) "Rockslide" – 2:44
 * 11) "Naughty Marrieta" – 2:54
 * 12) "Mockingbird Chase the Crow" – 2:00
 * 13) "Bells of St. Mary" – 3:50

Personnel

 * Mark Olson – vocals, guitar, dulcimer, bass, piano, flute, cuatro
 * Victoria Williams – vocals, piano, banjo
 * Don Heffington – bass harmonica, drums, saw, percussion, jaw harp
 * Joshua Grange – pedal steel guitar, bass, guitar, organ
 * Danny Frankel – drums, percussion
 * Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar on "Betsy Dupree"
 * Ray Woods – drums, backing vocals
 * Mike Russell – violin, bass
 * Steve Nelson – bass
 * Kristin Mooney – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree"
 * Vicki Hill – backing vocals on "Betsy Dupree"
 * Phil Tagliere – banjo, guitar
 * Sheldon Gomberg – bass
 * Brantley Kearns – fiddle

Production notes

 * Mark Olson – producer
 * Don Heffington – producer
 * Joshua Grange – engineer, mixing
 * Phil Tagliere – engineer
 * Steven Rhodes – mixing
 * David Vaught – mixing
 * Richard Dodd – mastering
 * Charlie McGovern – artwork, design