Just Across the River

2010 studio album by Jimmy Webb

Studio album by

Jimmy Webb

Released

June 29, 2010 (2010-06-29)

Recorded

2010
Sound Emporium
Zoomer South Studios
Loud Recording Studios
Fireside Studios
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Genre

Pop

Length

52:58

Label

Koch Records

Producer

Fred Mollin

Jimmy Webb chronology

Live and at Large
(2007)

Just Across the River
(2010)

Still Within the Sound of My Voice
(2013)

Just Across the River is the twelfth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in June 2010 by Koch Records. The album features thirteen classic Jimmy Webb tunes performed by Webb with guest appearances by friends, collaborators, admirers, and fellow recording artists Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, Michael McDonald, Mark Knopfler, J.D. Souther, Vince Gill and Lucinda Williams.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek praised the efforts of producer Fred Mollin to assemble some of Nashville's finest musicians to produce a "gorgeous sound" that was mostly recorded live over two days in a Nashville studio. According to Jurek, some of the highlights include "Oklahoma Nights" with Vince Gill's "beautiful tenor balancing the harmonies"; "Highwayman" with Mark Knopfler's vocals underscoring Webb's vocals, "creating a dark, melancholy authenticity"; "Wichita Lineman" with Billy Joel's remarkable "empathic feel for the duet"; and "P.F. Sloan" with Jackson Browne's vocals making the song "a real tragedy for an era, as well as for a man."^[1]

In his review in Rolling Stone magazine, James Hunter awarded the album three and a half out of five stars, noting that "few singers blend grit and grandeur like Jimmy Webb" and that his voice "is like an old Mustang heading through a treacherous yet often gorgeous landscape."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jimmy Webb

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oklahoma Nights" (featuring Vince Gill)	3:24
2.	"Wichita Lineman" (featuring Billy Joel)	4:15
3.	"If You See Me Getting Smaller" (featuring Willie Nelson)	4:21
4.	"Galveston" (featuring Lucinda Williams)	3:57
5.	"P.F. Sloan" (featuring Jackson Browne)	4:29
6.	"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (featuring Glen Campbell)	4:05
7.	"Cowboy Hall of Fame"	3:11
8.	"Where Words End" (featuring Michael McDonald)	4:14
9.	"Highwayman" (featuring Mark Knopfler)	4:17
10.	"I Was Too Busy Loving You" (featuring J. D. Souther)	4:09
11.	"It Won't Bring Her Back"	3:32
12.	"Do What You Gotta Do"	4:23
13.	"All I Know" (featuring Linda Ronstadt)	4:41
Total length:		52:58

Personnel

Music

Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, composer, lyricist, liner notes
Fred Mollin – synthesizer, harmonica, percussion, electric guitar, background vocals, guest appearance
Mark Knopfler – electric guitar, guest appearance
Johnny A – electric guitar, guest appearance
Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
John Willis – acoustic guitar, banjo, electric guitar
John Hobbs – organ, piano, wurlitzer
Jim Hoke – accordion, steel guitar, penny whistle, jaw harp
Jeff Taylor – accordion
Jerry Douglas – dobro, guest appearance
Paul Franklin – dobro, steel Guitar
Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Larry Paxton – bass
Eddie Bayers – drums
Greg Morrow – drums
Glen Campbell - guest appearance
Jackson Browne – guest appearance
Vince Gill – guest appearance
Billy Joel – guest appearance
Matthew McCauley – guest appearance
Willie Nelson – guest appearance
Linda Ronstadt – guest appearance
J. D. Souther – guest appearance
Russell Terrell – background vocals, guest appearance
Tania Hancheroff – background vocals, guest appearance
Jaime Babbitt – background vocals, guest appearance
Troy Johnson – background vocals, guest appearance

Production

Fred Mollin – producer
Matthew McCauley – string arrangements, string conductor
Kyle Lehning – engineer
Mark Linett – engineer
Kerry Cunningham – engineer
Casey Wood – engineer
Stephen Armstrong – engineer
Jared Nugent – engineer
Jake Burns – engineer
David Stewart – engineer
Jay Frigolleto – guitar engineer
"Teenage" Dave Salley – overdub engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Eder, Bruce. "Just Across the River". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Hunter, James (October 26, 2010). "Just Across the River". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 28, 2012.