The Red Thread (Lucy Kaplansky album)
# The Red Thread (Lucy Kaplansky album)

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The Red Thread is the fifth solo album by New York City singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, released in 2004.

## Track listing

Unless noted otherwise, lyrics by Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Litvin, music by Lucy Kaplansky

* "I Had Something" – 4:16
* "Line in the Sand" – 4:23
* "Love Song/New York" (Bill Morrissey) – 4:35
* "This Is Home" – 4:02
* "Off and Running" (James McMurtry) – 3:44
* "Land of the Living" – 4:04
* "Cowboy Singer" (Dave Carter) – 3:59
* "Hole in My Head" (Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller) – 2:53
* "The Red Thread" – 3:35
* "Brooklyn Train" (Kaplansky, Litvin, Ben Wittman) – 3:15

## Personnel

* Lucy Kaplansky – vocals, guitar, background vocals
* Duke Levine – mandolin, guitar, slide guitar, mandola, National Steel guitar, guitorgan
* Andy Ezrin – piano
* Jon Herington – guitar, Harmonium
* Zev Katz – bass, baritone guitar
* Brian Mitchell – organ
* Jonatha Brooke – background vocals
* Eliza Gilkyson – background vocals
* John Gorka – background vocals
* Richard Shindell – background vocals
* Ben Wittman – piano, drums, percussion, keyboards, Wurlitzer

Production notes:

* Ben Wittman – producer, engineer
* Manfred Knoop – engineer
* Rob Genadek – engineer
* Steven Patterson – engineer
* Roy Hendrickson – engineer
* Ben Wisch – mixing
* David Glasser – mastering
* Andy Sarroff – assistant
* Carla Leighton – graphic design
* C. Taylor Crothers – photography
* Assumpta Clohessy – make-up, hair stylist
