Passing Through by Randy Travis

Personnel include: Randy Travis (vocals); Pat Flynn (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (pedal steel guitar); Larry Franklin (fiddle); John Jarvis (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Tony Harrell (Hammond b-3 organ); David Hungate (bass instrument); Paul Leim (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Cindy Walker, Wes Hightower (background vocals). Recording information: Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee (2001); Stepbridge Studios, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2004); Cartee Day, Nashville, Tennessee (2004); Electric Sandbox, Nashville, TN (2004). Well into his third decade as a country singer, Randy Travis continued to weather the changes in country music by remaining true to his own aesthetic. Travis was at the frontline of country's New Traditionalists in the 1980s, and, on 2004's PASSING THROUGH, he remains as roots-conscious as ever. For instance, the album's opening cut, the inspirational "Pick Up the Oars and Row," neatly splits the difference between Western Swing and barroom ballad, while ... Minimize