Dry Bones Dance is an album by Mark Heard, released in 1990, the first to be released on his own Fingerprint Records. The album was listed at No. 29 in CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Heard. "Rise From The Ruins" – 3:03 "The Dry Bones Dance" – 3:48 "House of Broken Dreams" – 4:13 "Our Restless Hearts" – 3:43 "Nobody's Looking" – 3:26 "All She Wanted Was Love" – 4:20 "Strong Hand of Love" – 3:05 "How Many Tears" – 3:01 "Lonely Road" – 4:12 "Waiting for a Reason" – 3:31 "Everything Is Alright" – 4:24 "Awake in the Night Time" – 3:30 "Mercy of the Flame" – 4:24 "Fire" – 7:13

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Personnel

Mark Heard – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, accordion, harmonica, kalimba, assorted background vocals David Birmingham – drums Fergus Marsh – chapman stick Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin Michael Been – guitar solo on "Lonely Road" Novi – viola Doug Berch – hammered dulcimer Sam Phillips – vocals (3, 4, 5, 12) Pam Dwinell – vocals (1, 2, 7, 9) Jerry Chamberlain and Sharon McCall – vocals (11, 13, 14)

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Production notes

Mark Heard – producer, engineer, mixing at Fingerprint Recorders

Dan Russell – associate producer

Chuck Long – executive-at-large

Joel Russell – wagonmaster

Joel Russell – second engineer

Richard Tiegen – second engineer

Dan Reed – second engineer

David Miner – second engineer

Tom Willett – second engineer, occasional back-seat driving

Plum Studios, Newburyport, Massachusetts – basic track recording studio

References

1990 albums

Mark Heard albums

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